Serie A match preview: Fiorentina versus Spezia

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Fiorentina hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 16th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Spezia holds 13th place with 24 pts.

Insights:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 48 matches resulting in 18 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 72-71 (scored/conceded).

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Fiorentina form and stats

4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fiorentina so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Fiorentina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Sampdoria (placed 10th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Inter (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fiorentina handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.

Fiorentina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. Fiorentina have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Spezia form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Spezia are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie A against Milan (placed 2nd). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sassuolo.

We have checked recent matches where Spezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were four victories, five draws and zero defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Spezia's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spezia have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Spezia - Fiorentina 2-2 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
9 goals
FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
8 goals
FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
4 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Spezia missing players

Fiorentina Spezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 6 11 22
5 4 0 Won W 2 4 6
7 4 4 Drew D 3 3 6
10 3 1 Lost L 1 4 10
22 11 4 Scored S 10 18 30
35 11 5 Conceded C 8 19 38
91% 91% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 91% 91%
77% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 91% 82%
45% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 82% 73%
18% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 36%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 18%
50% 55% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 64%
23% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 23%
36% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.1 3.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
11.4 13.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.8 10
3.5 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 3.5
29% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 44% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 22 15 5 2 54 24 11 9 1 1 32 14 11 6 4 1 22 10 30 50
2 Milan 22 15 4 3 45 25 11 6 3 2 24 15 11 9 1 1 21 10 20 49
3 Roma 22 13 4 5 47 35 12 9 3 0 31 13 10 4 1 5 16 22 12 43
4 Juventus 21 12 6 3 41 19 10 7 2 1 20 8 11 5 4 2 21 11 22 42
5 Napoli 21 13 1 7 45 21 11 7 1 3 28 10 10 6 0 4 17 11 24 40
6 Atalanta 22 11 7 4 49 29 11 5 3 3 26 16 11 6 4 1 23 13 20 40
7 Lazio 22 12 4 6 37 30 11 6 2 3 17 14 11 6 2 3 20 16 7 40
8 Sassuolo 22 9 7 6 36 33 10 3 4 3 14 14 12 6 3 3 22 19 3 34
9 Hellas Verona 22 9 6 7 28 24 11 6 2 3 17 11 11 3 4 4 11 13 4 33
10 Sampdoria 22 9 3 10 33 33 11 5 1 5 19 17 11 4 2 5 14 16 0 30
11 Genoa 22 6 7 9 24 31 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 5 4 8 14 -7 25
12 Bologna 22 6 6 10 29 36 11 4 3 4 19 20 11 2 3 6 10 16 -7 24
13 Spezia 22 6 6 10 30 38 11 2 3 6 12 19 11 4 3 4 18 19 -8 24
14 Udinese 22 6 6 10 23 31 11 3 3 5 9 12 11 3 3 5 14 19 -8 24
15 Benevento 22 6 6 10 25 42 11 2 4 5 12 21 11 4 2 5 13 21 -17 24
16 Fiorentina 22 5 7 10 22 35 11 4 4 3 11 11 11 1 3 7 11 24 -13 22
17 Torino 22 2 11 9 32 41 11 0 7 4 14 19 11 2 4 5 18 22 -9 17
18 Cagliari 22 3 6 13 24 40 11 2 3 6 13 20 11 1 3 7 11 20 -16 15
19 Parma 22 2 7 13 15 43 11 1 4 6 3 18 11 1 3 7 12 25 -28 13
20 Crotone 22 3 3 16 23 52 11 3 1 7 14 22 11 0 2 9 9 30 -29 12

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.