Sassuolo favourites for feisty fight facing Sampdoria

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 04.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

These teams have both had some difficulties so far, but a win and three points in this important game would certainly provide a boost. Get set for Sassuolo - Sampdoria!

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie A

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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo have played 7 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Sassuolo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Lecce, Spezia, Sassuolo and Monza), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

Sassuolo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bologna (0-3). The forward Lauriente was named "man of the match" for Sassuolo with a rating of 7.31/10. Lauriente hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

In the match before that, Sassuolo hosted Roma and drew the game 1-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sassuolo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.

The manager Dionisi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fiorentina in only three days.

The Sassuolo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches.

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Sampdoria form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Sampdoria have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 372 minutes ago. Colley was the goal scorer.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Adana Demirspor in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. An interesting fact; the scoreline 0-2 has been on "repeat" three times in a row!

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Torino's place.

A fact for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Napoli in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sampdoria as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. When Sampdoria 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, Sampdoria, Lecce, Spezia and Monza.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Sassuolo won five games, three matches ended with a tie and Sampdoria have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Frattesi
D. Frattesi
4 goals
SassuoloA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
3 goals
SassuoloA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
2 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Sassuolo Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
4 3 2 Won W 1 1 1
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 2 5 11
15 11 3 Scored S 3 4 6
22 7 1 Conceded C 4 14 27
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 80%
60% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 40%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 33%
33% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 13%
40% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 60%
 
4.1 3.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.7
4.3 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 3.9
2.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.6 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 12.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.9 10.4
4.5 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 2.7
22% 39% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 15%
 
11.9 11.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 13.4 12.4
3.3 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.3 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sampdoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sassuolo have scored more than double the goals of Sampdoria.

  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 15 13 2 0 37 12 8 7 1 0 21 6 7 6 1 0 16 6 25 41
2 Milan 15 10 3 2 29 15 8 7 0 1 20 9 7 3 3 1 9 6 14 33
3 Juventus 15 9 4 2 24 7 8 6 2 0 20 3 7 3 2 2 4 4 17 31
4 Lazio 15 9 3 3 26 11 8 5 1 2 14 7 7 4 2 1 12 4 15 30
5 Inter 15 10 0 5 34 22 7 6 0 1 19 4 8 4 0 4 15 18 12 30
6 Atalanta 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 3 2 3 11 11 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 27
7 Roma 15 8 3 4 18 14 7 3 1 3 7 5 8 5 2 1 11 9 4 27
8 Udinese 15 6 6 3 24 17 7 3 3 1 12 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 7 24
9 Torino 15 6 3 6 16 17 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 -1 21
10 Fiorentina 15 5 4 6 18 20 7 3 2 2 11 12 8 2 2 4 7 8 -2 19
11 Bologna 15 5 4 6 20 25 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 1 1 5 8 19 -5 19
12 Salernitana 15 4 5 6 19 24 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 3 4 7 16 -5 17
13 Empoli 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 5 11 -7 17
14 Monza 15 5 1 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 11 8 7 1 1 5 5 14 -6 16
15 Sassuolo 15 4 4 7 15 22 7 3 2 2 11 7 8 1 2 5 4 15 -7 16
16 Lecce 15 3 6 6 14 17 7 1 4 2 7 8 8 2 2 4 7 9 -3 15
17 Spezia 15 3 4 8 14 26 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 13
18 Cremonese 15 0 7 8 11 26 7 0 3 4 2 11 8 0 4 4 9 15 -15 7
19 Sampdoria 15 1 3 11 6 27 8 0 2 6 2 13 7 1 1 5 4 14 -21 6
20 Hellas Verona 15 1 2 12 12 29 8 1 0 7 8 17 7 0 2 5 4 12 -17 5

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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.