Evenly matched teams: Venezia vs Sampdoria match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Venezia are keen to increase their points at their own stadium in this game versus Sampdoria.

Insights:
  • Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Serie A

This has all the signs of an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Venezia form and stats

Venezia's results here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie A have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. With nine home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Venezia fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Roma game long ago, can be stopped today.

In their previous game, the manager Zanetti led his Venezia to a defeat away at Lazio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. Haps was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Haps hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Sassuolo that was lost 1-4.

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 Venezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost two.

Venezia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Sampdoria have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-2-9 (14 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Sampdoria in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Roma.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Juventus with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Candreva was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Candreva hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 66 successful passes (of 77 total).

Prior to that match, the Sampdoria manager Giampaolo faced defeat when travelling to Udinese and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Sampdoria in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Sampdoria, one draw and three defeats.

Sampdoria have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sampdoria - Venezia 1-1 was the story when this pair of contenders previously did battle, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaA. Candreva
A. Candreva
7 goals
SampdoriaF. Caputo
F. Caputo
7 goals
VeneziaD. Okereke
D. Okereke
6 goals

Venezia missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Venezia Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 5 14 29
5 2 0 Won W 2 3 7
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 5
16 8 2 Lost L 3 9 17
25 15 3 Scored S 7 14 37
52 28 5 Conceded C 7 23 51
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
86% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 83%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 69%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 36% 45%
11% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
61% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 59%
11% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 17%
32% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 43% 28%
 
3.2 3.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.8 4.1
6.5 6.5 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 7.2 6
2.7 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 2.6
6 5 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.5 10.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.2 11
3.4 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.1 3.7
26% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 32% 35%
 
16.6 16.1 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 15.9 14.9
6.1 5.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 5.1 5.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Serie A
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 29 19 6 4 55 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 26 63
2 Napoli 29 18 6 5 51 21 14 8 2 4 23 10 15 10 4 1 28 11 30 60
3 Inter 28 17 8 3 61 23 14 10 2 2 35 12 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 59
4 Juventus 29 16 8 5 45 26 14 8 3 3 18 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 19 56
5 Lazio 29 14 7 8 58 42 14 8 4 2 33 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 16 49
6 Atalanta 28 13 9 6 50 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 48
7 Roma 29 14 6 9 47 35 15 8 4 3 20 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 12 48
8 Fiorentina 28 14 4 10 47 37 14 9 2 3 32 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 10 46
9 Hellas Verona 29 11 8 10 54 46 15 8 2 5 31 20 14 3 6 5 23 26 8 41
10 Sassuolo 29 10 10 9 51 48 14 4 5 5 19 22 15 6 5 4 32 26 3 40
11 Torino 28 9 8 11 34 29 15 7 4 4 27 16 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 35
12 Bologna 28 9 6 13 32 43 14 6 3 5 18 17 14 3 3 8 14 26 -11 33
13 Empoli 29 8 8 13 40 54 14 3 2 9 22 37 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 32
14 Udinese 27 6 12 9 35 44 14 4 7 3 19 21 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 30
15 Spezia 29 8 5 16 30 50 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -20 29
16 Sampdoria 29 7 5 17 37 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 14 3 2 9 14 23 -14 26
17 Cagliari 29 5 10 14 28 53 14 2 6 6 16 25 15 3 4 8 12 28 -25 25
18 Venezia 28 5 7 16 25 52 14 2 4 8 15 28 14 3 3 8 10 24 -27 22
19 Genoa 29 1 16 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -25 19
20 Salernitana 27 3 7 17 22 63 14 1 5 8 12 31 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 16

Sampdoria:
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 Milan 29 19 6 4 55 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 26 63
2 Napoli 29 18 6 5 51 21 14 8 2 4 23 10 15 10 4 1 28 11 30 60
3 Inter 28 17 8 3 61 23 14 10 2 2 35 12 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 59
4 Juventus 29 16 8 5 45 26 14 8 3 3 18 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 19 56
5 Lazio 29 14 7 8 58 42 14 8 4 2 33 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 16 49
6 Atalanta 28 13 9 6 50 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 48
7 Roma 29 14 6 9 47 35 15 8 4 3 20 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 12 48
8 Fiorentina 28 14 4 10 47 37 14 9 2 3 32 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 10 46
9 Hellas Verona 29 11 8 10 54 46 15 8 2 5 31 20 14 3 6 5 23 26 8 41
10 Sassuolo 29 10 10 9 51 48 14 4 5 5 19 22 15 6 5 4 32 26 3 40
11 Torino 28 9 8 11 34 29 15 7 4 4 27 16 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 35
12 Bologna 28 9 6 13 32 43 14 6 3 5 18 17 14 3 3 8 14 26 -11 33
13 Empoli 29 8 8 13 40 54 14 3 2 9 22 37 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 32
14 Udinese 27 6 12 9 35 44 14 4 7 3 19 21 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 30
15 Spezia 29 8 5 16 30 50 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -20 29
16 Sampdoria 29 7 5 17 37 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 14 3 2 9 14 23 -14 26
17 Cagliari 29 5 10 14 28 53 14 2 6 6 16 25 15 3 4 8 12 28 -25 25
18 Venezia 28 5 7 16 25 52 14 2 4 8 15 28 14 3 3 8 10 24 -27 22
19 Genoa 29 1 16 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -25 19
20 Salernitana 27 3 7 17 22 63 14 1 5 8 12 31 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 16

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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.