Serie A prediction: Home win expected when Inter takes on Spezia

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

It's the second try for points this campaign as Inter and Spezia fight it out at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

This ground has grass, which is not Spezia's everyday surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 41 matches earning 11 wins, 8 draws and 22 defeats with the goal data 52-86 (scored/conceded).

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Inter form and stats

In the previous season, Inter's league results were 25 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Serie A. In these 38 matches they scored 84 goals and conceded 32. Appearing at home in the former season Inter produced 14-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 48 goals and 16 conceded.

Happy days for Inter in their previous game, a fixture away at Lecce (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Inzaghi when Dumfries scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute. de Vrij was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Vrij won 9 of 12 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sampdoria in a game that was won 3-0.

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Spezia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Spezia performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 20/41 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Nzola secured the home win 1-0 against Empoli in their previous game. Goalkeeper Drągowski got the top player rating of the team with 8.31/10. Drągowski topped it up with a clean sheet.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Spezia's match history for similar games we find 4 matches. The home team won 3 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Spezia managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.

Head 2 Head

Inter have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Spezia.

Top Goalscorers

InterD. Dumfries
D. Dumfries
1 goals
InterR. Lukaku Menama
R. Lukaku Menama
1 goals
SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
1 goals

Inter missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Spezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
22% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 18
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Inter Last season Spezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
25 14   Won W   5 10
9 3   Drew D   3 6
4 2   Lost L   11 22
84 48   Scored S   20 41
32 16   Conceded C   41 71
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
89% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 74%
61% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 61%
39% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 32%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
58% 53%   BTTS BTTS   58% 58%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
6.7 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
3.4 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.6
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
18.1 19.9   Shots (avg) S (   10 10.5
7.1 8.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.7
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
10.6 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   17.1 17.3
3.3 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.6 5.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

Inter:
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 Milan 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.