Serie A: Hellas Verona - Spezia preview and statistics

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hellas Verona are in the 10th position while the guesting Spezia worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in Serie A

Hellas Verona 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 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 16 wins, 10 draws and 22 defeats with the goal stats 65-78 (scored/conceded).

Hellas are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Spezia are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Hellas Verona have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Hellas Verona with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Cagliari game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The home stadium (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Hellas it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

No payout for Hellas in their previous match, an away game at Inter that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Fiorentina that was lost 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hellas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost three.

Hellas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hellas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Spezia form and stats

There's been little loot from Spezia's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Spezia only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Spezia, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Spezia are travelling again after losing away to Genoa in their previous match (0-2). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Inter.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Spezia in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Spezia, four draws and ten defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spezia have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Spezia have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Spezia - Hellas Verona 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hellas Verona won six, Spezia won two and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
9 goals
HellasA. Barák
A. Barák
7 goals
Hellas VeronaM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
5 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hellas Verona Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 17 33
10 5 3 Won W 2 4 8
8 3 1 Drew D 0 3 9
14 7 1 Lost L 3 10 16
37 16 9 Scored S 8 21 42
41 19 6 Conceded C 11 36 62
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
78% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 88%
44% 47% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 82% 73%
22% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 36%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 18% 18%
56% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 67%
19% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 15%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.8 11.7 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.6 9.4
3.3 3.7 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.2
35% 29% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 40% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in Serie A

  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 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

Hellas Verona:
Table
  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 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
3 Milan 32 20 6 6 60 38 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 66
4 Atalanta 32 19 8 5 73 39 16 10 3 3 42 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 34 65
5 Napoli 32 20 3 9 71 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 16 9 1 6 28 20 34 63
6 Lazio 31 18 4 9 53 46 15 10 2 3 28 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 7 58
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 32 10 8 14 44 48 16 7 4 5 29 24 16 3 4 9 15 24 -4 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 31 6 13 12 46 54 15 2 8 5 23 26 16 4 5 7 23 28 -8 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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.