FIRENZE. Fiorentina destroys Sampdoria 5-0 with goals of Gaetano Castrovilli (45′), Dodô (63′), Alfred Duncan (66′), C. Kouamé (76′) and Aleksa Terzić (88′). Fiorentina was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Gino Bozzi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua who had the assistance of Giorgio Peretti and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Matteo Gualtieri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Fiorentina

5 - 0

Sampdoria

  • ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
  • 23 Total 4
  • 10 On Target 1
  • 7 Off Target 2
  • 6 Shots blocked 1
  • 112 Attack 61
  • 44 Dangerous attack 14
  • 85 Ball safe 85
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 0
Fouls
  • 14 Total 9
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a strong ball possession 67% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match​.

Fiorentina shot 23 times, 11 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Sampdoria shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards (C. Kouamé and Aleksa Terzić). On the opposite side, Sampdoria received 1 yellow card (Jeison Murillo).

Match Timeline

33'
Gaetano Castrovilli(goal)
45'
59'
60'
Dodô(goal)
63'
Alfred Duncan(goal)
66'
Christian Kouamé- sub ->Nicolás González
70'
70'
73'
73'
73'
Christian Kouamé(goal)Sofyan Amrabat
76'
78'
78'
Christian Kouamé- Yellow
81'
87'
88'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Napoli
90
38
Lazio
74
38
Inter
72
38
Milan
70
38
Atalanta
64
38
Roma
63
38
Juventus
62
38
Fiorentina
56
38
Bologna
54
38
Torino
53
38
Monza
52
38
Udinese
46
38
Sassuolo
45
38
Empoli
43
38
Salernitana
42
38
Lecce
36
38
Spezia
31
38
Hellas Verona
31
38
Cremonese
27
38
Sampdoria
19
38

After playing this contest, Fiorentina will have 45 points like Bologna to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria will stay with 17 points to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away with Torino on the 21st of May with a 15-6 head to head in favor of Fiorentina (9 draws).

Sampdoria will host Empoli on the 15th of May with a 11-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (4 draws).

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy
6.8
D
Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy
7.7
87'
D
Dodô 2.Brazil
7.8
70' 63'
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
7.3
D
Luca Ranieri 16.Italy
7.1
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
8.0
66'
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
8.0
M
Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy
7.4
78' 45'
M
Nicolás González 22.Argentina
6.8
70'
M
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy
6.6
78'
F
Luka Jović 7.Serbia
8.0
Substitutes
Tommaso Vannucchi 51.Italy
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
D
Aleksa Terzic 15.Serbia
87' 89' 88'
D
Igor 98.Brazil
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
6.8
70'
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 28.Argentina
D
Michael Kayode 48.Italy
M
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
6.4
78'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
6.2
78'
M
Rolando Mandragora 38.Italy
M
Antonín Barák 72.Czech Republic
F
Arthur Cabral 9.Brazil
F
Jonathan Ikoné 11.France
F
Christian Kouamé 99.Ivory Coast
7.5
70' 81' 76'
F
Josip Brekalo 77.Croatia

Fiorentina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Michele Cerofolini (6.8), Dodô (7.8), Nikola Milenković (7.3), Luca Ranieri (7.1), Cristiano Biraghi (7.7), Sofyan Amrabat (8.0), Alfred Duncan (8.0), Nicolás González (7.0), Gaetano Castrovilli (7.4), Riccardo Sottil (6.6) and Luka Jović (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Pietro Terracciano, Aleksa Terzić, Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo, Nanitamo Jonathan Ikoné, Christian Kouamé (7.2), Lorenzo Venuti (6.8), Lucas Martínez Quarta, Michael Olabode Kayode, Josip Brekalo, Tommaso Vannucchi, Alessandro Bianco (6.2), Rolando Mandragora, Antonín Barák, Arthur Mendonça Cabral and Riccardo Saponara (6.4).

Fiorentina could not rely on the presence of Aleksa Terzić (injured).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Dodô for Lorenzo Venuti (70′), Nicolás González for Christian Kouamé (70′), Gaetano Castrovilli for Riccardo Saponara (78′), Riccardo Sottil  for Alessandro Bianco (78′) and Cristiano Biraghi for Aleksa Terzić (87′).

Best player: Alfred Duncan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Alfred Duncan.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 52 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria
G
Nicola Ravaglia 30.Italy
6.8
D
Koray Günter 4.Germany
6.1
D
Marios Ikonomou 5.Greece
7.0
59'
D
Bruno Amione 2.Argentina
6.0
M
Tommaso Augello 3.Italy
6.1
M
Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy
6.8
M
T. Rincón 8.Venezuela
6.3
M
Harry Winks 20.England
6.6
F
Mehdi Léris 37.Algeria
7.0
33'
F
M. Gabbiadini 23.Italy
6.5
73'
F
Sam Lammers 10.Netherlands
6.4
73'
Substitutes
G
M. Turk 22.Slovenia
D
Nicola Murru 29.Italy
D
J. Murillo 21.Colombia
6.4
59' 60'
M
Flavio Paoletti 36.Italy
M
Michaël Cuisance 80.France
6.3
73'
M
Abdelhamid Sabiri 11.Morocco
6.4
73'
M
L. Malagrida 31.Italy
M
E. İlkhan 26.Turkey
M
Filip Djuricic 7.Serbia
6.3
33'
F
Fabio Quagliarella 27.Italy
F
Jesé Rodríguez 99.Spain
6.8
73'

Sampdoria started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Dejan Stankovic played with: Nicola Ravaglia (6.8), Koray Günter (6.1), Marios Oikonomou (7.0), Bruno Amione (6.0), Alessandro Zanoli (6.8), Harry Winks (6.6), Tomás Rincón (6.3), Tommaso Augello (6.1), Mehdi Léris (7.0), Sam Lammers (6.2) and Manolo Gabbiadini (6.5).

They had on the bench: Flavio Paoletti, Nicola Murru, Michaël Cuisance (6.3), Fabio Quagliarella, Jeison Murillo (6.4), Abdelhamid Sabiri (6.7), Federico Zorzi, Lorenzo Malagrida, Emirhan İlkhan, Martin Turk, Jesé Rodríguez (6.8) and Filip Đuričić (6.3).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Mehdi Léris for Filip Đuričić (33′), Marios Ikonomou for Jeison Murillo (59′), Manolo Gabbiadini for Jesé Rodríguez (73′), Filip Djuricic for Michaël Cuisance (73′) and Sam Lammers for Abdelhamid Sabiri (74′).

Best player: Marios Oikonomou​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Marios Oikonomou.

His rating is (7.0) with 13 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes.

Results of the day

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