Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bologna & Spezia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 45 matches resulting in 15 wins, 10 draws and 20 defeats with the goal stats 56-58 (scored/conceded).
Bologna form and stats
Bologna participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the 4th round.2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Bologna have to build on here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the Serie A.
Bologna are returning here after visiting Sampdoria in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Riccardo Orsolini scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Napoli with the scoreline 0-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bologna's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won three matches, drawn one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Crotone are coming to town in four days.
Bologna are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (10 goals in 4 games). Bologna have conceded 8 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia was sent out of Coppa Italia in the 3rd round last season.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Spezia have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Spezia goalkeeper Titas Krapikas is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in Spezia's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Atalanta. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Benevento.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Spezia playing away, we found five games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Spezia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Cagliari is waiting in only four days.
Spezia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Spezia in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Bologna victories, two draws and one Spezia win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Soriano 4 goals |   A. Galabinov 3 goals |  R. Orsolini 2 goals |
Bologna missing players
Spezia missing players
| Bologna | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 369 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 285 | ||
| 116 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 92 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Juventus | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Inter | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Napoli | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Lazio | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Bologna | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Benevento | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Udinese | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Parma | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Torino | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 2 |