Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Sassuolo U19 (5th, 54 pts) held a 22-point advantage over Sampdoria U19 (17th, 32 pts). Per game in the league, Sampdoria U19 were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.65, Sassuolo U19 1.82 and 1.79, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 0 Sampdoria U19 wins, 1 for Sassuolo U19, 3 draws, at 4.25 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 100% of the meetings.
A. Baratta took charge of the match — our records show 33 games refereed with an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game. Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,500. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.