The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Juventus leading Spezia by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
- Juventus have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Serie A
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Serie A
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juventus and Spezia.
Juventus's stadium, Allianz Stadium, has a grass surface. Spezia have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Spezia when playing on grass; 18 wins, 11 draws and 19 losses from 48 matches. They have scored 72 goals in these games and conceded 73.
Juventus form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 11 Serie A games here at Allianz Stadium for Juventus. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Fiorentina here at Allianz Stadium, Juventus has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Juventus travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hellas Verona that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Crotone in a game that was won 3-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Juventus home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lazio are coming to town in four days.
Juventus can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Juventus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Spezia form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Spezia playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Spezia delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Parma (placed 19th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fiorentina wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Spezia's duel with Parma. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Emmanuel Gyasi found the equalizer.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Spezia played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Benevento in just four days.
Spezia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Spezia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Spezia - Juventus 1-4. Last two meetings between the teams: Juventus won one, Spezia won zero and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 19 goals |   M. N'Zola 9 goals |  F. Chiesa 5 goals |
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| Juventus | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 45 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 48% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 38% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 57% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 62% |
| 30% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.7 | 18.5 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.9 | 10.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 42% | 39% |
- All of Juventus's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Juventus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Juventus have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Serie A
- Juventus have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Serie A
- Juventus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Serie A
- Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Serie A
- Spezia have the most matches over the total-line (16) 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 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Milan | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Juventus | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 46 |
| 5 | Roma | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 44 |
| 6 | Napoli | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 43 |
| 7 | Lazio | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Bologna | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Udinese | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Genoa | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Spezia | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Benevento | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 25 |
| 17 | Torino | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 19 | Parma | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Crotone | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 33 | -34 | 12 |