Atalanta - Spezia. 6th place against 17th place. The ball is round - get a full preview here!
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spezia is in the worst form (0-3-3)
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Spezia have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-8-21 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.
The hosts Atalanta saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Torino.
Atalanta form and stats
Atalanta have collected 24 points from their Serie A home games so far after 7-3-5.
Atalanta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Torino's place. The match ended 2-1 with Zappacosta and Zapata scoring. Manager Gasperini felt very clever after Zapata scored the winning goal against Torino, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 52nd minute. Midfielder Zappacosta was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.54 (out of ten) in that game. Zappacosta scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match, Atalanta won a home game hosting Roma (3-1).Atalanta are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 4 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atalanta, as the Serie A home game vs Juventus is only four days away.
Atalanta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gewiss Stadium with 27 goals in 15 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Spezia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spezia so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-9 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Spezia has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The manager Semplici was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadio Alberto Picco. Spezia suffered a 0-2 loss to Monza (placed 9th). Kovalenko got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, top player of the team. Kovalenko hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sampdoria.You'll want to know how Spezia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 10 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 8 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Cremonese.
The attacking power of Spezia when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Spezia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Atalanta have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Spezia.The newest logged history involving both these participants is the Spezia - Atalanta 2-2 played previously this season. One of the stars has been Pasalic with 6 goals scored against Spezia in these 6 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 13 goals |   M. N'Zola 13 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 7 goals |
Atalanta missing players
Spezia missing players
| Atalanta | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 53 | 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 37 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | 51 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 78% |
| 47% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 25% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| 9% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 67% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 47% |
| 28% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 47% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13.2 | 15.5 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 19% | 22% |
| 12.3 | 10.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.8 | 17.7 | 16.8 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atalanta have scored more than double the goals of Spezia.
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Serie A
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Spezia is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 46 | 78 |
| 2 | Lazio | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 28 | 61 |
| 3 | Juventus | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 59 |
| 4 | Milan | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 57 |
| 5 | Roma | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 57 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 7 | Inter | 31 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 54 |
| 8 | Bologna | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 44 |
| 9 | Monza | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 44 |
| 10 | Udinese | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 12 | Torino | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -8 | 40 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Empoli | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 32 |
| 16 | Lecce | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 31 |
| 17 | Spezia | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 27 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -18 | 26 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 31 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 32 | -30 | 19 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 17 |
