Catanzaro vs Spezia: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 30.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo (14650 seats)

Here's another exciting fixture in the Serie B. Catanzaro is in the 5th place after featuring in two fixtures. They host Spezia who are placed 10th after one matches.

7-8-24 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Spezia when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 39 matches are 36-79 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

These are active days for the host team, as they played only three days ago in the Serie B. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ternana, was also a home game here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. The away team is better rested.

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Catanzaro form and stats

The hosts won their first Serie B game here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Catanzaro last season were 18 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 19 games.

Catanzaro's last game was hosting Ternana (placed 17th) and winning 2-1. Catanzaro goalkeeper Fulignati did an outstanding job against Ternana with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.

0-0 away at Cremonese before that.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Catanzaro at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Spezia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Spezia performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 13 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {62 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 12 with 13/32 goals scored/conceded. 0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spezia in their Serie B matches away.

Spezia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sudtirol for a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sudtirol was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Moro got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Moro scored two goals.

One game before, 2-2 at home hosting Venezia (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Coppa Italia.

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

It's early days yet, but Spezia has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaL. Moro
L. Moro
2 goals
CatanzaroT. Biasci
T. Biasci
1 goals
CatanzaroJ. Vandeputte
J. Vandeputte
1 goals

Catanzaro missing players

Spezia missing players

Catanzaro Spezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 3 3 3
1 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 3
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 1
6.5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 17
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5
25% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 60% 60%
 
21 25 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 10
6 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4
Catanzaro Last season Spezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 39
30 18   Won W   2 6
6 1   Drew D   5 13
2 0   Lost L   12 20
102 62   Scored S   13 32
21 8   Conceded C   32 65
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
79% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
66% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 49%
47% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
24% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
34% 32%   BTTS BTTS   42% 46%
63% 68%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 15%
5% 0%   Failed to Score F T   53% 46%
 
5.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.2
3.3 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.4
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.7
1 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
12.6 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 11.7
5.9 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.8
45% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 22%
 
7 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 15.9
2.3 1.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
2 Venezia 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
3 Cosenza 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Sudtirol 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Catanzaro 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Bari 1908 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Pisa 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Modena 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Cittadella 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Spezia 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
11 Palermo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sampdoria 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 1
13 Reggiana 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Cremonese 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Como 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ternana 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
18 Ascoli 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
19 FeralpiSalo 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 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 Catanzaro 38 30 6 2 102 21 19 18 1 0 62 8 19 12 5 2 40 13 81 96
2 Crotone 38 23 11 4 57 31 19 13 5 1 25 8 19 10 6 3 32 23 26 80
3 Pescara 38 19 8 11 58 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 19 9 4 6 27 20 16 65
4 Foggia 38 18 7 13 60 44 19 11 3 5 32 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 16 61
5 Audace Cerignola 38 16 12 10 48 41 19 12 4 3 33 16 19 4 8 7 15 25 7 60
6 Picerno 38 15 14 9 40 34 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 6 8 5 18 19 6 59
7 Monopoli 38 16 6 16 46 48 19 11 0 8 28 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -2 54
8 Latina 38 12 13 13 39 46 19 8 6 5 17 18 19 4 7 8 22 28 -7 49
9 Potenza Calcio 38 10 18 10 49 57 19 8 7 4 34 26 19 2 11 6 15 31 -8 48
10 SSC Giugliano 38 11 13 14 51 61 19 7 7 5 32 31 19 4 6 9 19 30 -10 46
11 Taranto 38 11 13 14 26 36 19 9 7 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 46
12 Juve Stabia 38 12 10 16 37 49 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 46
13 Virtus Francavilla 38 13 6 19 47 54 19 12 3 4 35 19 19 1 3 15 12 35 -7 45
14 Avellino 38 11 10 17 42 49 19 7 6 6 19 16 19 4 4 11 23 33 -7 43
15 Turris Neapolis 38 11 10 17 40 56 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 5 4 10 16 28 -16 43
16 Nuova Monterosi 38 10 14 14 39 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 19 7 2 10 21 27 -6 42
17 Messina 38 11 8 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 19 4 4 11 12 28 -15 41
18 Gelbison 38 7 15 16 25 40 19 4 7 8 15 21 19 3 8 8 10 19 -15 36
19 Viterbese Castrense 38 8 11 19 35 52 19 5 7 7 21 26 19 3 4 12 14 26 -17 33
20 Fidelis Andria 38 6 15 17 29 49 19 5 9 5 14 15 19 1 6 12 15 34 -20 33

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.