📊 Form Guide

Catanzaro

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Catanzaro will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 Serie B defeat last time out to Juve Stabia.

In that game, Catanzaro managed 50% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Juve Stabia got 14 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Nicola Mosti (25') and Leonardo Candellone (41') scored for Juve Stabia.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Catanzaro have taken part. Opposition teams scored 12 times in these games whereas Catanzaro bagged a total of 11.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Catanzaro:

• haven't won against Sampdoria in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Sampdoria

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Last time out, Sampdoria drew 0-0 in the Serie B tie with Cremonese.

In that match, Sampdoria had 27% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Cremonese got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Sampdoria has been fairly consistent of late. Checking on their last 6 meetings shows that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal total of 8 and Sampdoria have scored 3. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Going into this contest, Sampdoria are without an away win for the past 12 league matches. Very poor, indeed.

👥 Head to head

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Serie B match day 15 on 30/11/2024 and the score finished Sampdoria 3-3 Catanzaro.

On that day, Sampdoria managed 46% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Nikola Sekulov (42'), Gennaro Tutino (58') and Simone Leonardi (90').

Catanzaro had 5 shots at goal with 4 on target. Pietro Iemmello (53', 67', 70') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Paride Tremolada.

ℹ️ Team News: Catanzaro

It looks as if Aquile del Sud may well kick off with a 3-5-2 system this time and select Mirko Pigliacelli, Stefano Scognamillo, Matias Antonini Lui, Federico Bonini, Tommaso Cassandro, Marco Pompetti, Mamadou Coulibaly, Simone Pontisso, Giacomo Quagliata, Pietro Iemmello and Filippo Pittarello.

📰 Team News: Sampdoria

Sampdoria manager Alberico Evani has a number of players out of action. Davide Veroli (Broken jaw), Samuele Perisan (muscular problems), Nikolas Ioannou (Calf muscle tear), Gennaro Tutino (Broken ankle) and Simone Romagnoli (Achilles tendon surgery) can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that i Blucerchiati seem most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 formation, choosing Alessio Cragno, Marco Curto, Alex Ferrari, Giorgio Altare, Fabio Depaoli, Leonardo Benedetti, Gerard Yepes, Ronaldo Vieira, Pietro Beruatto, Giuseppe Sibilli and M'Baye Niang.

🧠 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Sampdoria will need to apply a lot of pressure to break down this Catanzaro team who we think will score at least once to put them ahead.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 victory for Catanzaro at the end of this one.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 12:04 04/05/2025