Sampdoria vs SPAL

1 October 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Karol Linetty 25’
  • Gregoire Defrel 60’
  • Alberto Paloschi 21’

Match summary

Sampdoria came from behind to win 2-1 at home to SPAL. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alberto Paloschi put SPAL ahead in the 21st minute, Karol Linetty equalised in the 25th minute, set up by Fabio Quagliarella, and Gregoire Defrel won it in the 60th minute, set up by Fabio Quagliarella.

The chances backed that up: Sampdoria created 1.67 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to SPAL's 1.19 from 9.

Match stats

Sampdoria SPAL
16 Shots 10
9 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.67 xG 1.17
1.67 Non-penalty xG 1.17
12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Sampdoria SPAL
Kick-off
21’
Alberto Paloschi0-1 (SPAL)
Karol Linetty
Assist: Fabio Quagliarella
1-1 (Sampdoria)
25’
Half-time1-1
Gregoire Defrel
Assist: Fabio Quagliarella
2-1 (Sampdoria)
60’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sampdoria
  • Nicola Murru
  • Albin Ekdal
  • Dennis Praet
SPAL
  • Felipe
  • Everton Luiz
  • Andrea Petagna

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.67 1.19 21’ Alberto Paloschi (SPAL), 0-1 21’ 25’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), 1-1 25’ 60’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), 2-1 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.67 1.19 21’ Alberto Paloschi (SPAL), 0-1 Paloschi 21’ 25’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), 1-1 Linetty 25’ 60’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), 2-1 Defrel 60’
Sampdoria 1.67 xGSPAL 1.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Sampdoria attacking 
21’ Alberto Paloschi (SPAL), open play, 0.82 xG, goal 60’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 3’ Edgar Barreto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 60’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 77’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 67’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 75’ Dennis Praet (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Edgar Barreto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 51’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Dennis Praet (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 63’ Thiago Cionek (SPAL), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Mattia Valoti (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 80’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 86’ Felipe (SPAL), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Alberto Paloschi (SPAL), open play, 0.82 xG, goal 60’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 3’ Edgar Barreto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 60’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 77’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 67’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 81’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Dennis Praet (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Edgar Barreto (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 51’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Dennis Praet (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 63’ Thiago Cionek (SPAL), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Mattia Valoti (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 80’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 86’ Felipe (SPAL), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emil Audero GK900 0.000.000
Bartosz Bereszynski DEF900 0.000.141
Joachim Andersen DEF900 0.000.000
Lorenzo Tonelli DEF900 0.000.000
Nicola Murru DEF900 0.000.031
Edgar Barreto MID902 0.430.312
Albin Ekdal MID900 0.000.041
Karol Linetty MID8611 0.040.000
Dennis Praet MID902 0.130.031
Fabio Quagliarella FWD7827 0.480.604
Gregoire Defrel FWD6812 0.450.371
Gianluca Caprari Sub221 0.140.000
Dawid Kownacki Sub120 0.000.000
Jakub Jankto Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sampdoria win 52% Bet365 odds 1.80
Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60
SPAL win 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.