Sampdoria are welcoming SPAL for another important game after their 2-1 result against 18th-placed Lecce.
It's no vacation for neither Sampdoria nor SPAL as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria have collected 16 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-4-7.
Sampdoria are returning here after visiting Lecce in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Gastón Ramírez (2) scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Bologna with the scoreline 1-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sampdoria have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sampdoria as they are travelling to their away game against Atalanta in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Sampdoria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
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 3-1-11 (win-draw-lose).
SPAL played 2-2 against Milan in their previous match. A 1-3 defeat away at Napoli before that.
Drawing 2-2 against Milan after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager L. Di Biagio needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Goalkeeper Karlo Letica made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Milan. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
SPAL are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as SPAL are hosting Udinese in the Serie A only four days away.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. SPAL struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result SPAL - Sampdoria 0-1 entered in the official records. Sampdoria-SPAL H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Sampdoria five wins, SPAL one win, zero draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Petagna 12 goals |   F. Quagliarella 9 goals |  M. Gabbiadini 7 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
SPAL missing players
| Sampdoria | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 33 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 51 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 27 | 50 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 97% |
| 72% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 69% |
| 62% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | 52% |
| 28% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 21% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 62% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 55% |
| 24% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 13% | 10% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 421 | 273 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 164 | 367 |
| 136 | 87 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 44 | 102 |
| 24% | 20% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | 23% |
- SPAL has the fewest points (10) away
- SPAL has the fewest scored goals (23)
- SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
| 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 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 72 |
| 2 | Lazio | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 38 | 68 |
| 3 | Inter | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 64 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 60 |
| 5 | Roma | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 48 |
| 6 | Napoli | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 45 |
| 7 | Milan | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 43 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 42 |
| 9 | Cagliari | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Parma | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Bologna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 38 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 37 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Udinese | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Torino | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -19 | 31 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 29 |
| 17 | Genoa | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -21 | 26 |
| 18 | Lecce | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 34 | -30 | 25 |
| 19 | SPAL | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Brescia | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 31 | -33 | 18 |