Spezia vs Sampdoria

17 September 2022 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Jeison Murillo 12’ (og)
  • M'Bala Nzola 72’
  • Abdelhamid Sabiri 11’

Match summary

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

Abdelhamid Sabiri put Sampdoria ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Tommaso Augello, Murillo's own goal equalised in the 12th minute, and M'Bala Nzola won it in the 72nd minute, set up by Emil Holm.

There was little between the sides on chances: Spezia created 1.03 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots, Sampdoria 1.02 from 11.

Match stats

Spezia Sampdoria
6 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 8
3 Corners 6
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
1.03 xG 1.01
1.03 Non-penalty xG 1.01
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Spezia Sampdoria
Kick-off
11’
Abdelhamid Sabiri
Assist: Tommaso Augello0-1 (Sampdoria)
Jeison Murillo
Own goal1-1 (Spezia)
12’
Half-time1-1
M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Emil Holm2-1 (Spezia)
72’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Simone Bastoni
  • Viktor Kovalenko
  • M'Bala Nzola
  • Mikael Ellertsson
Sampdoria
  • Jeison Murillo
  • Alex Ferrari
  • Gonzalo Villar
  • Mehdi Leris
  • Filip Djuricic

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 1.02 11’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), 0-1 11’ 12’ Jeison Murillo (Spezia) own goal, 1-1 12’ 72’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-1 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 1.02 11’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), 0-1 Sabiri 11’ 12’ Jeison Murillo (Spezia) own goal, 1-1 Murillo 12’ 72’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-1 Nzola 72’
Spezia 1.03 xGSampdoria 1.02 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking Spezia attacking 
56’ Ethan Ampadu (Spezia), set piece, 0.45 xG, saved 72’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 90+3’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 52’ Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 82’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Tomás Rincón (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 82’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Ethan Ampadu (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 51’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Jeison Murillo (Sampdoria), own goal 56’ Ethan Ampadu (Spezia), set piece, 0.45 xG, saved 72’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 90+3’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 52’ Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 82’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 4’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Tomás Rincón (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 82’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+4’ Valerio Verre (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Ethan Ampadu (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 12’ Jeison Murillo (Sampdoria), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bartlomiej Dragowski GK900 0.000.000
Dimitris Nikolaou DEF900 0.000.000
Jakub Kiwior DEF900 0.000.451
Ethan Ampadu DEF882 0.480.000
Emil Holm MID9010 0.000.452
Arkadiusz Reca MID720 0.000.051
Mehdi Bourabia MID900 0.000.000
Viktor Kovalenko MID720 0.000.000
Simone Bastoni MID600 0.000.000
M'Bala Nzola FWD9012 0.470.000
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD881 0.050.000
Kevin Agudelo Sub301 0.020.072
Petko Hristov Sub180 0.000.000
Albin Ekdal Sub180 0.000.000
Mattia Caldara Sub20 0.000.000
Mikael Ellertsson Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 36% Avg odds 2.63
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.16
Sampdoria win 34% Avg odds 2.86

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Spezia LDLDL
Sampdoria DLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 1-0 Sampdoria, 23 Jan 22 Next meeting: Sampdoria 1-1 Spezia, 22 Apr 23  All Spezia vs Sampdoria meetings

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.