SSC Napoli vs UC Sampdoria, Serie A 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Serie A · 2020-21

SSC Napoli

2 – 1

Full Time

UC Sampdoria

Sun 13 Dec 2020 · 14:00 UTC Stadio Diego Armando Maradona HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Y 38' Morten Thorsby

Y 52' Albin Ekdal

Y 82' Omar Colley

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 84' Y

Lorenzo Insigne 90' Y

Y 90' Gaston Ramirez

Mario Rui 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

SSC Napoli vs UC Sampdoria — Serie A at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

SSC Napoli 5 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
UC Sampdoria 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Matteo Passeri
Referee Marco Piccinini
Referee Federico La Penna
Referee Alessio Berti

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Roma	5	13
2	FC Internazionale Milano	5	13
3	SS Lazio	5	13
4	Cagliari Calcio	5	12
5	AC Milan	5	11
6	Frosinone Calcio	5	10
7	Juventus FC	5	10
8	Como 1907	5	10
9	SSC Napoli	5	7
10	US Sassuolo Calcio	5	7
11	Atalanta BC	5	6
12	US Lecce	5	6
13	Udinese Calcio	5	4
14	Torino FC	5	4
15	Parma Calcio 1913	5	4
16	AC Monza	5	4
17	ACF Fiorentina	5	4
18	Bologna FC 1909	5	2
19	Genoa CFC	5	1
20	Venezia FC	5	0

Head-to-Head

SSC Napoli 10 games · Avg 2.8 goals UC Sampdoria

Last 5 meetings

2020-12-13 SSC Napoli 2–1 UC Sampdoria 2020-02-03 UC Sampdoria 2–4 SSC Napoli 2019-09-14 SSC Napoli 2–0 UC Sampdoria 2019-02-02 SSC Napoli 3–0 UC Sampdoria 2018-09-02 UC Sampdoria 3–0 SSC Napoli

Recent Form

SSC Napoli

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Dec	UC Sampdoria	H	2–1	W
10 Dec	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	H	1–1	D
06 Dec	FC Crotone	A	4–0	W
03 Dec	AZ	A	1–1	D
29 Nov	AS Roma	H	4–0	W
26 Nov	HNK Rijeka	H	2–0	W

UC Sampdoria

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Dec	SSC Napoli	A	1–2	L
06 Dec	AC Milan	H	1–2	L
30 Nov	Torino FC	A	2–2	D
22 Nov	Bologna FC 1909	H	1–2	L
07 Nov	Cagliari Calcio	A	0–2	L
01 Nov	Genoa CFC	H	1–1	D

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

SSC Napoli

0-15

–/–

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

SSC Napoli

Rasmus Hojlund	2 G
Kevin De Bruyne	1 G	1 A
Matteo Politano	1 G
Antonio Vergara	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona that hosts another battle between SSC Napoli and UC Sampdoria.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His SSC Napoli side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' UC Sampdoria seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' Jakub Jankto adds to his 0 season tally! UC Sampdoria lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
30' UC Sampdoria is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' UC Sampdoria fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
38' That is a Yellow card for UC Sampdoria. Morten Thorsby will be fuming at that decision.
43' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gennaro Gattuso will be considering his options from the bench.
46' The crowd applauds Fabian Ruiz as he leaves the pitch. Andrea Petagna steps in for SSC Napoli.
51' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
52' Albin Ekdal picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
53' Hirving Lozano makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and SSC Napoli are in front.
58' Kalidou Koulibaly, a Senegal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
59' Mario Rui is ready to make an impact after coming on for Faouzi Ghoulam at the 59 minute mark.
64' The whistle greets Valerio Verre as he departs to be replaced by Gaston Ramirez.
68' A goal from the Italy international Andrea Petagna! He fires home on 68 to make it 2-1!
73' Kostas Manolas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
77' Fresh legs for SSC Napoli! Stanislav Lobotka comes on to replace Piotr Zielinski.
79' Mikkel Damsgaard has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jakub Jankto on 79 minute.
82' UC Sampdoria receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 82.
84' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
89' It’s high time Claudio Ranieri made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
90' SSC Napoli player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
It finishes all square. SSC Napoli and UC Sampdoria share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

SSC Napoli Lineups

Starting XI

4
Diego Demme ↓ Tiemoue Bakayoko 59'
8
Fabian Ruiz ↓ Andrea Petagna 46'
31
Faouzi Ghoulam ↓ Mario Rui 59'
26
Kalidou Koulibaly
24
Lorenzo Insigne C
20
Piotr Zielinski ↓ Stanislav Lobotka 77'
14
Dries Mertens
1
Alex Meret
44
Kostas Manolas
21
Matteo Politano ↓ Hirving Lozano 46'
22
Giovanni Di Lorenzo

Bench

Coach Gennaro Gattuso

UC Sampdoria Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Claudio Ranieri

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Victor Osimhen	6
Dries Mertens	3
Eljif Elmas	2
Gregoire Defrel	2
Andrea Petagna	2
Gregoire Defrel	2
Fabio Quagliarella	2
Fabian Ruiz	2

Head to Head

SSC Napoli Form

2020-12-13 SSC Napoli 2–1 UC Sampdoria W 2020-12-10 SSC Napoli 1–1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol D 2020-12-06 FC Crotone 0–4 SSC Napoli W 2020-12-03 AZ 1–1 SSC Napoli D 2020-11-29 SSC Napoli 4–0 AS Roma W 2020-11-26 SSC Napoli 2–0 HNK Rijeka W

UC Sampdoria Form

2020-12-13 SSC Napoli 2–1 UC Sampdoria L 2020-12-06 UC Sampdoria 1–2 AC Milan L 2020-11-30 Torino FC 2–2 UC Sampdoria D 2020-11-22 UC Sampdoria 1–2 Bologna FC 1909 L 2020-11-07 Cagliari Calcio 2–0 UC Sampdoria L 2020-11-01 UC Sampdoria 1–1 Genoa CFC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.74 SSC Napoli xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.04 UC Sampdoria xG

I would bet for: SSC Napoli to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

SSC Napoli57% Draw24% UC Sampdoria19%

Actual: SSC Napoli win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

SSC Napoli or Draw

81%

Draw or UC Sampdoria

43%

SSC Napoli or UC Sampdoria

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

SSC Napoli37% Draw45% UC Sampdoria18%

Actual: UC Sampdoria win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

9.2%

0 – 0

1 – 2

5.6%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.5%

3 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

4.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — SSC Napoli

Handicap	SSC Napoli covers	Push	UC Sampdoria covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	23%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

UC Sampdoria keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.