GENOVA. Parma was finally too good for Sampdoria with the goal of Dennis Man (41′ pen), Valentin Mihăilă (44′) and Nahuel Estévez (69′). Sampdoria lost this match 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 Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Ermanno Feliciani assisted by Alessandro Costanzo and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Valerio Crezzini. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.25 degrees Celsius or 50.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Sampdoria had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Parma succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Sampdoria shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Parma shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sampdoria received 1 yellow card (Valerio Verre). On the other side, Parma received 1 yellow card (Leandro Chichizola).

Standings

After playing this match, Sampdoria stays with 23 points like Südtirol and Pisa to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Parma will has 45 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away with Cittadella on the 27th of January with a 1-1 head to head.

Parma will play away against Modena on the 27th of January with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Sampdoria – Formation

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

The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stankovic (6.1), Petar Stojanovic (6.3), Daniele Ghilardi (7.0), Facundo González (6.6), Nicola Murru (7.0), Matteo Ricci (7.0), Gerard Yepes (7.5), Simone Giordano (6.7), Fabio Depaoli (7.5), Valerio Verre (7.7) and Manuel De Luca (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Barreca (6.4), Kristoffer Askildsen (7.0), Simone Panada, Agustín Álvarez (6.8), Antonino La Gumina, Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli, Lorenzo Costantino, Francesco Conti, Samuel Lukisa (7.3), Simone Leonardi and Marco Delle Monache.

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 3 changes: Matteo Ricci for Kristoffer Askildsen (60′), Nicola Murru for Antonio Barreca (61′) and Petar Stojanovic for Agustín Álvarez (61′).

Player of the match: Valerio Verre​

The most impressive player for Sampdoria was Valerio Verre.

His rating is 7.7 with 46 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 14.

Parma – Formation

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

Fabio Pecchia played with: Leandro Chichizola (8.4), Enrico Del Prato (7.3), Yordan Osorio (7.1), Botond Balogh (7.5), Gianluca Di Chiara (7.8), Adrián Bernabé (7.7), Nahuel Estévez (7.5), Dennis Man (8.9), Simon Sohm (6.3), Valentin Mihăilă (7.9) and Ange-Yoan Bonny (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Adrian Benedyczak (6.4), Gabriel Charpentier (6.7), Antonio Čolak, Antoine Hainaut, Anthony Partipilo (6.3), Martin Turk, Drissa Camara, Woyo Coulibaly, Hernani Jr. (6.7), Alessandro Circati, Edoardo Corvi and Wylan Cyprien (7.0).

Substitutions

Parma made 5 changes: Ange-Yoan Bonny for Gabriel Charpentier (67′), Valentin Mihăilă for Adrian Benedyczak (67′), Simon Sohm for Hernani Jr. (75′), Dennis Man for Anthony Partipilo (85′) and Adrián Bernabé for Wylan Cyprien (85′).

Player of the match: Dennis Man​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Parma was Dennis Man.

His rating is 8.9 with 1 goal, 42 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sampdoria – Parma – 0-3