Examine their own game plan or make adjustments according to the opposing team? Both Spezia and Hellas Verona have to try something else than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Serie A
- Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie A
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia's results here at Stadio Alberto Picco in the Serie A have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. With eight home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Spezia fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Spezia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Udinese that ended 2-2. The attacker Nzola was announced as "man of the match" for Spezia with the rating of 8.24/10. Nzola scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Juventus with the scoreline 0-2.The Spezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Spezia defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hellas Verona form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hellas Verona so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Hellas Verona have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 239 minutes ago. Ngonge was the goal scorer.
Hellas failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Fiorentina (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Lazović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.3. Lazović hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Roma's place.A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hellas Verona as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Hellas Verona have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. When Hellas Verona is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Lecce, Sassuolo and Salernitana.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Hellas Verona - Spezia 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Spezia wins - draws - Hellas Verona wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 11 goals |   D. Lazović 3 goals |  S. Bastoni 2 goals |
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| Spezia | Hellas Verona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 21 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 41 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 79% |
| 54% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 18% | 38% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 46% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 54% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 46% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 33% |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 12.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.3 | 11.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| 17.5 | 16.6 | 18.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
- Hellas Verona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hellas Verona have the fewest points (4) away in Serie A
- Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie A
- Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie A
- Hellas Verona have yet to win a game away.
- Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spezia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hellas Verona have scored away.
- Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Serie A
| 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 65 |
| 2 | Inter | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Milan | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | Lazio | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| 5 | Roma | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| 7 | Bologna | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Juventus | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Udinese | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Monza | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Empoli | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 15 | Lecce | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 17 | Spezia | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -20 | 20 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -28 | 11 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 23 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -25 | 9 |
