Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Udinese and Sampdoria

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

This is football, this is Serie A and this is Udinese - Sampdoria. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Udinese have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Serie A
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sampdoria could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago.

Udinese are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Sampdoria most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Udinese form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Udinese, who have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Serie A, have to build on here at Dacia Arena in the Serie A.

No payout for Udinese in their previous match, an away game at Napoli that ended in defeat 1-5. The attacker Stefano Okaka was "man of the match" for Udinese with a rating of 7.31/10. Okaka scored one goal and hit one key pass. Udinese were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bologna that ended 1-1.

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 Udinese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost five.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Udinese here at Dacia Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 18 games). On the other hand, Udinese have conceded 18 goals.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Playing away, Sampdoria have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 9 defeats in the Serie A this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sampdoria have lost on their last two travels.

Sampdoria's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Spezia that finished 2-2. Antonio Candreva got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Candreva hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 61 total). As mentioned above, Sampdoria drew the match against Spezia. Manager C. Ranieri brought on Keita Baldé to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Inter's place.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sampdoria have scored 19 goals in 18 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sampdoria have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Sampdoria - Udinese 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Udinese won two, Sampdoria won six and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
11 goals
UdineseR. de Paul
R. de Paul
9 goals
SampdoriaK. Baldé Diao
K. Baldé Diao
7 goals

Udinese missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Udinese Sampdoria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
10 5 3 Won W 2 5 13
10 4 1 Drew D 0 4 7
16 9 1 Lost L 3 9 16
41 14 6 Scored S 5 19 48
52 18 2 Conceded C 7 28 54
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 78% 86%
44% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 58%
28% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 28%
19% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
56% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 64%
22% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 14%
31% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 28% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.4 12.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.2 10.6
3.6 3.9 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.8
31% 20% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Udinese have the fewest scored goals (14) at home 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 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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 36 27 7 2 82 31 18 16 1 1 48 17 18 11 6 1 34 14 51 88
2 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 86 42 18 12 3 3 49 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 44 75
3 Milan 36 23 6 7 72 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 75
4 Napoli 36 23 4 9 83 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 18 11 1 6 34 21 43 73
5 Juventus 36 21 9 6 70 35 18 13 2 3 37 16 18 8 7 3 33 19 35 72
6 Lazio 35 21 4 10 61 51 18 13 2 3 36 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 10 67
7 Roma 36 17 7 12 64 56 18 12 4 2 40 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 8 58
8 Sassuolo 36 15 11 10 59 55 18 6 8 4 29 27 18 9 3 6 30 28 4 56
9 Sampdoria 36 13 7 16 48 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 46
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Bologna 36 10 10 16 48 59 18 7 5 6 32 29 18 3 5 10 16 30 -11 40
12 Udinese 36 10 10 16 41 52 18 5 4 9 14 18 18 5 6 7 27 34 -11 40
13 Fiorentina 36 9 12 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 18 3 6 9 22 34 -10 39
14 Genoa 36 9 12 15 43 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 18 4 5 9 17 28 -11 39
15 Cagliari 36 9 9 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 36
16 Torino 35 7 14 14 48 64 18 3 8 7 24 35 17 4 6 7 24 29 -16 35
17 Spezia 36 8 11 17 46 69 17 4 6 7 22 30 19 4 5 10 24 39 -23 35
18 Benevento 36 7 10 19 38 73 18 2 6 10 18 38 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 31
19 Parma 36 3 11 22 38 77 18 2 5 11 15 36 18 1 6 11 23 41 -39 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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.