Match Report
The table read 7th (Sampdoria, 55 pts) against 17th (Ascoli, 41 pts), 14 points apart. The last five rounds placed Ascoli 6th in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Sampdoria ran at 1.39 scored and 1.32 conceded, Ascoli at 1 and 1.11.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Sampdoria, 0 for Ascoli and 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The match was played at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova (capacity 4,500). Ascoli led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.




