Another adrenaline-fuelled match in Serie A as Spezia welcome Roma

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Stadium regulars at Stadio Alberto Picco haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Spezia languishing in the 15th spot. The guesting Roma will try to defend their higher league position in this fixture.

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

This ground has artifical turf, which is not Roma's usual surface at their own football pitch. When playing on artifical turf Roma have performed like this: Played two matches producing 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal production 3-8 (scored/conceded).

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

With 3 Serie A wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Spezia are certainly not brimming with confidence.

No payout for Spezia in their previous match, an away game at Bologna that ended in defeat 1-2.

Ahead of that match, Spezia lost 1-2 at home to Fiorentina.

Spezia has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Roma form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Roma playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. The last three matches for Roma have all ended in a draw.

Roma played 2-2 against Hellas Verona in their previous match. Midfield player Cristante was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.2/10. Cristante hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Sassuolo.

Roma have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 12 away matches. Roma struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the result Roma - Spezia 2-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Spezia zero wins, two draws and Roma two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
11 goals
RomaL. Pellegrini
L. Pellegrini
6 goals
SpeziaD. Verde
D. Verde
5 goals

Spezia missing players

Roma missing players

Spezia Roma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 6 Played P 4 12 26
7 3 1 Won W 3 5 12
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 5
14 6 3 Lost L 1 6 9
28 13 6 Scored S 10 25 44
48 16 8 Conceded C 4 20 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
62% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 58%
27% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 42% 23%
62% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 54%
15% 17% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 35%
23% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 19%
 
4.1 3.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 6.6 5.9
6 5.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 2.9 3.4
2.3 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.7 11.1 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 24 17.3 16
3.6 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 6.3 5.5
30% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 33% 31%
 
17.6 16.8 19.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.4 10.9
5.9 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Roma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Milan 26 17 5 4 52 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 56
2 Inter 25 16 6 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 54
3 Napoli 26 16 6 4 47 18 13 8 2 3 23 9 13 8 4 1 24 9 29 54
4 Juventus 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 47
5 Atalanta 25 12 8 5 46 30 12 3 5 4 20 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 16 44
6 Lazio 26 12 7 7 53 40 12 7 4 1 31 16 14 5 3 6 22 24 13 43
7 Fiorentina 25 13 3 9 44 34 12 8 1 3 30 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 10 42
8 Roma 26 12 5 9 44 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 41
9 Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 13 7 2 4 27 17 13 3 5 5 22 25 7 37
10 Torino 25 9 6 10 32 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 2 3 7 7 13 6 33
11 Sassuolo 26 8 9 9 43 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 13 5 4 4 26 23 -1 33
12 Bologna 25 9 4 12 31 41 13 6 2 5 18 17 12 3 2 7 13 24 -10 31
13 Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 13 3 2 8 20 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 -12 31
14 Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -7 26
15 Spezia 26 7 5 14 28 48 12 3 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 15 32 -20 26
16 Udinese 24 5 10 9 31 41 12 3 6 3 16 19 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 25
17 Cagliari 26 4 10 12 26 47 13 2 6 5 16 22 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 22
18 Venezia 25 5 7 13 23 44 13 2 4 7 14 24 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 22
19 Genoa 26 1 13 12 22 47 12 0 6 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 16
20 Salernitana 24 3 5 16 19 55 12 1 3 8 9 28 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 14

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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.