GENOVA. Sampdoria and Salernitana didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Sampdoria was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa assisted by Stefano Alassio and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Matteo Gariglio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.3 degrees Celsius or 46.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sampdoria had a superior ball possession 56% while Salernitana was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sampdoria had a more offensive attitude with 30 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Sampdoria to win the match​.

Sampdoria shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (Bram Nuytinck, Michaël Cuisance and Lorenzo Malagrida). On the other side, Salernitana received 4 yellow cards (F. Daniliuc, Giulio Maggiore , Krzysztof Piatek and Boulaye Dia).

Standings

After playing this match, Sampdoria will have 12 points like Cremonese to remain in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana will have 25 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Sampdoria will host Hellas Verona on the 19th of March with a 12-4 head to head stats in favor of Sampdoria (4 draws).

Salernitana will play away agasint Milan on the 13th of March with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (1 draw).

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Dejan Stankovic decided to play with the following team: Emil Audero (7.5), Alessandro Zanoli (7.4), Bram Nuytinck (6.5), Bruno Amione (7.1), Mehdi Léris (7.0), Harry Winks (7.1), Tomás Rincón (6.9), Tommaso Augello (6.7), Michaël Cuisance (6.5), Abdelhamid Sabiri (6.8) and Jesé Rodríguez (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Koray Günter (6.8), Gerard Yepes, Flavio Paoletti, Martin Turk, Fabio Quagliarella (6.7), Daniele Montevago, Lorenzo Malagrida (6.1), Nicola Ravaglia, Nicola Murru (6.7), Marios Oikonomou and Manuel De Luca (6.5).

Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Koray Günter (injured).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Abdelhamid Sabiri for Koray Günter (35′), Bram Nuytinck for Lorenzo Malagrida (61′), Jesé for Fabio Quagliarella (61′), Tommaso Augello for Nicola Murru (62′) and Michaël Cuisance for Manuel De Luca (80′).

Best player: Emil Audero​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was the goalkeeper: Emil Audero. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.

Salernitana – Formation

Also Salernitana adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa played with: Guillermo Ochoa (7.1), Flavius Daniliuc (7.3), Norbert Gyömbér (7.2), Lorenzo Pirola (7.1), Junior Sambia (6.5), Domen Črnigoj (6.8), Lassana Coulibaly (6.3), Domagoj Bradarić (6.5), Grīgorīs Kastanos (6.9), Antonio Candreva (7.1) and Krzysztof Piątek (7.1).

They had on the bench: Diego Martín Valencia Morello, Pasquale Mazzocchi (6.8), Tonny Vilhena, Antonio Pio Iervolino, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, Matteo Lovato, Federico Bonazzoli, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Emil Bohinen (6.8), Boulaye Dia (6.5), Dylan Bronn, Erik Botheim, Giulio Maggiore (6.7) and Andrea Sorrentino.

Substitutions

Salernitana made 4 changes: Domen Crnigoj for Giulio Maggiore (46′), Junior Sambia for Pasquale Mazzocchi (46′), Grigoris Kastanos for Boulaye Dia (62′) and Antonio Candreva for Emil Bohinen (74′).

Best player: Flavius Daniliuc​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Salernitana was Flavius Daniliuc.

His rating is (7.3) with 25 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Spezia – Hellas Verona – 0-0
• Inter – Lecce – 2-0
• Sampdoria – Salernitana – 0-0
• Roma – Juventus – 1-0