Struggling Spezia are desperate to pull off a surprise victory when they play hard-driving Lazio in the upcoming league match. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have moderate confidence.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Serie A
This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Spezia form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Spezia at their home stadium (Stadio Alberto Picco) is 3 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats.
Spezia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fiorentina that ended 1-1.
Before that, Spezia drew at home versus Salernitana.Spezia has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Spezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Spezia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Empoli, Lecce and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Lazio form and stats
Lazio's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lazio collect 28 points from their 14 away matches in the Serie A. 8 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Lazio won their last game, 2-1 versus Juventus played at home. Attacker Zaccagni got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Zaccagni scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Monza with the score of 2-0.Lacking goals? 9 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The travelling fans enjoy Lazio's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Lazio victories. Are we destined for another one?Here's the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Lazio - Spezia 4-0. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters. Immobile likes to meet Spezia and have scored 5 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 13 goals |   M. Zaccagni 10 goals |  C. Immobile 9 goals |
Spezia missing players
Lazio missing players
| Spezia | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 46 |
| 45 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 93% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 72% |
| 48% | 53% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 29% | 41% |
| 24% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 21% | 34% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 71% | 59% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | 39% |
| 17.3 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
- Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Serie A
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Serie A
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
- Lazio have the most clean sheets (10) away 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 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 74 |
| 2 | Lazio | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 58 |
| 3 | Roma | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 53 |
| 4 | Milan | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Inter | 29 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 51 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 48 |
| 7 | Juventus | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 44 |
| 8 | Bologna | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 43 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Udinese | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Torino | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 38 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Monza | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Empoli | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 28 | -16 | 29 |
| 16 | Lecce | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Spezia | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 22 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 29 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -28 | 16 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 29 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 28 | -32 | 15 |
