Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Spezia and Lecce

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

17th- against 12th place might not seem all that tempting to look into. But look: Tipsway has the data that makes Spezia - Lecce (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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.

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have collected 11 points from their Serie A home games so far after 2-5-1. Two draws in a row at home now for Spezia.

The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Atalanta last time out and are looking for a win here. Opportunity lost for Spezia in the Atalanta match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The versatile forward Nzola bested all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 8.22 out of 10. Nzola scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hellas Verona.

Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 5 league games in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

A decent goal production from Spezia in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Lecce form and stats

Lecce have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

The club members enjoyed Lecce's previous fixture versus Lazio (placed 5th), a 2-1 win played at home. The attacker Francesco got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Francesco served one assist and hit three key passes.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Atalanta.

The attacking power of Lecce when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Lecce have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Spezia wins - draws - Lecce wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
8 goals
LecceG. Strefezza Rebelato
G. Strefezza Rebelato
5 goals
LecceL. Colombo
L. Colombo
4 goals

Spezia missing players

Lecce missing players

Spezia Lecce
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 5 Played P 3 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 2 2 4
5 5 3 Drew D 0 2 6
8 1 1 Lost L 1 4 6
16 13 7 Scored S 4 7 16
28 12 7 Conceded C 2 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 81%
62% 75% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 31%
31% 50% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 88% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 69%
6% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 6%
38% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 25%
 
5.5 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 3.9
5.1 4.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 6.2
2.8 3.1 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 12.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.2 9.8
3.9 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.9
26% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 30% 35%
 
17.9 17.6 16.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 14.2 12.9
5.6 5.4 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 16 13 2 1 37 13 8 7 1 0 21 6 8 6 1 1 16 7 24 41
2 Milan 16 11 3 2 31 16 8 7 0 1 20 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 15 36
3 Juventus 16 10 4 2 25 7 8 6 2 0 20 3 8 4 2 2 5 4 18 34
4 Inter 16 11 0 5 35 22 8 7 0 1 20 4 8 4 0 4 15 18 13 33
5 Lazio 16 9 3 4 27 13 8 5 1 2 14 7 8 4 2 2 13 6 14 30
6 Roma 16 9 3 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 8 5 8 5 2 1 11 9 5 30
7 Atalanta 16 8 4 4 24 17 8 3 2 3 11 11 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 28
8 Udinese 16 6 7 3 25 18 8 3 4 1 13 7 8 3 3 2 12 11 7 25
9 Torino 16 6 4 6 17 18 8 3 3 2 7 5 8 3 1 4 10 13 -1 22
10 Fiorentina 16 5 5 6 19 21 8 3 3 2 12 13 8 2 2 4 7 8 -2 20
11 Bologna 16 5 4 7 20 26 8 4 3 1 12 6 8 1 1 6 8 20 -6 19
12 Lecce 16 4 6 6 16 18 8 2 4 2 9 9 8 2 2 4 7 9 -2 18
13 Empoli 16 4 6 6 13 20 8 3 2 3 7 8 8 1 4 3 6 12 -7 18
14 Salernitana 16 4 5 7 20 26 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 1 3 4 7 16 -6 17
15 Monza 16 5 2 9 17 23 8 4 0 4 11 8 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 17
16 Sassuolo 16 4 4 8 16 24 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 1 2 5 4 15 -8 16
17 Spezia 16 3 5 8 16 28 8 2 5 1 13 12 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 14
18 Sampdoria 16 2 3 11 8 28 8 0 2 6 2 13 8 2 1 5 6 15 -20 9
19 Cremonese 16 0 7 9 11 27 8 0 3 5 2 12 8 0 4 4 9 15 -16 7
20 Hellas Verona 16 1 3 12 13 30 8 1 0 7 8 17 8 0 3 5 5 13 -17 6

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Read more about Serie A

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.