FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Fixture · Serie B · Sat 19 Sep 2026, 16:15 BST

Sampdoria
v Catanzaro

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The model's read

Sampdoria
43%
match result
Draw
30%
match result
Catanzaro
27%
match result
MarketModel probability
Double chance Sampdoria or draw72.8%
Double chance Catanzaro or draw57.4%
Double chance either team69.8%
Over 1.5 goals69.3%
Over 2.5 goals41.6%
Over 3.5 goals21.0%
Both teams to score48.2%
Sampdoria over 1.5 team goals38.4%
Catanzaro over 1.5 team goals27.0%
Sampdoria clean sheet36.2%
Catanzaro clean sheet26.4%

Most likely scorelines: 1-1 14.2% · 1-0 11.4% · 0-0 10.9% · 2-1 8.6% · 2-0 8.5%

Model readiness. Sampdoria has played 4 league games this season, Catanzaro 4 league games. Until 6, a club's rating still leans on last season's data, so read early-season calls with a raised eyebrow — it is the model's most documented weakness (the fix) and it is split out on the record.
Young rating. This league joined the model this season, so the numbers above are built on a first season of data only — a small sample with no prior seasons behind it. Read them with more caution than the established six leagues. No picks are generated from young leagues; how well these reads age is scored in public, separately, on the calibration page.
Probabilities, not selections. Every number above is read off one Dixon-Coles scoreline grid. None of it becomes a call until there is a market price to beat, the edge survives the margin, and lineups are confirmed. Nothing here is staked.

The market’s read

Sampdoria
42%
market implied · price 2.20
Draw
29%
market implied · price 3.20
Catanzaro
29%
market implied · price 3.26

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-16 08:04 UTC. Refreshed each morning while the fixture is inside the four-day odds window.

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Availability and rotation

No recorded absences for this fixture yet. The collector refreshes availability in the final days before kick-off; an empty list this far out means no data, not a clean bill of health.

Hot stats & streaks

Mined from recorded results in our own database — league games only, every line states its sample. Descriptive, not predictive: a streak is what happened, not what happens next.

Sampdoria

  • Sampdoria have lost their last 3 league games.
  • Sampdoria are winless in their last 5 league games (D1 L4).

Catanzaro

  • Catanzaro have lost 5 of their last 6 away league games.

Recent form — Sampdoria

DateRScoreOpponentxG for-against
13 SepL0-2Mantova (A)
07 SepL1-3Palermo (A)
29 AugL1-2Juve Stabia (H)1.4 - 0.9
23 AugD1-1Cesena (A)1.1 - 1.0
08 MayL0-1Reggiana (A)0.9 - 1.0
01 MayW1-0Sudtirol (H)1.1 - 0.7

Recent form — Catanzaro

DateRScoreOpponentxG for-against
12 SepW1-0Carrarese (H)
05 SepL0-2Sudtirol (A)0.6 - 0.4
30 AugL1-2Pisa (A)1.1 - 1.9
21 AugL2-3Vicenza Virtus (A)1.7 - 1.8
29 MayW2-0Monza (A)1.2 - 0.6
24 MayL0-2Monza (H)0.8 - 0.7

Chance quality, most recent season

Sampdoria
+0.27
xG diff/game · 1.23 for, 0.97 against
Catanzaro
-0.21
xG diff/game · 1.15 for, 1.36 against

Where they stand

TeamLeagueSeason PosP PtsPPGGoals Form
SampdoriaSerie B2026/2720410.253–8LLLD
CatanzaroSerie B2026/2717430.754–7WLLL

The table as it stands this season.

Home and away

TeamVenueLeagueSeason W-D-L Goals for / against per gameClean sheets
SampdoriahomeSerie B2026/270-0-11.0 / 2.00
CatanzaroawaySerie B2026/270-0-31.0 / 2.30

This season’s home and away splits.

Head to head

Last 6 meetings: Sampdoria 1 wins, 4 draws, Catanzaro 1 wins — 2.83 goals a game on average.

DateHomeScoreAway
25 Jan 26Catanzaro0-0Sampdoria
01 Oct 25Sampdoria0-0Catanzaro