Thursday , 2 July 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
8 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 6.9 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Venezia FC 38 82
2 Frosinone Calcio 38 81
3 AC Monza 38 76
4 Palermo FC 38 72
5 US Catanzaro 38 59
6 Modena FC 2018 38 55
7 SS Juve Stabia 38 51
8 Calcio Avellino SSD 38 49
9 Mantova 1911 SSD 38 46
10 Padova Calcio 38 46
11 AC Cesena 38 46
12 Carrarese Calcio 38 44
13 UC Sampdoria 38 44
14 ACD Virtus Entella 38 42
15 Empoli FC 38 41
16 FC Sudtirol 38 41
17 SSC Bari 38 40
18 AC Reggiana 38 37
19 Spezia Calcio 38 35
20 Delfino Pescara 1936 38 35

Head-to-Head

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4
1
US Catanzaro 6 games · Avg 2.8 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
#5 Position #13
59 Points 44
38 Played 38
15 / 14 / 9 W / D / L 11 / 11 / 16
62 Scored 35
51 Conceded 48
+11 GD -13
1.55 PPG 1.16
39% Win % 29%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
US Catanzaro this season
24% Clean Sheets
UC Sampdoria this season

US Catanzaro are 5th (59 pts). UC Sampdoria are 13th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

US Catanzaro
0-15
4/1
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/–
76+
4/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
UC Sampdoria
0-15
–/2
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! US Catanzaro vs UC Sampdoria — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Pietro Iemmello has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His US Catanzaro side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' UC Sampdoria are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 20' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 23' Fabio Depaoli adds to his 1 season tally! UC Sampdoria lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 28' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jacopo Petriccione is clearly more than just a goal scorer for US Catanzaro.
  • 33' 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 Federico Bonini suffering a number of foals already.
  • 34' US Catanzaro player sees a card in front of him.
  • 35' Lorenzo Venuti was booked on 35.
  • 40' It looks surprising UC Sampdoria does not make any changes. Matias Antonini has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 45' What a moment for Nicolo Brighenti! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 45' Poor challenge from Gerard Yepes. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 47' Brilliant from the ! Tommaso Biasci makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 47.
  • 50' Assisted by Gerard Yepes with the perfectly-timed delivery and Massimo Coda makes no mistake. 2-2!
  • 55' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 57' Another substitution for US Catanzaro to replace Simone Pontisso by Rares Ilie on 57 minute.
  • 58' It is a substitution in UC Sampdoria team. Lorenzo Venuti is replaced by Bartosz Bereszynski on 58 minute.
  • 60' Marco Pompetti was booked on 60.
  • 63' Poor challenge from Marco Pompetti. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 67' UC Sampdoria ring the changes. Ronaldo Vieira has done his job and it is now time for Leonardo Benedetti to step up.
  • 72' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. US Catanzaro needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 74' Filippo Pittarello is replacing Tommaso Biasci for the US Catanzaro side.
  • 79' UC Sampdoria ring the changes. Gerard Yepes has done his job and it is now time for Ebenezer Akinsanmiro to step up.
  • 82' It is a substitution in US Catanzaro team. Giacomo Quagliata is replaced by Tommaso Cassandro on 82 minute.
  • 87' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering UC Sampdoria that had 456 games and scored 358 goals.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

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
Andrea Oliveri 1
Gennaro Tutino 1
Nikola Sekulov 1
Simone Leonardi 1
Massimo Coda 1
Fabio Depaoli 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
1.9 US Catanzaro xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 UC Sampdoria xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
US Catanzaro46% Draw25% UC Sampdoria29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.36
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

US Catanzaro or Draw
71%
Draw or UC Sampdoria
54%
US Catanzaro or UC Sampdoria
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
US Catanzaro35% Draw41% UC Sampdoria24%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.5%
2 – 1
8.8%
1 – 2
6.8%
2 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
6.2%
1 – 0
5.9%
3 – 1
5.6%
0 – 0
4.9%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 2
4.1%
3 – 0
3.9%
0 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — US Catanzaro

Handicap US Catanzaro covers Push UC Sampdoria covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 20% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 15% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

US Catanzaro keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
UC Sampdoria keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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