The home fans expect a win in this match, as the home advantage should work against a stumbling visitor. Südtirol are in 8th spot while the guesting Sampdoria stress at 16th.
- Südtirol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sampdoria have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Serie B
Südtirol and Sampdoria should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Südtirol form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Südtirol at their home stadium (Stadio Marco Druso) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Südtirol, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cremonese away with the result 1-0. At last, a league win after five fixtures without. Poluzzi loved the game against Cremonese. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Poluzzi was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.85 out of ten. Poluzzi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the home game against Catanzaro that was lost 0-1.Südtirol have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Marco Druso with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Südtirol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sampdoria form and stats
Playing away, Sampdoria have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie B this season.
Sampdoria won their last game, 2-0 versus Cosenza played at home. Yippee; their first victory in the league after eight matches not winning. Midfield player Borini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.55/10. Borini scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ascoli that ended 1-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sampdoria manager Pirlo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Salernitana.
It's early days yet, but Sampdoria has scored 5 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (5 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Casiraghi 6 goals |   F. Borini 4 goals |  R. Odogwu 3 goals |
Südtirol missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Südtirol | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| 6.2 | 4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 50% | 50% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| 15.8 | 17.2 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
- Sampdoria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sampdoria have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Serie B
- Sampdoria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Südtirol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Südtirol have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parma | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Catanzaro | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Palermo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Venezia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Cosenza | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Como | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Brescia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Südtirol | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Cremonese | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Modena | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Cittadella | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Pisa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Bari 1908 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Reggiana | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Ternana | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Spezia | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | FeralpiSalò | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 5 |
| 20 | Lecco | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 1 |
