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Serie B · Matchweek 3

Palermo

PAL

3–1Full 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.

45%Possession38%
31%Territory36%
14%From set plays26%
0.12Chance quality0.08
4.7%Directness8.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Palermo, 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.