National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spezia or Brescia that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Spezia nor Brescia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Spezia form and stats
Action has already taken place for Spezia in Coppa Italia as they have defeated Brescia and Como to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Spezia's Coppa Italia journey ended in the 2nd round.2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Spezia so far this season.
Spezia's previous fixture was a Coppa Italia game also played at their own arena, ending 2-0 vs Brescia. The home team hope to to continue in that form. The goalie Zoet was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Zoet topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Spezia drew at home versus Cremonese.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 Spezia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The Spezia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Spezia have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Brescia form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pisa and Spezia in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. Brescia's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 1st round.2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Brescia playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
Two away matches in a row for Brescia, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Spezia in the Coppa Italia. Olzer got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Olzer hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a Serie B defeat before that one as the away game against Cagliari wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Brescia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Brescia have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Brescia have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Spezia five wins, four draws and Brescia one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 4 goals |   F. Aye 3 goals |  F. Bianchi 3 goals |
Spezia missing players
Brescia missing players
| Spezia | Brescia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 15.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 15.9 | 16.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Roma | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Lazio | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| 6 | Udinese | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Juventus | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Empoli | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Torino | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Salernitana | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Monza | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Spezia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Lecce | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Bologna | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
| 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 |
