Preview: Reggina the front runner when SPAL pay a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

Reggina are thought of as probable winners of this home fixture vs SPAL, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Reggina have the most scored goals (19) at home in Serie B
  • Reggina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SPAL have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as SPAL have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Reggina form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Reggina have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Reggina, as their goalkeeper Simone Colombi has completely shut out the opponents for 292 minutes in the Serie B.

A good away victory last time out for Reggina, who won 1-0 against Ascoli (placed 9th). Cionek was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.72 out of 10. The defender Cionek won 7 of 13 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Como.

Some information for those who like to bet on "both teams to score yes/no: This side have finished 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Reggina's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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SPAL form and stats

SPAL have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-6-2 (9 played).

Home advantage was not enough for SPAL in their previous game as they lost hosting Pisa, 0-1. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Defender Varnier was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Varnier hit one key pass and won 10 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Parma at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Lacking goals? 10 of this club's most recent 13 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, SPAL have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Reggina have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent duels versus this opponent. Another win today?

SPAL - Reggina 1-3 was the score in these participants' previous H2H match, played this season. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

RegginaG. Fabbian
G. Fabbian
5 goals
RegginaJ. Ménez
J. Ménez
4 goals
RegginaL. Canotto
L. Canotto
4 goals

Reggina missing players

SPAL missing players

Reggina SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 9 19
11 5 2 Won W 1 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 6 8
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 7
30 19 10 Scored S 3 7 21
16 9 5 Conceded C 4 10 23
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 84%
68% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 68%
53% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 32%
21% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 26%
5% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
32% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 42%
47% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 37%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 56% 37%
 
4.7 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5 4.3
4.5 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9.7 6.8 5.4
2.3 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
13.5 14 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.4 12.1
5.1 6.1 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.2
31% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 21% 26%
 
9.7 8.7 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 13.9 14.3
3.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4 4.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Reggina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SPAL have scored away.
  • Reggina have the most scored goals (19) at home in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 19 12 3 4 28 11 9 7 2 0 15 2 10 5 1 4 13 9 17 39
2 Reggina 19 11 3 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 19 9 10 6 1 3 11 7 14 36
3 Genoa 19 9 6 4 21 14 9 3 5 1 9 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 7 33
4 Bari 1908 19 7 9 3 30 19 9 2 5 2 16 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 11 30
5 Pisa 19 7 8 4 30 20 9 5 2 2 17 8 10 2 6 2 13 12 10 29
6 Parma 19 7 6 6 25 20 10 5 1 4 14 11 9 2 5 2 11 9 5 27
7 Sudtirol 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 2 6 2 11 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -3 26
8 Ternana 19 7 5 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -4 26
9 Ascoli 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 4 3 2 14 10 1 25
10 Modena 19 7 4 8 28 28 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 4 1 5 13 16 0 25
11 Cagliari 19 6 7 6 23 23 10 5 3 2 14 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 0 25
12 Brescia 19 6 7 6 20 26 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 25
13 Palermo 19 6 6 7 19 22 10 4 3 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 8 13 -3 24
14 Benevento 19 5 7 7 17 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 10 8 -3 22
15 Como 19 5 7 7 22 27 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 1 4 4 11 17 -5 22
16 SPAL 19 4 8 7 21 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 9 1 6 2 7 10 -2 20
17 Venezia 19 5 5 9 23 28 10 2 2 6 11 17 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 20
18 Perugia 19 5 4 10 16 24 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 19
19 Cittadella 19 4 7 8 13 24 9 2 4 3 7 12 10 2 3 5 6 12 -11 19
20 Cosenza 19 4 5 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 17

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Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.