Soccer betting preview: Sassuolo welcomes Sampdoria in what could be a tight duel

Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: lø 16.mars
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore

Sassuolo and Sampdoria has both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie A.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Sassuolo are 4-7-3 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Sassuolo.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Napoli in the Serie A last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Milan (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Sassuolo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sassuolo as a small favourite), we find two games. Sassuolo has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Sassuolo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore with 24 goals in 27 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Playing away, Sampdoria has won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 24 times.

Sampdoria failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Atalanta that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at SPAL.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Sampdoria in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Sampdoria, 4 draws and 12 defeats.

Sampdoria are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. Sampdoria have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sampdoria - Sassuolo 0-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sassuolo won 4, Sampdoria won 2 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

F. Quagliarella
20 goals / 6 assists
K. Babacar
6 goals / 1 assists
G. Defrel
6 goals / 1 assists

Sassuolo missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Over Sassuolo (27 played) Sampdoria (27 played)
Over 0.5 89% 93%
Over 1.5 81% 74%
Over 2.5 48% 59%
Over 3.5 30% 33%
Over 4.5 15% 26%
Stat Sassuolo (27 played) Sampdoria (27 played)
BTTS 56% 52%
CS 30% 33%
FTS 26% 22%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juventus 27 24 3 0 59 17 14 12 2 0 32 9 13 12 1 0 27 8 42 75
2 Napoli 27 17 6 4 48 21 14 10 3 1 29 9 13 7 3 3 19 12 27 57
3 Milan 27 14 9 4 41 23 14 9 3 2 23 12 13 5 6 2 18 11 18 51
4 Inter 27 15 5 7 40 22 13 9 2 2 21 6 14 6 3 5 19 16 18 50
5 Roma 27 13 8 6 51 37 13 8 4 1 32 19 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 5 9 56 38 13 6 3 4 24 15 14 7 2 5 32 23 18 44
7 Torino 27 11 11 5 35 23 13 8 1 4 19 11 14 3 10 1 16 12 12 44
8 Lazio 26 12 6 8 37 28 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 5 3 5 14 14 9 42
9 Sampdoria 27 11 6 10 44 35 13 7 2 4 21 11 14 4 4 6 23 24 9 39
10 Fiorentina 27 8 13 6 42 33 13 5 6 2 24 15 14 3 7 4 18 18 9 37
11 Parma 27 9 6 12 29 40 14 4 4 6 12 18 13 5 2 6 17 22 -11 33
12 Sassuolo 27 7 11 9 36 42 14 4 7 3 24 26 13 3 4 6 12 16 -6 32
13 Genoa 27 7 9 11 32 42 14 5 6 3 17 15 13 2 3 8 15 27 -10 30
14 Cagliari 27 6 9 12 23 39 13 5 6 2 16 12 14 1 3 10 7 27 -16 27
15 Udinese 26 6 7 13 22 36 14 5 3 6 13 17 12 1 4 7 9 19 -14 25
16 SPAL 27 5 8 14 23 41 13 2 6 5 11 18 14 3 2 9 12 23 -18 23
17 Empoli 27 5 7 15 34 53 14 5 3 6 22 23 13 0 4 9 12 30 -19 22
18 Bologna 27 4 9 14 22 40 13 3 4 6 10 17 14 1 5 8 12 23 -18 21
19 Frosinone 27 3 8 16 20 51 13 0 5 8 9 27 14 3 3 8 11 24 -31 17
20 Chievo 27 1 10 16 20 53 14 1 5 8 12 26 13 0 5 8 8 27 -33 13

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