SPAL vs Fiorentina match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

SPAL hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 20 points and a 20th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Fiorentina holds 10th place with 46 pts.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

SPAL have had a bad season and will be relegated from Serie A. For Fiorentina most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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SPAL form and stats

SPAL's struggle is real here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with only 10 points collected from 18 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-12. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. With 14 home Serie A games in a row without a win, the SPAL fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Parma game long ago, can be stopped today.

The fans are hoping that SPAL will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Serie A game against Hellas Verona (placed 9th). In the match before that, SPAL hosted Torino and drew the game 1-1.

Karlo Letica had a busy but productive day in the Hellas Verona match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

SPAL aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Paolo Mazza in the league, with only 15 goals from 18 games. SPAL have conceded 37 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Fiorentina form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Fiorentina playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Fiorentina had fun at their own home (Stadio Paolo Mazza) last time out, beating Bologna 4-0. Nikola Milenković and Federico Chiesa (3) scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Roma wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As you can tell from the results above, Fiorentina was very dominant against Bologna, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Nikola Milenković and Federico Chiesa (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Federico Chiesa's lethal finishing against Bologna. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

The visiting Fiorentina have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 26 goals from 18 games. 25 goals have been conceded by Fiorentina in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Fiorentina - SPAL 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero SPAL victories, two draws and three Fiorentina wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALA. Petagna
A. Petagna
12 goals
FiorentinaF. Chiesa
F. Chiesa
10 goals
FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
6 goals

SPAL missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
5 2 1 Won W 2 6 11
5 4 1 Drew D 2 5 13
27 12 4 Lost L 2 7 13
26 15 4 Scored S 10 26 48
74 37 9 Conceded C 6 25 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 84%
76% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 73%
57% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 51%
24% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 24%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
51% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 62%
8% 6% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 30%
43% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 24%
 
4.2 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 4.8 5.4
6.3 5.9 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.8 4.9
2.6 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.8
4 4 2 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
463 250 84 Total Shots T S 80 215 523
123 66 22 Shots on Target S O 30 85 182
21% 23% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 26%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SPAL has the fewest points (10) at home
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (15) at home
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (26)
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals in the first half (14)
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
  • SPAL has the the worst goal difference (-22) at home
  • SPAL has the the worst goal difference (-48)
  • SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SPAL is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 37 26 5 6 75 40 18 16 2 0 45 14 19 10 3 6 30 26 35 83
2 Inter 37 23 10 4 79 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 18 12 4 2 39 19 43 79
3 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 98 46 18 12 2 4 51 24 19 11 7 1 47 22 52 78
4 Lazio 37 24 6 7 78 39 19 14 3 2 46 17 18 10 3 5 32 22 39 78
5 Roma 37 20 7 10 74 50 19 10 4 5 36 27 18 10 3 5 38 23 24 67
6 Milan 37 18 9 10 60 46 18 8 6 4 28 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 14 63
7 Napoli 37 17 8 12 58 49 18 9 3 6 28 23 19 8 5 6 30 26 9 59
8 Sassuolo 37 14 9 14 69 62 18 8 3 7 44 32 19 6 6 7 25 30 7 51
9 Hellas Verona 37 12 13 12 47 48 19 9 5 5 29 25 18 3 8 7 18 23 -1 49
10 Fiorentina 37 11 13 13 48 47 19 5 8 6 22 22 18 6 5 7 26 25 1 46
11 Parma 37 13 7 17 52 54 19 7 2 10 26 24 18 6 5 7 26 30 -2 46
12 Bologna 37 12 10 15 51 64 18 5 7 6 24 28 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 46
13 Cagliari 37 11 12 14 52 53 19 7 4 8 32 28 18 4 8 6 20 25 -1 45
14 Udinese 37 11 9 17 36 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 18 5 3 10 18 28 -15 42
15 Sampdoria 37 12 5 20 47 64 19 6 4 9 25 30 18 6 1 11 22 34 -17 41
16 Torino 37 11 6 20 45 67 19 7 4 8 23 30 18 4 2 12 22 37 -22 39
17 Genoa 37 9 9 19 44 73 18 6 1 11 21 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -29 36
18 Lecce 37 9 8 20 49 81 18 4 5 9 27 37 19 5 3 11 22 44 -32 35
19 Brescia 37 6 6 25 34 78 18 3 4 11 20 33 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 24
20 SPAL 37 5 5 27 26 74 18 2 4 12 15 37 19 3 1 15 11 37 -48 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 37 26 5 6 75 40 18 16 2 0 45 14 19 10 3 6 30 26 35 83
2 Inter 37 23 10 4 79 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 18 12 4 2 39 19 43 79
3 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 98 46 18 12 2 4 51 24 19 11 7 1 47 22 52 78
4 Lazio 37 24 6 7 78 39 19 14 3 2 46 17 18 10 3 5 32 22 39 78
5 Roma 37 20 7 10 74 50 19 10 4 5 36 27 18 10 3 5 38 23 24 67
6 Milan 37 18 9 10 60 46 18 8 6 4 28 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 14 63
7 Napoli 37 17 8 12 58 49 18 9 3 6 28 23 19 8 5 6 30 26 9 59
8 Sassuolo 37 14 9 14 69 62 18 8 3 7 44 32 19 6 6 7 25 30 7 51
9 Hellas Verona 37 12 13 12 47 48 19 9 5 5 29 25 18 3 8 7 18 23 -1 49
10 Fiorentina 37 11 13 13 48 47 19 5 8 6 22 22 18 6 5 7 26 25 1 46
11 Parma 37 13 7 17 52 54 19 7 2 10 26 24 18 6 5 7 26 30 -2 46
12 Bologna 37 12 10 15 51 64 18 5 7 6 24 28 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 46
13 Cagliari 37 11 12 14 52 53 19 7 4 8 32 28 18 4 8 6 20 25 -1 45
14 Udinese 37 11 9 17 36 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 18 5 3 10 18 28 -15 42
15 Sampdoria 37 12 5 20 47 64 19 6 4 9 25 30 18 6 1 11 22 34 -17 41
16 Torino 37 11 6 20 45 67 19 7 4 8 23 30 18 4 2 12 22 37 -22 39
17 Genoa 37 9 9 19 44 73 18 6 1 11 21 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -29 36
18 Lecce 37 9 8 20 49 81 18 4 5 9 27 37 19 5 3 11 22 44 -32 35
19 Brescia 37 6 6 25 34 78 18 3 4 11 20 33 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 24
20 SPAL 37 5 5 27 26 74 18 2 4 12 15 37 19 3 1 15 11 37 -48 20

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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.