This will be the 88th meeting in Serie A between these two sides: Sampdoria lead by 34 wins to 24, with 29 draws.
These sides haven't shared the points in their last 10 league meetings (five wins apiece).
Atalanta won the reverse fixture 2-1 at the Marassi, previously they hadn't scored for three games in a row against Samp.
The last meeting in Bergamo saw the guests winning 1-0; that win followed a run of three consecutive wins for the hosts in Serie A.
Atalanta have scored two goals in each of their last four league fixtures (2W 2D).
Beating Pescara in their last home game, ended a run of five winless games at their ground.
Losing to Cagliari, Sampdoria ended a 6-game unbeaten streak in Serie A (4W 2D).
Samp have netted only one goal over their last four league games away from home, picking up only two points in the process.
Atalanta have picked up the most red cards so far in this Serie A campaign (10).
Eder has already won three penalties in this Serie A season, a joint-record shared with AC Milan's Pazzini.
Cagliari - Fiorentina
Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last eight Serie A meetings against Cagliari; five wins for the Viola and three draws.
The reverse fixture saw five goals scored - one more than the total of those netted over the four previous meetings.
Neither side have managed to score more than two goals over their last 10 league meetings.
Cagliari have lost only one of their last 10 league fixtures, winning five.
Over these last 10 match-days, only AC Milan (24) and Juventus (21) have collected more points than Cagliari (19).
At home, the Sardinians are unbeaten in their last five games (3W 2D), and have netted seven goals in the last two against Torino and Sampdoria.
Fiorentina are on a run of three consecutive wins, and have won five of their last seven fixtures, losing the other two.
The Viola have kept only one clean sheet away from home in 2013, conceding at least two goals in the other away games played in this calendar year.
Cagliari have conceded 33 goals in the second half, and 18 in the last 15 minutes of play - both are negative records in this Serie A campaign.
Fiorentina have netted the most goals following a corner situation in this Serie A (nine).
Luca Toni has scored four goals in four appearances for Fiorentina against Cagliari in Serie A.
Chievo - AC Milan
Chievo have won only two of their 21 previous meetings against AC Milan in Serie A.
The Rossoneri have won their last 12 games against Chievo, conceding only six goals in the process.
Chievo have failed to score in 10 of their 21 previous meetings against AC Milan, while the Rossoneri failed to find the net only once (0-0 in March 2003).
Chievo and AC Milan have shared only two draws so far in the league, including a 1-1 in their first meeting at the Bentegodi in April 2002.
Chievo have won their last two league games against Napoli and Pescara, after they had picked up only one point from their previous five fixtures.
Chievo have lost just one their last 11 home games in Serie A.
AC Milan are still unbeaten in the league in 2013 (8W 3D).
However, Massimiliano Allegri's side have won just two of their last six games on the road, and lost only one of the last 10 away from the San Siro.
Only Lionel Messi (nine) has scored more goals than Mario Balotelli (seven) since February 1st 2013 in the top-5 European Leagues.
Like Balotelli, also Giampaolo Pazzini has netted seven goals in his last seven Serie A appearances.
Genoa - Siena
Genoa have lost their last two Serie A meetings against Siena - previously the Grifoni had recorded four wins and two draws against the Tuscans in the top-flight.
Genoa and Siena have shared two wins each over their four previous meetings at the Marassi in Serie A.
Genoa have lost their last three league fixtures, conceding on average 2.7 goals per game.
Genoa have won three of their last five home games in the league, losing the other two.
Siena have failed to score in three of their last four Serie A fixtures.
Siena have won their last away game (2-1 to Palermo); prior to that win, the Tuscans hadn't won for 11 games in a row away from home (3D 8L).
Siena have conceded goals in each of their last seven away games (15 goals in total).
Siena and Genoa are the two Serie A sides that have made the fewest passes so far: on average 349 per game for the Grifoni, and 352 for the Tuscans.
Siena have managed only 78 shots on target so far - a Serie A league-low.
Juraj Kucka has already made 75 fouls this season, more than any other Serie A player.
Inter - Juventus
Inter's win in the reverse fixture ended Juventus' 49-game unbeaten run in Serie A.
Prior to that game, Juve had won three games in a row in Serie A against Inter.
This will be the 160th meeting between Inter and Juventus in Serie A: the Old Lady lead by 75 wins to 45, with 39 draws so far.
Juventus have kept one clean sheet in their last 12 games played at the San Siro against Inter in the league.
Inter have won only two of their last eight Serie A fixtures, losing three in the process.
Prior to the defeat against Bologna, Inter had remained unbeaten at home for 11 games in a row (7W 4D).
Juventus have lost only one of their last 10 league fixtures (6W 3D).
Buffon & co have kept four clean sheets over the last six match-days of this Serie A campaign.
Juve have never conceded more than a single goal over their last 27 away games in the league.
The Bianconeri are the only side yet to concede a goal in the opening 15 minutes of play this season.
Antonio Cassano has already scored seven goals in Serie A against Juventus, only against Fiorentina he has bagged more so far in the top-flight (eight).
Lazio - Catania
Catania lead by 10 wins to eight in the head to head against Lazio in Serie A, with nine draws.
The Sicilians won their last two meetings against Lazio, without conceding goals.
Catania have scored in each of their last eight Serie A games against Lazio, losing only once in the process.
At the Olimpico, Lazio have suffered only one loss against Catania in the league (6W 6D).
Lazio have won only one of their last nine league games, and lost their last three without scoring a single goal.
Vladimir Petkovic's side have picked up only four points from their last four Serie A fixtures at home, after they had won six in a row at the Olimpico.
Catania have failed to score in three of their last four away games in Serie A, though they won the other one 2-1 to Parma.
Lazio have scored five goals over the nine games played without Miroslav Klose in this Serie A (on average 0.56 per game); with Klose, the Biancocelesti had averaged 1.60 goals per game.
Palermo - Roma
This will be the 50th meeting between Palermo and Roma in Serie A: the Giallorossi lead by 25 wins to 13 so far.
Roma have won their last three meetings against Palermo, conceding only one goal in the process.
In three of their last four games against Roma at the Barbera, the Rosanero scored exactly three goals (two wins for the hosts, one for the guests and a draw in the process).
Palermo are winless in their last 15 Serie A games (7D 8L) - this is their longest winless streak in Serie A since May 1973.
The Sicilians have picked up only three points from their last seven games on home soil.
Roma have taken 13 of the last 15 points available in Serie A, more than any other side over this time frame.
However, the Giallorossi have won only one of their last seven games on the road, losing four.
Since Aurelio Andreazzoli's appointment, Roma have conceded on average 1.17 goals per game, with Zeman they had shippd 1.91 per game.
Palermo have won the fewest games in this competition so far (3).
Roma have scored the most heade goals (15), Palermo have the fewest (2).
Last Sunday, Francesco Totti scored his 226th Serie A goal, overtaking Gunnar Nordahl and becoming the all-time second-best goal scorer in the Italian top-flight.
Totti has scored in five of his last seven appearances against Palermo in Serie A.
Parma - Pescara
These two sides have met only three times so far in Serie A: two wins for Parma in 1992/93 and one for Pescara in the reverse fixture.
In each of these three previous meetings, the winning side didn't concede any goals.
Parma have won only one of their last 10 league fixtures, losing six in the process.
Before beating Torino 4-1, Parma hadn't won at home for four games (2D 2L).
Pescara have picked-up only one point from the last 10 match-days, failing to score on seven of these.
Pescara have conceded 13 goals over their last five away games in Serie A (1D 4L).
Parma have recouped the most points from losing positions in this Serie A campaign (16, alongside Catania).
Alongside Sampdoria, Parma and Pescara are two of the three sides yet to score in the opening 15 minutes of play this season.
Parma's last seven goals have all been scored in the last 20 minutes of play.
Pescara have been cought offside 42 times this season, fewer than any other Serie A side.
Torino - Napoli
Torino and Napoli have recorded more draws against each other than any other Serie A opponent so far (51).
Torino have lost only one of their last 12 meetings against Napoli in Serie A, however eight of these have ended as draws.
The last time Napoli scored more than a single goal in a Serie A match against Torino was December 1990 (16 meetings).
Torino are unbeaten in their last five home meetings against Napoli (three draws, followed by two wins).
At home, the Granata are unbeaten in their last six league fixtures (4W 2D), and conceded only one goal over their last four.
Napoli got back to winning ways last Sunday against Atalanta, following a negative run of five winless games (4D 1L).
Napoli have taken just two points from their last three games on the road, and failed to score in their last two away from the San Paolo.
Edinson Cavani scored a brace last Sunday against Atalanta, after he failed to score for six games in a row in Serie A.
El Matador has reached 20 goals for the third consecutive time since he has been at Napoli.
Rolando Bianchi has found the net in two of his three appearances against Napoli in Serie A.
Udinese - Bologna
Udinese are unbeaten in their last four games against Bologna in Serie A (2W 2D).
The record is exactly the same in their last four meetings at the Friuli.
Udinese have scored in each of their last nine meetings against Bologna in Serie A.
Udinese have won only one of their last five fixtures (2D 2L), but have never scored more than a single goal over the last nine match-days.
After losing their first home game of the season against Juventus, Udinese have remained unbeaten in the league at the Friuli (7W 6D).
Bologna have lost their last game against Juventus, but previously they had won three in a row.
Away from home, Bologna haven't drawn any of their last 16 league games (5W 11L).
Antonio DiNatale has scored in six of his last seven appearances against Bologna in Serie A.
Alberto Gilardino has already scored 13 goals against Udinese, his favourite target in Serie A; however, Gilardino has failed to score in his last four appearances against Udinese.
Alessandro Diamanti has been fouled 120 times so far this season, more than any other player in Serie A.
