It hasn't been easy for Spezia so far, and the same description fits Cremonese. These hardened teams hope for some vital points here.
- Spezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Serie A
- Cremonese have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Spezia form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Spezia have to build on here at Stadio Alberto Picco in the Serie A. When Spezia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bologna, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Empoli, Lecce and Spezia), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Nzola was the last player to score a league goal for Spezia and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Spezia haven't scored in 198 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Gotti led his Spezia to a defeat away at Monza. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Alberto Picco. Kiwior was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Kiwior hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Lazio.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Spezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brescia are coming to town in three days.
Spezia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Alberto Picco with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Spezia have conceded 5 goals.
Cremonese form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A, on their Serie A travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Cremonese, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Cremonese failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Napoli (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-4. Cremonese goalkeeper Radu could take pride in a super day at work against Napoli, but even with pulling off six saves the loss could not be avoided. Dessers, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 6.92. Dessers scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw at Lecce's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Cremonese in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cremonese, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Modena in just four days.
Cremonese have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former eight meetings): Spezia won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Cremonese have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six.
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 3 goals |  S. Bastoni 2 goals |   D. Okereke 2 goals |
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| Spezia | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 56% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.8 | 13.4 |
| 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 30% | 47% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 16.9 | 16.5 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 18.2 | 17.6 |
| 6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 7 | 6.9 |
- Cremonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cremonese have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cremonese have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A
- Cremonese have yet to win a game.
- Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Spezia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spezia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Spezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Udinese | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Milan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Roma | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 7 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventus | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Torino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Monza | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Empoli | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Lecce | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Bologna | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
