Sampdoria are longing to add to their points total at their own arena in the upcoming game vs Spezia.
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie A
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This football pitch has grass, unlike Spezia's home arena. The previous 37 games by the guests on grass have seen 7 wins, 7 draws and 23 losses.
Sampdoria and Spezia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Sampdoria have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris.
The Sampdoria manager Stankovic and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Lecce (placed 16th). The Sampdoria goalkeeper Ravaglia was crucial in the match against Lecce last time out, making nine saves.
Before that game, the home loss against Cremonese with the scoreline 2-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Sampdoria perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sampdoria as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Sampdoria has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Sampdoria have scored {8 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Sampdoria have conceded 22 goals.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-3-9 (14 played).
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Lazio with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Bourabia was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Bourabia hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that, Spezia travelled to Fiorentina and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.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 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Spezia wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The attacking power of Spezia when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Spezia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips. When Spezia is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Empoli, Lecce, Spezia and Salernitana.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Spezia - Sampdoria 2-1. Sampdoria-Spezia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sampdoria two wins, Spezia four wins, one draw. six of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 13 goals |   M. Gabbiadini 6 goals |  F. Đuričić 3 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Spezia missing players
| Sampdoria | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 51 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 48 |
| 90% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 77% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 17% | 13% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 23% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 47% |
| 13% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 47% |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 9.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 19% | 22% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 15.4 | 13.4 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 18 | 17.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
- Sampdoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sampdoria have the fewest points (7) at home in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Serie A
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Napoli | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | Lazio | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 29 | 61 |
| 3 | Roma | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Milan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 53 |
| 5 | Inter | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 51 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 48 |
| 7 | Juventus | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 44 |
| 8 | Bologna | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Udinese | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Torino | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Monza | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 38 |
| 14 | Empoli | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Lecce | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 17 | Spezia | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 23 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 16 |
