Sampdoria vs Benevento Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📸
In the two previous Serie A meetings between Sampdoria and Benevento (in 2017 /18), both sides found the net with the home side winning on both occasions.
Sampdoria have conceded goals in each of their last 1 0 Serie A games against newly promoted sides, after keeping a clean sheet in five of their previous seven.
After three consecutive wins, Sampdoria have lost four of their last five league games (D1 ), conceding 2.4 goals on average per match.
Sampdoria have lost their last two home games in the Italian top-flight, last losing three home games in a row in Serie A in September 2013.
Benevento lost their only previous opening match in a Serie A season, also against Sampdoria, at Ferraris in 2017. Among the current Serie A teams, Sampdoria have the lowest average possession figure in the Italian top-flight in 2020 (42%).
In their only previous season in the Italian top-flight (2017 /18) Benevento lost 29 games, the most defeats by a team in a single Serie A season. Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella could find the net in his 16th consecutive Serie A season: only three players have achieved this feat in the 21st century: Roberto Baggio (18), Alberto Gilardino (17) and Francesco Totti (23 -the most ever).
Sampdoria's Fabio Quagliarella has scored 17 goals in his last 20 Serie A games against newly-promoted sides, including a brace in August 2017 against Benevento. Gianluca Caprari played 73 Serie A games with Sampdoria, between 2017 and 2020, scoring 14 goals. The Benevento striker scored his first goal in the Italian top-flight against the Blucerchiati in September 2012 with Pescara.
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