Match Report
The table read 18th (Sampdoria, 41 pts) against 19th (Cittadella, 39 pts), 2 points apart. Sampdoria ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Sampdoria ran at 1 scored and 1.29 conceded, Cittadella at 0.79 and 1.47.
Sampdoria had gone 7 games without a win.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Sampdoria, 1 for Cittadella and 2 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Only 0% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova (capacity 36,599). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Sampdoria: Giuseppe Sibilli (64')