Serie B · Matchweek 1
Cesena
CES
1–1Full time
Sampdoria
SAM
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
42%Possession38%
36%Territory36%
26%From set plays26%
0.09Chance quality0.08
5.3%Directness8.3%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Cesena, 4 for Sampdoria.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 37 of 100 matches, not the full season.