Match preview Serie A: Sampdoria - Spezia at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Sampdoria fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Spezia.

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (45) in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The visitors last 48 games on grass have ended in 16 wins, 10 draws and 22 losses.

Sampdoria can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Spezia are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

L W L W W

Sampdoria form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Sampdoria have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 17 games. Sampdoria has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Sampdoria lost their last game at Inter (placed 1st) after a 1-5 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Roma.

As you see from the result above, Sampdoria suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in 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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost four.

The manager C. Ranieri will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Udinese in only four days.

Sampdoria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with 27 goals in 17 league matches. 24 goals have been conceded.

L D L D L

Spezia form and stats

There's been little loot from Spezia's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Spezia only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Spezia in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Napoli, 1-4. A 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spezia playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were four Spezia wins, four draws and ten defeats.

After this away game Spezia return home for a Serie A game against Torino. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Spezia have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Spezia have conceded 37 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sampdoria and Spezia have met before this season: Spezia - Sampdoria 2-1. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sampdoria, zero draws and two wins for Spezia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
11 goals
SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
9 goals
SampdoriaJ. Jankto
J. Jankto
6 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sampdoria Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 18 35
13 8 2 Won W 2 4 8
6 2 2 Drew D 1 4 10
16 7 1 Lost L 3 10 17
46 27 9 Scored S 9 22 44
52 24 7 Conceded C 13 37 67
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
86% 94% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 89%
57% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 71%
26% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 37%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 20%
63% 65% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 61% 69%
14% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 14%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.5 10.8 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.9 9.4
3.7 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.2
35% 39% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 40%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (45) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
3 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
4 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
5 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 34 16 7 11 58 53 17 11 4 2 35 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 5 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
15 Torino 33 7 13 13 47 56 17 3 8 6 24 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -9 34
16 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
17 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 34 3 11 20 36 71 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 1 6 10 23 40 -35 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

Sampdoria:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
3 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
4 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
5 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 34 16 7 11 58 53 17 11 4 2 35 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 5 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
15 Torino 33 7 13 13 47 56 17 3 8 6 24 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -9 34
16 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
17 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 34 3 11 20 36 71 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 1 6 10 23 40 -35 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

More from Italy - Serie A

Read more about Serie A

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.