Napoli travel to Spezia with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Playing at home is secure and nice for Spezia, but Napoli are fully motivated and qualified to win. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie A

Spezia can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Napoli are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic game!

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia's results here at Stadio Alberto Picco in the Serie A have been very modest with 5 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats. With Spezia having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Motta.

A strong away win for Spezia against Udinese the last match, as Verde, Gyasi and Maggiore were on target. Ferrer, defender, was given a rating of 8.32/10 in that game, top of the team. Ferrer signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 6 of 6 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Atalanta that was lost 1-3.

Spezia has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. When Spezia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Genoa, Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Empoli and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 12-4-2 from 18 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina Ramirez is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Napoli had fun at their own home (Stadio Alberto Picco) last time out, beating Genoa 3-0. Lobotka, Osimhen and Insigne scored. Midfielder Insigne was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Insigne scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).

Prior to that result Napoli won their away game at Torino. The scoreline was 1-0.

Napoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 34 goals from 18 games. It's not easy to score on Napoli as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest past result involving both these sides is the Napoli - Spezia 0-1 played previously this season. Last seven meetings between these squads: Spezia won two, Napoli were winners in five and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
14 goals
NapoliD. Mertens
D. Mertens
11 goals
NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
11 goals

Spezia missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
10 5 0 Won W 4 12 23
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
21 10 5 Lost L 1 2 7
41 21 7 Scored S 12 34 71
68 27 13 Conceded C 5 15 31
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
73% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 76%
59% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 51%
32% 28% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 30%
16% 11% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 16%
59% 61% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 51%
19% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 41%
24% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 11%
 
4 3.9 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 5.3
5.7 5.5 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 3.8
2.4 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.3 10.7 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.9 15.7
3.6 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 5.8
30% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
 
17.5 17.9 24.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.5 10.9
5.8 4.9 8.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (8) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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 Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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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.