National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Genoa or SPAL that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Genoa and SPAL.
Genoa form and stats
Genoa have not come this way in the Coppa Italia without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Benevento. Genoa participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Genoa have played 4 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Genoa, who won 2-1 against Cosenza. Midfielder Guðmundsson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Guðmundsson hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).
In the match before that, Genoa hosted Cagliari and drew the Serie B game 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Genoa as they are travelling to their away game against Ternana in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
From these home matches, Genoa have conceded only 3 goals.
SPAL form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Empoli in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. SPAL's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
SPAL aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Esposito was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cittadella in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Meccariello, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Meccariello won 11 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Frosinone's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cosenza in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far SPAL have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As for defending, SPAL rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Genoa have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (2-4-0) against SPAL.Top Goalscorers
  A. La Mantia 4 goals |   M. Coda 3 goals |  F. Maistro 2 goals |
Genoa missing players
SPAL missing players
| Genoa | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 21% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ternana | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Reggina | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Genoa | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Parma | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Brescia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Sudtirol | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Modena | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Cosenza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | SPAL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Palermo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Pisa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Como | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Perugia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
