Fiorentina vs Sampdoria Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Fiorentina won both Serie A matches last season against Sampdoria, after going winless in their previous seven league games (D5 L2).
In each of the last nine Serie A matches between Fiorentina and Sampdoria, both teams have found the net (3.6 goals per game on average). Sampdoria have won only one of their last 14 Serie A away games against Fiorentina (D6 L7), a 2-1 victory in August 2017, thanks to Caprari and Quagliarella goals.
Fiorentina have won without conceding in each of their last three home league games; the last time the Viola went on a longer such run in Serie A was in October 2015 (six).
After losing their opening three Serie A games in 2019/20, Sampdoria have lost both their opening two games this season: only Atalanta (in 1952/53 and 1953/54) and Pro Patria (1948/49 and 1949/50) have lost their first three matches in consecutive Serie A seasons.
Fiorentina and Sampdoria are two of the three sides (alongside with Torino) to have lost a game after being in a leading situation in Serie A this season. Excluding the newly-promoted teams, only Milan (22) have conceded fewer goals than Fiorentina (24) in Serie A since Giuseppe lachini has become the new Viola manager.
However, in the last match against Inter, the Tuscan side conceded four goals for the first time since the game before the arrival of the current coach (1-4 against Roma, under Montella).
Sampdoria have conceded three of their six goals in the first two matchdays this season from a corner situation; however, in 2019/20 in Serie A, the Blucerchiati hadn't conceded their third goal from a corner until MD9.
Since the Serie A restart last June, Giacomo Bonaventura is the Italian player who has delivered the most assists (six) in the Italian top-flight; in general, only Gomez, Calhanoglu and Sanchez (eight each) have delivered more over this period.
Fabio Quagliarella has scored seven Serie A goals against Fiorentina with Sampdoria, including his only hat-trick with the Liguri in January 2018: against no team he has found the net more times with Sampdoria in the top-flight (seven also against Cagliari.
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