Spezia vs Milan: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Spezia delivered a 0-2 scoreline vs Cremonese last fixture, a match to learn from. The next job is this powerful Milan team.

Insights:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Milan played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match.

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Spezia form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Spezia are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Spezia to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Spezia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Cremonese (placed 19th). Midfield player Esposito got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Esposito hit four key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 66 total).

Heartbreak before that as Spezia lost 2-3 at Atalanta's place.

Spezia have scored {16 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded. 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 4 of 5 times.

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Milan form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Milan have produced an overall stat of 6-6-5 so far. Milan has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home defeat versus Inter with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Hernández, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Hernández won 5 of 8 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Lazio.

Low on goals? 11 of this team's last 14 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Milan manager Pioli as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Inter.

Milan find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Milan have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Milan - Spezia 2-1. Previous six meetings between these teams: Spezia won two, Milan were winners in four and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
12 goals
MilanO. Giroud
O. Giroud
8 goals

Spezia missing players

Milan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
5 3 1 Won W 4 6 17
12 8 1 Drew D 2 6 10
17 6 3 Lost L 0 5 7
28 16 4 Scored S 11 22 55
56 26 11 Conceded C 6 21 39
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 91%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 82%
47% 53% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 59% 53%
24% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
47% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 83% 65% 62%
12% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 24% 32%
47% 41% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 15%
 
5.1 4.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.7
5.5 5 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 4.4
2.6 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.5
5 4 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.6 11.9 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 13.6 14.9
3.8 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5 5.1
22% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 32%
 
16.5 15.9 17.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.2 10.8
5.3 4.8 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 34 26 5 3 70 23 17 12 3 2 35 14 17 14 2 1 35 9 47 83
2 Juventus 34 20 6 8 52 28 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 24 66
3 Lazio 34 19 7 8 52 26 17 10 3 4 27 14 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 64
4 Inter 34 20 3 11 62 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 17 8 3 6 32 25 27 63
5 Milan 34 17 10 7 55 39 17 11 4 2 33 18 17 6 6 5 22 21 16 61
6 Atalanta 34 17 7 10 56 41 17 8 3 6 30 23 17 9 4 4 26 18 15 58
7 Roma 34 17 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 17 7 5 5 21 21 12 58
8 Fiorentina 34 12 10 12 45 40 17 7 6 4 26 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 5 46
9 Udinese 34 11 13 10 45 41 17 6 9 2 30 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 4 46
10 Bologna 34 12 10 12 43 44 17 7 7 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 46
11 Monza 34 12 10 12 42 45 17 6 5 6 23 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -3 46
12 Torino 34 12 10 12 36 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 17 7 4 6 22 22 -3 46
13 Sassuolo 34 12 8 14 41 50 17 8 4 5 22 18 17 4 4 9 19 32 -9 44
14 Empoli 34 9 11 14 31 44 17 7 4 6 18 20 17 2 7 8 13 24 -13 38
15 Salernitana 34 7 14 13 42 56 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -14 35
16 Lecce 34 7 10 17 28 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 4 3 10 12 20 -13 31
17 Hellas Verona 34 7 9 18 28 51 17 6 2 9 19 30 17 1 7 9 9 21 -23 30
18 Spezia 34 5 12 17 28 56 17 3 8 6 16 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -28 27
19 Cremonese 34 4 12 18 31 59 17 3 4 10 12 26 17 1 8 8 19 33 -28 24
20 Sampdoria 34 3 8 23 20 61 17 1 5 11 9 25 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 17

Milan:
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 34 26 5 3 70 23 17 12 3 2 35 14 17 14 2 1 35 9 47 83
2 Juventus 34 20 6 8 52 28 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 24 66
3 Lazio 34 19 7 8 52 26 17 10 3 4 27 14 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 64
4 Inter 34 20 3 11 62 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 17 8 3 6 32 25 27 63
5 Milan 34 17 10 7 55 39 17 11 4 2 33 18 17 6 6 5 22 21 16 61
6 Atalanta 34 17 7 10 56 41 17 8 3 6 30 23 17 9 4 4 26 18 15 58
7 Roma 34 17 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 17 7 5 5 21 21 12 58
8 Fiorentina 34 12 10 12 45 40 17 7 6 4 26 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 5 46
9 Udinese 34 11 13 10 45 41 17 6 9 2 30 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 4 46
10 Bologna 34 12 10 12 43 44 17 7 7 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 46
11 Monza 34 12 10 12 42 45 17 6 5 6 23 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -3 46
12 Torino 34 12 10 12 36 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 17 7 4 6 22 22 -3 46
13 Sassuolo 34 12 8 14 41 50 17 8 4 5 22 18 17 4 4 9 19 32 -9 44
14 Empoli 34 9 11 14 31 44 17 7 4 6 18 20 17 2 7 8 13 24 -13 38
15 Salernitana 34 7 14 13 42 56 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -14 35
16 Lecce 34 7 10 17 28 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 4 3 10 12 20 -13 31
17 Hellas Verona 34 7 9 18 28 51 17 6 2 9 19 30 17 1 7 9 9 21 -23 30
18 Spezia 34 5 12 17 28 56 17 3 8 6 16 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -28 27
19 Cremonese 34 4 12 18 31 59 17 3 4 10 12 26 17 1 8 8 19 33 -28 24
20 Sampdoria 34 3 8 23 20 61 17 1 5 11 9 25 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 17

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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.