Most people believe in Bologna in this game vs Spezia, but the away team will battle to the finish. Here's our match guide!
- Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Serie A
- Spezia have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie A
Spezia play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match takes place on grass. The latest data for Spezia when featuring on grass are 7 wins, 5 draws and 26 defeats from 38 matches. They have managed to score {35 goals} and conceded 87 times on these occasions.
Bologna have less rest than Spezia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Spezia have had more rest.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna have played 10 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bologna, who played 1-1 against Cremonese. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara). Attacking player Orsolini outshone all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Orsolini hit three key passes.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Lazio in the Coppa Italia. 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 Bologna have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 6 and lost 0.
Bologna are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Bologna are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Spezia form and stats
There's been little loot from Spezia's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Spezia only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Spezia, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Spezia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Roma proved too strong as Spezia slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Alberto Picco. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points.
A defeat, in the Coppa Italia away at Atalanta, before that. Spezia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Goals are few and far between in Spezia's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Spezia have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Bologna have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Spezia.The previous H2H meeting ended Spezia - Bologna 2-2, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 9 goals |   M. Arnautović 8 goals |  R. Orsolini 3 goals |
Bologna missing players
Spezia missing players
| Bologna | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 24 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 30 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 74% |
| 58% | 40% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 21% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 42% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 12.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 13% | 24% |
| 13.9 | 11.3 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 17.7 | 17.4 |
| 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
- Bologna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spezia have scored away.
- Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Serie A
- Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Spezia have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie A
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Inter | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Roma | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | Lazio | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 7 | Udinese | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Torino | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Empoli | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Juventus | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Bologna | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Monza | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Lecce | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Spezia | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 17 | Sassuolo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -19 | 8 |
