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63% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA and 37% BallPossessio CESENA
Sampdoria – Cesena 
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 6th position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Cesena, 18th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -22
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sampdoria | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 38:31 | 7 | 49 |
| 18 | Cesena | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28:53 | -25 | 22 |
Sampdoria battling to keep up the race for the spot in Europa League next season while Cesena battling for salvation. It’s a vain draw because hope for Cesena to avoid relegation almost disappearing. There are only 7 more games.
In the 10 precedent games at the Ferraris Stadium, stats in favor of Sampdoria with 4 wins, 4 draws while Cesena with only 2 wins. It seems a uphill battle for Cesena.
Here is SAMPDORIA official starting lineup by coach Sinisa Mihajlovic:
SAMPDORIA (4-2-3-1): Viviano; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Mesbah; Palombo, Obiang; Muriel, Eto’o, Éder; Okaka.
Here is CESENA official starting lineup by coach Domenico Di Carlo:
CESENA (4-3-1-2): Agliardi; Perico, Volta, Lucchini, Krajnc; Giorgi, Mudingayi, Cascione; Brienza; Succi, Rodríguez.
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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of SAMPDORIA: Forward Citadin Eder with 9 goals
Top scorer of CESENA: Forward Gregoire Defrel and Franco Brienza with 6 goals each
| Sampdoria | Goals | Goals | Cesena |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eder | 9 | 6 | Defrel, Gregoire |
| Gabbiadini, Manolo | 7 | 6 | Brienza, Franco |
| Okaka, Stefano | 4 | 4 | Rodriguez, Alejandro |
| Obiang, Pedro | 3 | 2 | Succi, Davide |
| Muriel, Luis | 3 | 2 | Duric, Milan |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost
| 12/04/15 | SA | Milan – Sampdoria | 1:1 | Round 30 | |||
| 04/04/15 | SA | Fiorentina – Sampdoria | 2:0 | Round 29 | |||
| 22/03/15 | SA | Sampdoria – Inter | 1:0 | Round 28 |
Here are the last 3 games of CESENA: 1 draw, 2 lost
| 12/04/15 | SA | Cesena – Chievo | 0:1 | Round 30 | |||
| 04/04/15 | SA | Verona – Cesena | 3:3 | Round 29 | |||
| 22/03/15 | SA | Cesena – Roma | 0:1 | Round 28 |
Photos of the game SAMPDORIA vs CESENA courtesy of cesenacalcio.it, facebook.com/cesenacalcio
Cesena coach Domenico Di Carlo grabbing 1 point at the Ferraris Stadium
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 31
Sampdoria – Cesena
Saturday 18 April 2015
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa, Italy
18:00
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: BARBIRATI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: LA ROCCA
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: PEZZUTO
Goals: No goals
Official formations – lineups:
SAMPDORIA (4-2-3-1): Viviano; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Mesbah; Palombo, Obiang; Muriel, Eto’o, Éder; Okaka.
Subs: Romero, Coda, Muñoz, Regini, Wszołek, Duncan, Acquah, Rizzo, Marchionni, Soriano, Correa, Bergessio.
Coach: Mihajlović.
CESENA (4-3-1-2): Agliardi; Perico, Volta, Lucchini, Krajnc; Giorgi, Mudingayi, Cascione; Brienza; Succi, Rodríguez.
Subs: Leali, Bressan, Capelli, Nica, Cazzola, Moncini, Zé Eduardo, Defrel, Djurić.
Coach: Di Carlo.
Match Stats
| Sampdoria | Match Stats | Cesena |
| 0 | Goals | 0 |
| 18(3) | Shots (on goal) | 5(3) |
| 8 | Fouls | 19 |
| 13 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 63% | Ball Possession | 37% |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |