Serie B duel: Close contest expected between SPAL and Benevento

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

It's time for Serie B and SPAL - Benevento. In this preview and prediction you'll find numbers, previous results, numbercrunching, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SPAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.

This could be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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SPAL form and stats

SPAL have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 3-1-2.

SPAL drew their last game, 0-0 away at Ternana (placed 3rd). Peda was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.33 out of 10. The defender Peda won 8 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Südtirol that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how SPAL have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3.

SPAL have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with 10 goals in 6 league matches.

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Benevento form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Benevento have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

Benevento's last game was the home draw against Bari 1908 (1-1). Midfielder Improta was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Improta scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Pisa.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Benevento in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Benevento, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Benevento when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these squads: SPAL won five, Benevento triumphed in four and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SPALA. La Mantia
A. La Mantia
4 goals
SPALF. Maistro
F. Maistro
3 goals
SPALG. Moncini
G. Moncini
2 goals

SPAL missing players

Benevento missing players

SPAL Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 5 12
3 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
6 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
16 10 7 Scored S 1 4 10
14 6 0 Conceded C 2 4 13
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 83%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 25%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
17% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
42% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 25%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 42%
 
4.5 4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.8
5.2 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 4.5
3.2 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 4.2 3.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.6 12.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.8 11.4
4.2 4.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.2
32% 34% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 26%
 
13.3 13.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 10.9
4.6 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • SPAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Benevento have scored away.
  • SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 12 9 0 3 18 7 6 6 0 0 10 0 6 3 0 3 8 7 11 27
2 Genoa 11 6 4 1 14 8 5 1 4 0 5 4 6 5 0 1 9 4 6 22
3 Ternana 12 6 3 3 17 13 6 3 2 1 7 3 6 3 1 2 10 10 4 21
4 Bari 1908 12 5 5 2 19 13 5 1 3 1 9 7 7 4 2 1 10 6 6 20
5 Reggina 11 6 1 4 20 9 5 4 0 1 15 3 6 2 1 3 5 6 11 19
6 Parma 12 5 4 3 16 12 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 1 3 2 6 6 4 19
7 Ascoli 12 5 4 3 16 13 6 2 2 2 7 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 19
8 Brescia 12 5 4 3 16 17 6 3 3 0 8 4 6 2 1 3 8 13 -1 19
9 Südtirol 12 5 4 3 14 15 6 2 3 1 8 7 6 3 1 2 6 8 -1 19
10 Cagliari 12 4 4 4 13 14 6 3 1 2 7 8 6 1 3 2 6 6 -1 16
11 SPAL 12 3 6 3 16 14 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 0 5 1 6 8 2 15
12 Cittadella 12 3 6 3 10 12 6 2 3 1 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 6 -2 15
13 Palermo 12 4 3 5 12 15 7 3 2 2 9 7 5 1 1 3 3 8 -3 15
14 Pisa 12 3 5 4 20 18 6 2 2 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 11 11 2 14
15 Modena 12 4 1 7 16 17 6 3 0 3 11 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 -1 13
16 Benevento 12 2 5 5 10 13 7 1 3 3 6 9 5 1 2 2 4 4 -3 11
17 Cosenza 12 3 2 7 11 21 5 2 0 3 7 7 7 1 2 4 4 14 -10 11
18 Venezia 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 0 1 5 4 12 5 2 2 1 8 6 -6 9
19 Como 11 2 3 6 11 21 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 0 1 4 4 13 -10 9
20 Perugia 12 2 1 9 8 19 6 1 1 4 4 10 6 1 0 5 4 9 -11 7

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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.