Spezia - Monza: Small difference between teams in Serie A clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Spezia are willing to forget the league table before this match against Monza. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monza have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have played 16 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-8-5 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Spezia, facing Sampdoria in a game that ended 1-1. Verde was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sampdoria after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Esposito got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Esposito hit one key pass and had 57 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Lazio with the scoreline 0-3.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Monza form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Monza had fun at their own home (Stadio Alberto Picco) last time out, beating Fiorentina 3-2. Pessina and Mota scored. Monza can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Fiorentina. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Pessina scored the final goal. Caprari, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.72. Caprari hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Inter.

Monza have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Monza struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Spezia and Monza have faced each other before this season: Monza - Spezia 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
MonzaC. Zopalato Neves
C. Zopalato Neves
5 goals
MonzaD. Carvalho
D. Carvalho
4 goals

Spezia missing players

Monza missing players

Spezia Monza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 6 15 31
5 3 0 Won W 2 5 11
12 8 4 Drew D 2 4 8
14 5 1 Lost L 2 6 12
26 16 8 Scored S 8 16 38
49 24 9 Conceded C 8 23 43
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 81%
48% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 48%
23% 25% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 27% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 10%
48% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 48%
13% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 26%
45% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 26%
 
5 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.1 4.3
5.4 5.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.8
2.7 2.6 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.4
5 4 2 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
11.4 11.9 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.6 11.2
3.6 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4
23% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 30%
 
17 16.4 17.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 14 12.4
5.3 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Monza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Monza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 31 25 3 3 67 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 78
2 Lazio 31 18 7 6 49 21 16 9 3 4 25 14 15 9 4 2 24 7 28 61
3 Juventus 31 18 5 8 47 26 16 11 3 2 34 13 15 7 2 6 13 13 21 59
4 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
5 Milan 31 16 8 7 51 37 15 10 3 2 30 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 14 56
6 Inter 31 17 3 11 51 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 15 6 3 6 24 25 17 54
7 Atalanta 30 14 7 9 48 35 14 6 3 5 24 18 16 8 4 4 24 17 13 49
8 Bologna 31 12 8 11 40 39 16 7 6 3 21 11 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 44
9 Udinese 31 10 12 9 42 39 15 5 8 2 27 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 3 42
10 Fiorentina 31 11 9 11 37 36 16 6 6 4 21 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 1 42
11 Torino 31 11 9 11 32 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 16 6 4 6 20 22 -4 42
12 Monza 31 11 8 12 38 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 5 4 6 16 23 -5 41
13 Sassuolo 31 11 7 13 38 46 15 7 3 5 19 16 16 4 4 8 19 30 -8 40
14 Salernitana 31 7 12 12 37 50 16 5 5 6 23 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -13 33
15 Empoli 31 7 11 13 25 40 15 5 4 6 13 18 16 2 7 7 12 22 -15 32
16 Lecce 31 6 10 15 26 38 15 2 7 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -12 28
17 Spezia 31 5 12 14 26 49 16 3 8 5 16 24 15 2 4 9 10 25 -23 27
18 Hellas Verona 31 6 8 17 26 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 15 0 6 9 7 20 -18 26
19 Cremonese 31 3 10 18 27 57 15 2 3 10 9 25 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 19
20 Sampdoria 31 3 8 20 20 52 16 1 5 10 9 23 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 17

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.