The stage is set for Serie A and Roma - Spezia. In this pre-match guide you'll find numbers, results, analysis, trends and news!
- Roma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals (36) in Serie A
The hosts Roma saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at CSKA Sofia, so at least Roma are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
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 14 victories, 11 draws and 23 defeats from 48 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 61-91. You can compare this with overall results below.
Roma form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Olimpico as Roma have scored 10 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Roma are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 238 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Abraham).
A good away victory last time out for Roma, who won 3-2 against CSKA Sofia. The gifted forward Tammy Abraham bettered all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 8.14 out of 10. Abraham scored two goals.
Preceding that match was a Serie A defeat to Inter (0-3).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 Roma home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.
The Roma fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Roma have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Spezia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spezia so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Spezia as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Venezia match.
Spezia played 2-2 against Sassuolo in their previous match. Drawing 2-2 against Sassuolo after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Motta needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Attacker Rey Manaj got a player rating of 7.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Manaj scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Inter before that.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 five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Spezia are hosting Lecce in the Coppa Italia only three days away.
The visiting Spezia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. Spezia can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 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
Data for the preceeding three meetings between these two participants are: one win for Roma, two draws and zero wins for Spezia. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pellegrini 5 goals |  J. Veretout 4 goals |  K. Bakumo-Abraham 4 goals |
Roma missing players
Spezia missing players
| Roma | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | 36 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 6.3 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 17.4 | 14.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 28% |
| 10.1 | 12.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 18.2 | 17.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
- All of Spezia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Roma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Spezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals (25) away in Serie A
- Spezia have the most conceded goals (36) in Serie A
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Serie A
- Spezia have the the worst goal difference (-17) 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 | Milan | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Inter | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Juventus | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Roma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Lazio | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Bologna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Empoli | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Torino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | Udinese | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Venezia | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Spezia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | Genoa | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 8 |