Spezia have journeyed here for an intriguing fight against the home side Venezia. Read up on the fixture with this in-depth Serie B preview!
It should be mentioned that Spezia play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Spezia on grass are 7 victories, 8 draws and 24 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 35-76. You can compare this with overall results below.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Venezia form and stats
Only two Serie B home games for Venezia so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Venezia, facing Cittadella in a game that ended 0-0. Šverko was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Šverko won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Sampdoria.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Venezia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
At Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venezia has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Spezia form and stats
The Serie B season is young and Spezia have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Spezia have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Moro was the goal scorer.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Como with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Nikolaou was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Nikolaou won 9 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, the Spezia manager Alvini faced defeat when travelling to Catanzaro and losing 0-3.We have checked recent matches where Spezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
{3 goals} so far away for Spezia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away. Spezia has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former nine meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Venezia, five draws and two wins for Spezia. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Pierini 3 goals |   L. Moro 2 goals |  T. Tessmann 1 goals |
Venezia missing players
Spezia missing players
| Venezia | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 6.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.2 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.5 | 11.3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 30% |
| 10.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Venezia | Last season | Spezia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Conceded | C | 32 | 65 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 79% | ||
| 51% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 49% | ||
| 23% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 26% | ||
| 15% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 3% | ||
| 64% | 68% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 46% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 15% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 46% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12.7 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 22% | ||
| 14.2 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 15.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Catanzaro | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Modena | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Venezia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Palermo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Sudtirol | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Bari 1908 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Cremonese | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Cittadella | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Cosenza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Como | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Brescia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Pisa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Ascoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Reggiana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Ternana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Spezia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Lecco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | FeralpiSalo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 63 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 37 | 80 |
| 2 | Genoa | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 73 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 60 |
| 5 | Parma | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 6 | Sudtirol | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 58 |
| 7 | Reggina | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 8 | Venezia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 32 | -1 | 49 |
| 10 | Modena | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 35 | -6 | 48 |
| 11 | Pisa | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 47 |
| 12 | Como | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -1 | 47 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 43 |
| 15 | Ternana | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 43 |
| 16 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -21 | 40 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | -23 | 40 |
| 18 | Perugia | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 39 |
| 19 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 38 |
| 20 | Benevento | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -16 | 35 |
