An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie A, with both Sampdoria and SPAL experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 19th place.
Sampdoria form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Sampdoria at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Sampdoria's last game was hosting Hellas Verona (placed 8th) and winning 2-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Fiorentina (1-5).
Sampdoria has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Sampdoria have conceded 22 from these games.
SPAL form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SPAL so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for SPAL, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Parma (placed 9th) in the Serie A last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Juventus.
The attacking power of SPAL when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As for defending, SPAL rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; SPAL - Sampdoria 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Sampdoria five wins, zero draws and SPAL one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Petagna 11 goals |   F. Quagliarella 9 goals |  M. Gabbiadini 6 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
SPAL missing players
| Sampdoria | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 28 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 44 | 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 44 |
| 84% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 96% |
| 68% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 69% |
| 56% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 24% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| 56% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 54% |
| 28% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 12% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.9 | 6.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 378 | 263 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 159 | 347 |
| 116 | 81 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 41 | 93 |
| 24% | 20% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 22% | 22% |
- SPAL has the fewest scored goals (20)
- SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Sampdoria has the most conceded goals in the first half (24)
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Lazio | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Inter | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 54 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 48 |
| 5 | Roma | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Napoli | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Milan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 36 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Parma | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Bologna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Udinese | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | Torino | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Genoa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 25 |
| 19 | SPAL | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -24 | 18 |
| 20 | Brescia | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -27 | 16 |