Soccer betting preview: Spezia welcomes Hellas Verona in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Crucial fight in the lower section of the Serie A, with both Spezia and Hellas Verona feeling more anxiety than happiness. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 17th and the away team in 18th spot.

Insights:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Serie A

Spezia are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Hellas Verona most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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!

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Spezia form and stats

4-8-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Spezia so far this season. When Spezia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cremonese, Sampdoria, Empoli, Lecce, Spezia and Salernitana), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

No payout for Spezia in their previous match, an away game at Roma that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for Spezia in their last match as Roma's Dybala scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Bourabia got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Bourabia served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Torino that was lost 0-4.

Spezia have scored {18 league goals} here from 19 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 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. 30 goals conceded from 19 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Hellas Verona have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-7-11 (19 played). Hellas seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Hellas Verona lost away at Milan (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Empoli.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hellas Verona as they have only managed to score 11 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Hellas have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the participants faced each other previously this season; Spezia - Hellas Verona 0-0. Marchetti (Spezia) was given a red card by the ref when these teams previously met this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Spezia won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Hellas Verona got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
Hellas VeronaS. Verdi
S. Verdi
5 goals
Hellas VeronaD. Lazović
D. Lazović
4 goals

Spezia missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Hellas Verona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
6 4 2 Won W 1 1 7
13 8 3 Drew D 2 7 10
19 7 0 Lost L 2 11 21
31 18 6 Scored S 5 11 31
62 30 4 Conceded C 7 27 59
92% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
79% 84% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 68% 74%
47% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 26% 39%
24% 26% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 16% 16%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 55%
16% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 16% 16%
47% 42% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 34%
 
5.1 5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 4.4 4.5
5.4 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.2
2.7 2.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.7
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.5 11.8 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.2 11.2
3.6 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 2.9 3.3
22% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 24%
 
16.1 15.6 16.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 13.8 14.4
5.1 4.8 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 5.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Serie A
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19

Hellas Verona:
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 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 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.