Match Report
Sampdoria, 20th on 19 points, faced a 37-point deficit to Fiorentina (8th, 56). Fiorentina ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Fiorentina ran at 1.39 scored and 1.13 conceded, Sampdoria at 0.63 and 1.87.
The sides have met 27 times in the GioScore results database: 11 wins for Fiorentina, 8 draws and 8 for Sampdoria, at 2.96 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,800. On the scoreboard, Fiorentina led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 5-0.