Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Roma U19 (1st, 68 pts) and Sampdoria U19 (17th, 32 pts). Per game in the league, Sampdoria U19 were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.65, Roma U19 2.18 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
9 matches unbeaten backed Roma U19's arrival, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Sampdoria U19 held 3 points of 15 and Roma U19 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Sampdoria U19 wins, 2 for Roma U19, 0 draws, at 5 goals per meeting. 100% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova, with room for 4,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.