Serie A match preview: Sampdoria versus Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Sampdoria are welcoming Sassuolo for another important game after their 1-5 result against 3rd-placed Lazio.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sampdoria form and stats

3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Sampdoria so far this season.

Sampdoria lost their last game at Lazio (placed 3rd) after a 1-5 scoreline. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Brescia.

Sampdoria were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sampdoria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1.

Sampdoria has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Sampdoria have conceded 12 goals.

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Sassuolo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sassuolo so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sassuolo have lost on their last two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Sassuolo's previous game versus Torino (placed 10th), a Serie A 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Sassuolo manager R. De Zerbi faced defeat when travelling to Udinese and losing 0-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Sassuolo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sassuolo, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Sassuolo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Sassuolo have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sassuolo - Sampdoria 4-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 3 - 5 (Sampdoria wins - draws - Sassuolo wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
9 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
8 goals
SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
5 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Sampdoria Sassuolo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
5 3 2 Won W 1 2 6
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
11 4 0 Lost L 2 5 10
20 11 8 Scored S 5 11 32
33 12 3 Conceded C 7 16 35
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
65% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 85%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 80%
25% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 40%
20% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 20%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 70%
30% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 20%
35% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 15%
 
4.9 5.6 7 Corners For (avg) C F 6.8 5 5.7
6 5.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.2 6.2 6.3
2.8 2.7 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.7
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
283 186 78 Total Shots T S 50 133 279
87 58 30 Shots on Target S O 13 43 97
23% 19% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 26% 33%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Sassuolo has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
  • Sassuolo has the most matches over the total-line (14)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 20 16 3 1 39 19 10 9 1 0 24 10 10 7 2 1 15 9 20 51
2 Inter 20 14 5 1 41 17 10 6 3 1 18 7 10 8 2 0 23 10 24 47
3 Lazio 19 14 3 2 46 18 10 8 2 0 30 8 9 6 1 2 16 10 28 45
4 Atalanta 21 11 5 5 57 28 10 5 1 4 29 16 11 6 4 1 28 12 29 38
5 Roma 20 11 5 4 37 22 10 5 2 3 19 15 10 6 3 1 18 7 15 38
6 Milan 21 9 4 8 22 26 10 3 4 3 10 12 11 6 0 5 12 14 -4 31
7 Cagliari 20 8 6 6 35 31 10 5 1 4 20 16 10 3 5 2 15 15 4 30
8 Parma 20 8 4 8 27 27 10 5 1 4 15 10 10 3 3 4 12 17 0 28
9 Bologna 21 7 6 8 32 33 10 3 4 3 15 15 11 4 2 5 17 18 -1 27
10 Torino 21 8 3 10 26 35 11 4 2 5 10 19 10 4 1 5 16 16 -9 27
11 Hellas Verona 19 7 5 7 22 22 10 4 3 3 12 11 9 3 2 4 10 11 0 26
12 Fiorentina 21 6 7 8 25 29 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 3 3 4 14 15 -4 25
13 Napoli 20 6 6 8 28 28 10 3 2 5 11 13 10 3 4 3 17 15 0 24
14 Udinese 20 7 3 10 19 31 10 5 2 3 10 10 10 2 1 7 9 21 -12 24
15 Sassuolo 20 6 4 10 32 35 10 4 1 5 21 19 10 2 3 5 11 16 -3 22
16 Sampdoria 20 5 4 11 20 33 10 3 3 4 11 12 10 2 1 7 9 21 -13 19
17 Lecce 20 3 7 10 23 39 10 0 5 5 11 18 10 3 2 5 12 21 -16 16
18 SPAL 21 4 3 14 15 33 10 2 2 6 9 16 11 2 1 8 6 17 -18 15
19 Genoa 21 3 6 12 21 41 10 3 1 6 11 15 11 0 5 6 10 26 -20 15
20 Brescia 21 4 3 14 19 39 11 1 2 8 11 22 10 3 1 6 8 17 -20 15

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.