Sampdoria 3-1 Catania: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 March 2008

Result

Sampdoria 3-1 Catania

Serie A · Sunday 16 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sampdoria 3-1 Catania: match report

Sampdoria won against Catania 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 March 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Angelo Palombo opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Sampdoria's goals came from Angelo Palombo (68'), Pietro Accardi (76') and Claudio Bellucci (86'). Catania scored through Lorenzo Stovini (73').

Discipline: Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards; Catania received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sampdoria were 7th on 39 points from 27 and Catania 15th on 27 points from 27. Sampdoria went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Catania 17th with 37.

Sampdoria lined up in a 3-5-2 and Catania in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sampdoria win, 0 draws and 2 for Catania.

Going into the match Sampdoria's last five read W-D-L-D-W and Catania's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Matías SilvestreCatania
  • 24'Yellow card · D. FranceschiniSampdoria
  • 39'Yellow card · P. SammarcoSampdoria
  • 67'Yellow card · Mark EduseiCatania
  • 68'Goal · Angelo PalomboSampdoria · 1-0
  • 73'Goal · Lorenzo StoviniCatania · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Pietro AccardiSampdoria · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Stefano LucchiniSampdoria
  • 86'Goal · Claudio BellucciSampdoria · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Giacomo TedescoCatania
  • 87'Yellow card · Juan Manuel VargasCatania

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sampdoria 1, draws 0, Catania 2.

Team news

Sampdoria line-up (3-5-2)

Luca Castellazzi, Pietro Accardi, Stefano Lucchini, Mirko Pieri, Angelo Palombo, Paolo Sammarco, Gennaro Delvecchio, Christian Maggio, Emiliano Bonazzoli, Daniele Franceschini, Daniele Gastaldello

Catania line-up (4-3-3)

Albano Bizzarri, Matías Silvestre, Lorenzo Stovini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Cristian Silvestri, Mark Edusei, Davide Baiocco, Giacomo Tedesco, Giuseppe Mascara, Inácio Piá, Gionatha Spinesi