Delightful dogfight as daring Roma duel with determined Spezia

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 04.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

The Serie A league table tells a story about these participants up until now, with Roma in front of Spezia by 29 points. Tipsway full preview:

Insights:
  • Roma 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 are struggling to avoid relegation. 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 7 victories, 7 draws and 23 defeats from 37 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-75. You can compare this with overall results below.

Roma have less rest than Spezia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sevilla.

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Roma form and stats

Roma have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Roma boss Mourinho and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sevilla in the Europa League. Ibañez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Ibañez won 16 of 21 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fiorentina (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Roma have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Roma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Roma have conceded only 14 goals.

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Spezia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spezia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-11 (win-draw-lose).

Esposito was the last player to score for the away team. Spezia haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Torino with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Torino was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Ampadu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.84. Ampadu won 2 of 6 duels.

Before that, Spezia travelled to Lecce and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Spezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Spezia have conceded 30 goals in their away games. Spezia has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Roma have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when facing Spezia.

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Spezia - Roma 0-2 written in the official records. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
RomaP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
11 goals
RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
8 goals

Roma missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
17 10 5 Won W 0 2 6
9 3 1 Drew D 0 5 13
11 5 0 Lost L 5 11 18
48 26 11 Scored S 3 12 30
37 14 3 Conceded C 13 30 60
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
68% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 78%
41% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 39% 46%
16% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 22% 24%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
46% 28% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 43%
38% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
19% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 49%
 
4.9 5.9 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.3 5.2
3.9 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 5.7 5.4
2.2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
13.1 14.9 19.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 11.4 11.6
4.4 5.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.7
29% 29% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 18% 22%
 
10.7 10.2 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 20.8 16.4 16
3.3 3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.6 5.5 5.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spezia have scored away.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 37 27 6 4 75 28 18 13 3 2 38 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 47 87
2 Lazio 37 21 8 8 58 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 10 4 4 26 12 28 71
3 Inter 37 22 3 12 70 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 18 8 3 7 33 28 28 69
4 Milan 37 19 10 8 61 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 19 7 6 6 23 23 19 67
5 Atalanta 37 18 7 12 61 46 18 9 3 6 33 24 19 9 4 6 28 22 15 61
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 48 37 18 10 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 22 23 11 60
7 Juventus 37 21 6 10 55 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 18 8 3 7 17 18 22 59
8 Torino 37 14 11 12 42 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 19 9 4 6 27 22 2 53
9 Fiorentina 37 14 11 12 50 42 19 9 6 4 30 22 18 5 5 8 20 20 8 53
10 Monza 37 14 10 13 46 47 19 7 5 7 25 22 18 7 5 6 21 25 -1 52
11 Bologna 37 13 12 12 50 47 19 7 9 3 24 14 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 51
12 Udinese 37 11 13 13 47 47 18 6 9 3 30 19 19 5 4 10 17 28 0 46
13 Sassuolo 37 12 9 16 46 58 18 8 4 6 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 38 -12 45
14 Empoli 37 10 13 14 37 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 19 2 9 8 15 26 -10 43
15 Salernitana 37 9 15 13 48 60 19 7 6 6 30 26 18 2 9 7 18 34 -12 42
16 Lecce 37 8 12 17 31 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 36
17 Spezia 37 6 13 18 30 60 19 4 8 7 18 30 18 2 5 11 12 30 -30 31
18 Hellas Verona 37 7 10 20 30 56 19 6 3 10 20 32 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 31
19 Cremonese 37 4 12 21 34 69 18 3 4 11 13 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -35 24
20 Sampdoria 37 3 10 24 24 69 19 1 7 11 12 28 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 19

Roma:
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 37 27 6 4 75 28 18 13 3 2 38 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 47 87
2 Lazio 37 21 8 8 58 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 18 10 4 4 26 12 28 71
3 Inter 37 22 3 12 70 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 18 8 3 7 33 28 28 69
4 Milan 37 19 10 8 61 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 19 7 6 6 23 23 19 67
5 Atalanta 37 18 7 12 61 46 18 9 3 6 33 24 19 9 4 6 28 22 15 61
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 48 37 18 10 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 22 23 11 60
7 Juventus 37 21 6 10 55 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 18 8 3 7 17 18 22 59
8 Torino 37 14 11 12 42 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 19 9 4 6 27 22 2 53
9 Fiorentina 37 14 11 12 50 42 19 9 6 4 30 22 18 5 5 8 20 20 8 53
10 Monza 37 14 10 13 46 47 19 7 5 7 25 22 18 7 5 6 21 25 -1 52
11 Bologna 37 13 12 12 50 47 19 7 9 3 24 14 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 51
12 Udinese 37 11 13 13 47 47 18 6 9 3 30 19 19 5 4 10 17 28 0 46
13 Sassuolo 37 12 9 16 46 58 18 8 4 6 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 38 -12 45
14 Empoli 37 10 13 14 37 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 19 2 9 8 15 26 -10 43
15 Salernitana 37 9 15 13 48 60 19 7 6 6 30 26 18 2 9 7 18 34 -12 42
16 Lecce 37 8 12 17 31 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 36
17 Spezia 37 6 13 18 30 60 19 4 8 7 18 30 18 2 5 11 12 30 -30 31
18 Hellas Verona 37 7 10 20 30 56 19 6 3 10 20 32 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 31
19 Cremonese 37 4 12 21 34 69 18 3 4 11 13 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -35 24
20 Sampdoria 37 3 10 24 24 69 19 1 7 11 12 28 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 19

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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.