Hellas Verona vs Spezia match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Serie A: Tipsway are looking at an engaging and important match involving Hellas Verona and Spezia at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have the most conceded goals (27) in Serie A
  • Spezia have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A

This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's regular surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 42 matches with the results 7 wins, 7 draws and 28 defeats with the goal production 43-96 (scored/conceded).

These are active days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Serie A. Thankfully the previous game, versus Juventus, was also a home game here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. The away team is better rested.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

With 1 Serie A win, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Hellas Verona are certainly not brimming with confidence. Problems are piling up for Hellas Verona as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of nine games. This streak could be one for the history books.

Hellas haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 243 minutes ago. Dawidowicz scored that one.

The Hellas Verona followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi: A 0-1 defeat against Juventus (placed 4th). Midfielder Hongla was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. Hongla dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Monza (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Hellas Verona perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hellas Verona as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Hellas has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Hellas Verona are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).

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Spezia form and stats

0-0-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spezia, who have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away. A depressing seven defeats in a row for Spezia in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Inter.

Spezia played 1-1 against Udinese in their previous match. Defender Ampadu was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Ampadu hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, the Spezia manager Gotti faced defeat when travelling to Milan and losing 1-2.

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 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Spezia win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Spezia are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 7 away games. The Spezia manager Gotti has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Hellas Verona have won at least one point in the last 6 games (5-1-0) versus Spezia.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
5 goals
Hellas VeronaJ. Doig
J. Doig
2 goals
HellasT. Henry
T. Henry
2 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Spezia missing players

Hellas Verona Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 7 14
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 4
11 6 0 Lost L 1 7 8
11 7 2 Scored S 0 1 12
27 15 1 Conceded C 2 15 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
50% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 57%
14% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 29%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
36% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 86% 43%
 
5.5 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.4
5.1 5.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 5.1
3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 11.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 11.6
3.1 3.1 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.1 3.4
25% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 7% 25%
 
15.6 16.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7 18.1 17.9
5.5 5.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.9 5.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spezia have scored away.
  • Hellas Verona have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most conceded goals (27) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hellas Verona is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Spezia have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Spezia have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A
  • Spezia have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie A
  • Spezia have the the worst goal difference (-14) 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 Napoli 14 12 2 0 34 10 7 6 1 0 18 4 7 6 1 0 16 6 24 38
2 Lazio 14 9 3 2 26 8 8 5 1 2 14 7 6 4 2 0 12 1 18 30
3 Milan 14 9 3 2 27 14 7 6 0 1 18 8 7 3 3 1 9 6 13 30
4 Juventus 14 8 4 2 21 7 7 5 2 0 17 3 7 3 2 2 4 4 14 28
5 Inter 14 9 0 5 31 20 7 6 0 1 19 4 7 3 0 4 12 16 11 27
6 Atalanta 14 8 3 3 20 12 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 5 1 1 11 4 8 27
7 Roma 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 3 0 3 6 4 8 5 2 1 11 9 4 26
8 Udinese 14 6 6 2 22 14 7 3 3 1 12 6 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 24
9 Torino 14 6 2 6 15 16 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 3 0 4 9 12 -1 20
10 Fiorentina 14 5 4 5 17 18 7 3 2 2 11 12 7 2 2 3 6 6 -1 19
11 Salernitana 14 4 5 5 19 21 7 3 2 2 12 8 7 1 3 3 7 13 -2 17
12 Sassuolo 14 4 4 6 15 19 7 3 2 2 11 7 7 1 2 4 4 12 -4 16
13 Bologna 14 4 4 6 17 25 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 1 1 5 8 19 -8 16
14 Empoli 14 3 5 6 10 19 7 2 2 3 5 8 7 1 3 3 5 11 -9 14
15 Monza 14 4 1 9 13 22 7 3 0 4 8 8 7 1 1 5 5 14 -9 13
16 Lecce 14 2 6 6 12 17 7 1 4 2 7 8 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 12
17 Spezia 14 2 4 8 12 25 7 2 4 1 11 10 7 0 0 7 1 15 -13 10
18 Cremonese 14 0 7 7 11 24 7 0 3 4 2 11 7 0 4 3 9 13 -13 7
19 Sampdoria 14 1 3 10 6 25 7 0 2 5 2 11 7 1 1 5 4 14 -19 6
20 Hellas Verona 14 1 2 11 11 27 7 1 0 6 7 15 7 0 2 5 4 12 -16 5

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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.