Benevento are welcoming Spezia for another important game after their 1-3 result against 7th-placed Hellas Verona.
Benevento and Spezia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The visitors last 45 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 10 draws and 21 losses.
Benevento form and stats
Three Serie A home games done for Benevento, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Benevento has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager F. Inzaghi and the players.
The fans are hoping that Benevento will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Serie A game against Hellas Verona (placed 7th). Before that game, the home loss against Empoli with the scoreline 2-4.
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 Benevento have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost three.
Benevento has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Benevento with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Home advantage was not enough for Spezia in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Juventus, 1-4. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Cittadella.
Spezia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.
Spezia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Spezia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings between the teams: Benevento won five, Spezia won two and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 3 goals |  G. Caprari 3 goals |   A. Galabinov 3 goals |
Benevento missing players
Spezia missing players
| Benevento | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 23 | 60 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 45% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 44% |
- All of Spezia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Benevento have scored in all their matches so far.
- Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spezia has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Serie A
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Inter | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Bologna | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Benevento | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Parma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Genoa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Udinese | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 1 |