Napoli club members hope for points in home fixture facing Spezia

Spezia play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Recent results for Spezia when playing on grass are 14 wins, 11 draws and 23 defeats from 48 matches. They have scored 61 goals and conceded 92 times in these fixtures.

It's no vacation for neither Napoli nor Spezia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Napoli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Napoli have scored 17 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Napoli, their manager Spalletti and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Napoli, who won 1-0 against Milan (placed 3rd). Rrahmani was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.7 out of 10. The defender Rrahmani won 9 of 15 duels.

Ahead of that match, Napoli lost 0-1 at home to Empoli.

The Napoli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Napoli have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Spezia form and stats

Spezia have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-1-7 (9 played). A depressing six 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 Venezia.

Spezia's last game was the home draw against Empoli (1-1). Goalkeeper Provedel made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Empoli. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Provedel was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.63. The agile goalkeeper Provedel stopped the opponent with six saves.

A loss against Lecce was the result prior to that, in a Coppa Italia home game.

With the home team identified as having a victory chance of roughly 80% by the bookmakers, any favourable result for the guesting team would be an eye-opener. Examining earlier matches with similar odds and Spezia as the visiting side, we found three results. The data from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The away team lost two of these matches by a margin of at least two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spezia as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Spezia can't defend away. 27 goals have been scored by the opposition in 9 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous six meetings between these squads: Napoli won five, Spezia were winners in one and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

F. Ruiz Peña 5 goals

D. Mertens 5 goals

P. Zieliński 5 goals

Napoli missing players

Spezia missing players