Possible nail-biting contest in Spezia - Torino game

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Alberto Picco haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Spezia lying uncomfortably in the 17th place. The visiting Torino will hope to protect their higher league place in this fixture.

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

Spezia are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Torino is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-8-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Spezia are confident in defense, having played 193 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home team returns to Stadio Alberto Picco after drawing with Lecce (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Defender Nikolaou got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Nikolaou hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Spezia won a home game hosting Milan (2-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Spezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Spezia as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Spezia has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 1.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen two goals or less.

Spezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Torino form and stats

8-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Torino in their Serie A matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Torino on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Torino delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Fiorentina (placed 9th) in their previous match. Ilić got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Ilić hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Torino in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Torino, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visiting Torino have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 18 games. Torino have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Spezia and Torino have faced off already this season: Torino - Spezia 0-1. Last five meetings involving these squads: Spezia won three, Torino were winners in one and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
TorinoA. Sanabria Ayala
A. Sanabria Ayala
12 goals
TorinoN. Vlašić
N. Vlašić
5 goals

Spezia missing players

Torino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Torino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
6 4 0 Won W 4 8 13
13 8 3 Drew D 2 4 11
17 6 3 Lost L 0 6 12
30 18 6 Scored S 10 23 38
56 26 11 Conceded C 4 22 40
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 64%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 33%
22% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 22% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
44% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 53%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 28% 28%
47% 39% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
5.2 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 4.6
5.5 5.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 3.9
2.6 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11.7 11.6
3.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 4.1
22% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 26%
 
16.1 15.8 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.5 11.1
5.1 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torino haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
4 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
5 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
6 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
7 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 18

Torino:
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 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
4 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
5 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
6 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
7 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 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.