Serie A: Sampdoria vs Bologna 4-1 FT, as Quagliarella scores an impressive brace
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Sampdoria have lost three of their last five Serie A meetings against Bologna (W2), having lost just once in their previous 17 (W7 D9 L1).
- Bologna’s last away win against Sampdoria was in March 1998 (2-3) – since then, the hosts have won eight times with three draws.
- Sampdoria are winless in their last five league games (D2 L3), their longest winless run since the end of the 2016/17 campaign (8 games).
- Sampdoria have conceded 12 goals in their last four league games, one more than they had shipped in the previous 13 combined.
- Excluding newly promoted sides, Bologna are the only side yet to win an away game in 2018 in Serie A.
- Bologna have conceded exactly two goals in six of their last eight league fixtures.
- Bologna are the only side yet to have a midfielder score a goal in Serie A this season.
- Bologna’s Diego Falcinelli has played more Serie A games in 2018 without scoring than any other striker in the competition (24).
- Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella, is the oldest player across Europe’s top five leagues who has been directly involved in at least 10 goals this season (5 goals, 5 assists).
- Bologna’s Ibrahima Mbaye has scored three goals in four games against Sampdoria, more than he has vs any other side in Serie A.
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