Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Torino (10th, 53 pts) held a 34-point advantage over Sampdoria (20th, 19 pts). Per game in the league, Sampdoria were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.87, Torino 1.11 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Sampdoria had gone 5 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 24 games: 7 Sampdoria wins, 9 for Torino, 8 draws, at 2.79 goals per meeting.
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova, capacity 4,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Torino led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.