Spezia stubborn opponents but Juventus expect victory

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

Juventus are hunting the top league positions while Spezia are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (32) away 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 15 victories, 11 draws and 22 defeats from 48 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 62-89. You can compare this with overall results below.

Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a Coppa Italia game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Fiorentina.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus have collected 24 points from their Serie A home games so far after 7-3-3. Juventus has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Atalanta defeat 99 days ago.

Perin, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.8 out of 10 in that game. Perin topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that match, a Serie A win away at Empoli.

Juventus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Juventus have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Spezia form and stats

There's been little loot from Spezia's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Serie A. Spezia only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's a growing despair in Spezia as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Motta was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadio Alberto Picco. Spezia suffered a 0-1 loss to Roma (placed 6th).

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

With the hosts stated as having a victory chance of around 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the away team would be unexpected. Examining historical matches with similar odds and Spezia as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were one away win, zero draws and three defeats. The visitors lost two of these matches by at least two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spezia have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away. Spezia have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the result Spezia - Juventus 2-3 written in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the previous four meetings): Juventus won three games, one match ended with a draw and Spezia got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one

Top Goalscorers

JuventusP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
7 goals
JuventusÁ. Morata Martín
Á. Morata Martín
5 goals
SpeziaD. Verde
D. Verde
5 goals

Juventus missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juventus Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
14 7 4 Won W 2 4 7
8 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
5 3 0 Lost L 3 8 15
41 17 9 Scored S 5 15 28
25 9 2 Conceded C 10 32 49
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 74%
30% 15% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 71% 59%
19% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 26%
15% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 11%
52% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 57% 59%
41% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 15%
11% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 26%
 
4.8 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.3 4
5.1 4.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 6.1
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.1 14.5 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.4 10.6
4.5 4.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.6
34% 30% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 29%
 
11.1 9.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 23.4 18.2 18.2
3 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.8 7.1 6.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (32) 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 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

Juventus:
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 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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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.