These two teams have had problems getting enough points so far, but three lovely points in this important game would definitely help. Let's hear it for Spezia - Sampdoria!
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
0-0-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sampdoria when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those one match are 1-2 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Spezia form and stats
Spezia's struggle is real here at Stadio Alberto Picco with only 9 points collected from 10 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5.
A strong away win for Spezia against Milan the last match, as Gyasi and Agudelo were on target. Attacking player Gyasi outperformed all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.01 out of 10. Gyasi scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 30 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Genoa.Spezia has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Spezia have conceded 14 in these home matches. Spezia has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sampdoria form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Sampdoria have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far. When Sampdoria is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Genoa, Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Udinese and Salernitana is teams we like to compare Spezia with. With the Sampdoria losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Sampdoria play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Juventus (placed 5th). Falcone was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Falcone stopped the opponent with eleven saves.
A loss against Torino was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sampdoria have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. In the opposite end, Sampdoria have conceded 15 goals in their away games. 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 Genoa, Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Udinese and Salernitana.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H match ended Sampdoria - Spezia 2-1, played this season. Previous five meetings with these sides: Spezia won two, Sampdoria triumphed in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Candreva 6 goals |  M. Gabbiadini 6 goals |  F. Caputo 5 goals |
Spezia missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Spezia | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 42 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 77% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 73% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 59% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 68% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 14% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 7.6 | 6.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 11.7 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 35% |
| 18.1 | 17.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.2 | 15 |
| 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Serie A
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Spezia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 15 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
