Venezia vs Spezia betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

Venezia get ready to host Spezia for another engrossing Serie A match here at Stadio Paolo Mazza.

Insights:
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (8) away in Serie A

This should be an action-packed match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

This field has the surface grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The last 48 games by the visitors on grass have ended with 14 wins, 12 draws and 22 losses.

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Venezia form and stats

Venezia are returning here after visiting Empoli in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. David Okereke and Thomas Henry scored the goal(s). Attacking player Thomas Henry bested all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.1 out of 10. Henry scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of P. Zanetti when David Okereke scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.

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

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Venezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn seven and lost two.

The manager P. Zanetti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Milan in only three days.

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Spezia form and stats

The Serie A season is young and Spezia have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Spezia's previous game was their home loss versus Udinese (0-1). Petko Hristov was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.22. The defender Hristov won 6 of 7 duels.

A 1-6 defeat away at Lazio before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spezia playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were five Spezia wins, five draws and nine defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Spezia are hosting Juventus in the Serie A only three days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Spezia has managed 3 goals and let in 8 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Venezia two wins, four draws and Spezia zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaD. Okereke
D. Okereke
1 goals
VeneziaT. Henry
T. Henry
1 goals
SpeziaS. Bastoni
S. Bastoni
1 goals

Venezia missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Venezia Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 0 0 Played P 1 2 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 0 0 Scored S 2 3 3
6 0 0 Conceded C 2 8 9
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.3
5.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7.5 6.7
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9 12.7
3.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.7
18% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 27%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (8) away in Serie A
Venezia Last season Spezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
43 22   Played P   19 38
18 12   Won W   4 9
16 4   Drew D   5 12
9 6   Lost L   10 17
60 33   Scored S   24 52
43 22   Conceded C   39 72
88% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
77% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   95% 89%
42% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 74%
23% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 42%
9% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 21%
56% 45%   BTTS BTTS   63% 71%
33% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 13%
23% 27%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
6.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 3.9
5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.6
2.5 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.6
4 3   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.2 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.9
4.5 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.4
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
3 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
4 Inter 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
5 Udinese 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
6 Lazio 3 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 6
7 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
8 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
10 Atalanta 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Torino 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Empoli 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
13 Genoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Venezia 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Sampdoria 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Juventus 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
17 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Spezia 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 -6 1
19 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Salernitana 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23
Last season 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 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

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 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
3 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
4 Inter 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
5 Udinese 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
6 Lazio 3 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 6
7 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
8 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
10 Atalanta 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Torino 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Empoli 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
13 Genoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Venezia 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Sampdoria 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Juventus 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
17 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Spezia 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 -6 1
19 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Salernitana 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 0

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