Spezia have rested after their 1-2-fixture vs Hellas Verona and are eager to go again when travelling to Genoa. Here's all the facts and figures!
- Genoa have yet to win a game at home.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Serie A
It should be mentioned that Spezia play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Spezia on grass are 14 victories, 11 draws and 22 defeats from 47 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 61-89. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Genoa nor Spezia 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.
Genoa form and stats
Genoa's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with only 4 points collected from 9 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Genoa who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Cagliari, 119 days ago.
The home team returns to Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris after being equal after 90 minutes with Sassuolo (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 1-1. Genoa's goalie Sirigu played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sassuolo with a stunning six saves. Vanheusden was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Vanheusden won 2 of 3 duels.
In the match before that, Genoa hosted Atalanta and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Genoa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Genoa as a small favourite), we find nine games. Genoa has won four of these, drawn one and lost four.
There will be little rest for Genoa after this match as they are travelling to Milan for a Coppa Italia game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Genoa here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Genoa have conceded 17 from these games.
Spezia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spezia so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Hellas Verona with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Bastoni got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Bastoni hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Napoli.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spezia playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Spezia wins, five draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spezia as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Spezia's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 27 goals in 10 travels. When Spezia is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this match year: Spezia - Genoa 1-1. Genoa-Spezia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Genoa four wins, Spezia one win, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Destro 8 goals |  D. Criscito 5 goals |   E. Gyasi 3 goals |
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| Genoa | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 38 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 27 | 41 |
| 85% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 15% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 40% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 10.4 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 29% |
| 15.6 | 15 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 18.7 | 17.9 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
- Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genoa have yet to win a game at home.
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals (27) away in Serie A
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Serie A
- Spezia have the the worst goal difference (-18) away 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 | Inter | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Milan | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Napoli | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Juventus | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Roma | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Empoli | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Bologna | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Torino | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Udinese | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Venezia | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -21 | 16 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 13 |
| 19 | Genoa | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -31 | 8 |
