Match report
Sampdoria fight back from behind and a red card to beat Catanzaro
Sampdoria came from behind to beat Catanzaro 2-1 in a Serie B round five fixture at Luigi Ferraris, despite playing more than half an hour with ten men. The result lifted the home side to 18th in the table on four points from five games, while Catanzaro remained 19th with three points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Catanzaro took a half-time lead when Stefan Gartenmann turned the ball into his own net in first-half stoppage time, giving the visitors a 1-0 advantage at the break. Sampdoria levelled early in the second half through Lorenzo Insigne, who finished after an assist from Tobias Lauritsen in the 56th minute to make it 1-1.
The contest shifted again nine minutes later when Oliver Abildgaard was sent off for the home side in the 64th minute, leaving Sampdoria to play on with ten men. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Sampdoria pushed forward and were rewarded in the 85th minute when Tjaš Begić scored to put them 2-1 ahead, a lead they held until full time.
Insigne scored the equalising goal and finished with a match rating of 8.05, the highest of any player on show. Begić, who struck the late winner, was next best with a rating of 7.78.
Sampdoria managed just 42% of possession yet still produced 17 shots to Catanzaro's 10, underlining how direct they were even after going down to ten men.
Sampdoria beat Catanzaro 2–1 (half-time 0–1).
Sampdoria met Catanzaro in the Serie B (Regular Season - 5). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 15:15 UTC at Luigi Ferraris. Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi.
Key moments
- 45+2' Goal (own goal): Stefan Gartenmann — 0–1
- 56' Goal: Lorenzo Insigne (assist: Tobias Lauritsen) — 1–1
- 64' Red card: Oliver Abildgaard
- 85' Goal: Tjaš Begić — 2–1
Starting line-ups
Sampdoria (4-3-2-1)
Catanzaro (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sampdoria 27%, the draw 38%, Catanzaro 35%. It finished Sampdoria 2–1 Catanzaro.
Catanzaro's rating edge, but the draw is in play — Catanzaro are the stronger side on our strength rating, and a weak Serie B home advantage plus the early-season home fade on top give Catanzaro the lean. The draw at 38% is the likeliest single result, helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Catanzaro at 35%?
Catanzaro sit 133 points higher on our strength rating — 1384 to 1516. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,189 such games. Serie B home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (32.2% vs 24.9% norm) and away wins (26.1% vs 30.2%). Serie B homes won 41.7% of 4,053 games vs 44.9% across all 100,303 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Sampdoria's column. Across 11,181 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 32–33–35.
Why only 35%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 35% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 38% and Sampdoria at 27%.
Why is the draw the likeliest result?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.4 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,851. Serie B runs draw-heavy, adding 7.4 points. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
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About this match
On this page: the Sampdoria vs Catanzaro final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Serie B fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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Quick answers
›What was the final score of Sampdoria vs Catanzaro?
Sampdoria beat Catanzaro 2–1 (half-time 0–1).
›Who scored in Sampdoria vs Catanzaro?
Stefan Gartenmann (45+2') (own goal) for Catanzaro; Lorenzo Insigne (56') for Sampdoria; Tjaš Begić (85') for Sampdoria.
›Where can I watch Sampdoria vs Catanzaro highlights?
Goal highlights and video clips from Sampdoria 2–1 Catanzaro are on this page — open the videos tab to watch every goal.
›What is the head-to-head record between Sampdoria and Catanzaro?
Sampdoria and Catanzaro have met 6 times — 1 win for Sampdoria, 1 win for Catanzaro and 4 draws.