Sunday , 15 November 2026

US Catanzaro vs UC Sampdoria, Serie B 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Serie B · 2024-25
US Catanzaro
2 – 2
Full Time
UC Sampdoria
Sun 4 May 2025 · 13:00 UTC Nicola Ceravolo 9,412 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 23' Fabio Depaoli
Nicolo Brighenti 45' 1–1
Tommaso Biasci 47' 2–1
2–2 50' Massimo Coda
Giacomo Quagliata 34' Y
Y 35' Lorenzo Venuti
Y 45' Gerard Yepes
Pietro Iemmello 45' Y
Marco Pompetti 60' Y
Marco Pompetti 63' YR

Overview

Match Preview

US Catanzaro vs UC Sampdoria — Serie B at Nicola Ceravolo.

Match Details

  • Referee Giovanni Ayroldi
  • Assistant 1 Damiano Di Iorio
  • Assistant 2 Emanuele Prenna
6 games this season 🟨 5.5/game ⚽ 11.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Palermo FC 11 27
2 Modena FC 2018 11 23
3 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC 11 20
4 Mantova 1911 SSD 11 19
5 Benevento Calcio 11 16
6 Calcio Avellino SSD 11 16
7 Hellas Verona FC 11 16
8 AC Pisa 1909 11 16
9 US Cremonese 11 15
10 Padova Calcio 11 15
11 AC Cesena 11 15
12 FC Sudtirol 11 15
13 SS Juve Stabia 11 12
14 SS Arezzo 11 11
15 UC Sampdoria 11 11
16 ACD Virtus Entella 11 10
17 Carrarese Calcio 11 10
18 L.R. Vicenza Virtus 11 9
19 Empoli FC 11 9
20 US Catanzaro 11 6

Head-to-Head

1
4
2
US Catanzaro 7 games · Avg 2.9 goals UC Sampdoria
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-04 US Catanzaro 2–2 UC Sampdoria 2024-11-30 UC Sampdoria 3–3 US Catanzaro 2024-05-10 US Catanzaro 1–3 UC Sampdoria 2023-10-01 UC Sampdoria 1–2 US Catanzaro

Recent Form

US Catanzaro
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 May UC Sampdoria H 2–2 D
01 May SS Juve Stabia A 0–2 L
27 Apr Palermo FC H 1–3 L
12 Apr Carrarese Calcio A 2–2 D
06 Apr SSC Bari H 3–3 D
29 Mar Modena FC 2018 A 1–2 L
UC Sampdoria
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 May US Catanzaro A 2–2 D
01 May US Cremonese H 0–0 D
25 Apr Carrarese Calcio A 0–1 L
12 Apr AS Cittadella H 1–0 W
06 Apr Spezia Calcio A 0–2 L
29 Mar Frosinone Calcio H 0–3 L

Season Stats

US Catanzaro UC Sampdoria
#20 Position #15
6 Points 11
11 Played 11
1 / 3 / 7 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 6
11 Scored 11
23 Conceded 18
-12 GD -7
0.55 PPG 1.00
9% Win % 27%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
9% Clean Sheets
US Catanzaro this season
18% Clean Sheets
UC Sampdoria this season

US Catanzaro are 20th (6 pts). UC Sampdoria are 15th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

US Catanzaro
0-15
1/–
16-30
4/3
31-45
–/7
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/2
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
UC Sampdoria
0-15
1/3
16-30
2/4
31-45
3/1
46-60
1/3
61-75
1/2
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

US Catanzaro
Pietro Iemmello 2 G
Marco D'Alessandro 1 G
Bruno Verrengia 1 G
UC Sampdoria
Lorenzo Insigne 3 G
Liam Henderson 2 G
Gennaro Tutino 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Nicola Ceravolo. Ninety minutes of football awaits between US Catanzaro and UC Sampdoria.
  • 5' US Catanzaro are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' US Catanzaro started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. US Catanzaro in their 3-5-2 trying to find a way past UC Sampdoria's compact 3-5-2.
  • 20' The travelling UC Sampdoria supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 23' Against the run of play, Fabio Depaoli has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 28' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 33' US Catanzaro currently sit 7 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 34' That looks like a foul for a card for Giacomo Quagliata.
  • 35' Lorenzo Venuti picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 40' Both keepers have barely been tested. US Catanzaro and UC Sampdoria are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 45' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nicolo Brighenti makes no mistake. 1-1!
  • 45' Gerard Yepes catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
  • 47' The deadlock is broken! Tommaso Biasci gets on the scoresheet on 47 minutes.
  • 50' Massimo Coda doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 55' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lorenzo Venuti suffering a number of foals already.
  • 57' Rares Ilie is ready to make an impact after coming on for Simone Pontisso at the 57 minute mark.
  • 58' Lorenzo Venuti makes way for Bartosz Bereszynski at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from UC Sampdoria.
  • 60' That is a card for US Catanzaro. Marco Pompetti will be fuming at that decision.
  • 63' US Catanzaro player sees a card in front of him.
  • 67' Leonardo Benedetti has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ronaldo Vieira on 67 minute.
  • 72' Alessio Cragno has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 74' Time for substitution for US Catanzaro. Tommaso Biasci is replaced by Filippo Pittarello.
  • 79' The whistle greets Gerard Yepes as he departs to be replaced by Ebenezer Akinsanmiro.
  • 82' The US Catanzaro bench stirs into life. Giacomo Quagliata is withdrawn and Tommaso Cassandro gets his opportunity.
  • 87' 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.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

US Catanzaro Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

UC Sampdoria Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Fabio Borini 4
Pietro Iemmello 3
Massimo Coda 1
Fabio Depaoli 1
Nicolo Brighenti 1
Tommaso Biasci 1
Enrico Brignola 1
Lorenzo Insigne 1

Head to Head

2025-05-04 US Catanzaro 2–2 UC Sampdoria 2024-11-30 UC Sampdoria 3–3 US Catanzaro 2024-05-10 US Catanzaro 1–3 UC Sampdoria 2023-10-01 UC Sampdoria 1–2 US Catanzaro

US Catanzaro Form

2025-05-04 US Catanzaro 2–2 UC Sampdoria D 2025-05-01 SS Juve Stabia 2–0 US Catanzaro L 2025-04-27 US Catanzaro 1–3 Palermo FC L 2025-04-12 Carrarese Calcio 2–2 US Catanzaro D 2025-04-06 US Catanzaro 3–3 SSC Bari D 2025-03-29 Modena FC 2018 2–1 US Catanzaro L

UC Sampdoria Form

2025-05-04 US Catanzaro 2–2 UC Sampdoria D 2025-05-01 UC Sampdoria 0–0 US Cremonese D 2025-04-25 Carrarese Calcio 1–0 UC Sampdoria L 2025-04-12 UC Sampdoria 1–0 AS Cittadella W 2025-04-06 Spezia Calcio 2–0 UC Sampdoria L 2025-03-29 UC Sampdoria 0–3 Frosinone Calcio L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.7 US Catanzaro xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.77 UC Sampdoria xG
I would bet for: US Catanzaro or UC Sampdoria 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
US Catanzaro39% Draw25% UC Sampdoria36%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.47
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 66%
34%
± 3.5 45%
55%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

US Catanzaro or Draw
64%
Draw or UC Sampdoria
61%
US Catanzaro or UC Sampdoria
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
US Catanzaro29% Draw41% UC Sampdoria30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.2%
1 – 2
8%
2 – 1
7.7%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
4.9%
0 – 1
4.9%
1 – 3
4.7%
1 – 0
4.7%
0 – 0
4.6%
2 – 0
4.5%
3 – 1
4.3%
2 – 3
4%

Asian Handicap — US Catanzaro

Handicap US Catanzaro covers Push UC Sampdoria covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 17% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 18% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 12% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

US Catanzaro keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
UC Sampdoria keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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