Catania 3-1 Sampdoria: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2012

Result

Catania 3-1 Sampdoria

Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Catania 3-1 Sampdoria: match report

Catania beat Sampdoria 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Enzo Maresca opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Catania's goals came from Mario Paglialunga (55'), Gonzalo Bergessio (65') and Lucas Castro (90'). Sampdoria scored through Enzo Maresca (29', penalty).

Discipline: Catania received 3 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Catania were 8th on 22 points from 16 and Sampdoria 12th on 20 points from 16. Catania went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Sampdoria 11th with 45.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Catania wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sampdoria.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Amidu SalifuCatania
  • 28'Yellow card · Nicola LegrottaglieCatania
  • 29'Penalty goal · Enzo MarescaSampdoria · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Giuseppe BellusciCatania
  • 55'Goal · Mario PaglialungaCatania · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · ÉderSampdoria
  • 65'Goal · Gonzalo BergessioCatania · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Fernando Damián TissoneSampdoria
  • 90'Goal · Lucas CastroCatania · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Catania 4, draws 2, Sampdoria 4.

Team news

Catania line-up (4-3-3)

Mariano Andújar, Nicola Legrottaglie, Giovanni Marchese, Giuseppe Bellusci, Pablo Alvarez, Francesco Lodi, Mariano Julio Izco, Lucas Castro, Pablo Barrientos, Amidu Salifu, Gonzalo Bergessio

Sampdoria expected line-up (4-3-3)

Sergio Romero, Jonathan Rossini, Gaetano Berardi, Fernando Tissone, Marcelo Estigarribia, Andrea Poli, Roberto Soriano, Angelo Palombo, Éder, Daniele Gastaldello, Zsolt Laczkó