Napoli expected to challenge Spezia at their own home

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Struggling Spezia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Napoli in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Spezia are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Napoli are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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 4-6-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Genoa (0-2).

Riccardo Saponara was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Hellas Verona after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Spezia are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Sampdoria awaits in four days.

The Spezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. Spezia have conceded 26 from these games.

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Napoli form and stats

Playing away, Napoli have won 10 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Serie A this season. Momentum is building for Napoli in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Prior to that result Napoli won their away game at Torino. The scoreline was 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Udinese in just three days.

Napoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 17 games. Napoli have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Napoli - Spezia 1-2, played this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Spezia victory, zero draws and four Napoli wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
17 goals
SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
9 goals
NapoliH. Lozano Bahena
H. Lozano Bahena
9 goals

Spezia missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 5 17 34
8 4 1 Won W 5 10 21
10 6 2 Drew D 0 1 4
16 6 2 Lost L 0 6 9
43 21 5 Scored S 14 30 74
63 26 7 Conceded C 2 20 38
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 88%
71% 62% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 56%
35% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 38%
18% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 24%
68% 75% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 53%
15% 12% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 41% 38%
24% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 3.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.5 10.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 21 17.1 16.7
3.2 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.4 5.4 5.9
39% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli 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 Inter 34 25 7 2 74 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 18 11 6 1 34 14 45 82
2 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
3 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
4 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
5 Napoli 34 21 4 9 74 38 17 11 3 3 44 18 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 67
6 Lazio 33 20 4 9 60 49 17 12 2 3 35 23 16 8 2 6 25 26 11 64
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
10 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
11 Udinese 34 10 9 15 39 46 17 5 3 9 13 17 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 39
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 47 56 17 7 5 5 32 27 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 39
13 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
14 Fiorentina 34 8 11 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -12 35
15 Spezia 34 8 10 16 43 63 16 4 6 6 21 26 18 4 4 10 22 37 -20 34
16 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
17 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

Napoli:
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 Inter 34 25 7 2 74 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 18 11 6 1 34 14 45 82
2 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
3 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
4 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
5 Napoli 34 21 4 9 74 38 17 11 3 3 44 18 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 67
6 Lazio 33 20 4 9 60 49 17 12 2 3 35 23 16 8 2 6 25 26 11 64
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
10 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
11 Udinese 34 10 9 15 39 46 17 5 3 9 13 17 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 39
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 47 56 17 7 5 5 32 27 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 39
13 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
14 Fiorentina 34 8 11 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -12 35
15 Spezia 34 8 10 16 43 63 16 4 6 6 21 26 18 4 4 10 22 37 -20 34
16 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
17 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

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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.