Football tips: Chievo vs SPAL - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Chievo in 8th and SPAL in 7th place.

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

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Chievo form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Chievo at their home stadium (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Chievo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Reggina that ended 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Frosinone.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chievo as they are travelling to their away game against Empoli in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.

The Chievo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. Chievo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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SPAL form and stats

4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of SPAL playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

SPAL had fun at their own home (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi) last time out, beating Cittadella 1-0. Sergio Floccari scored. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Pisa's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Venezia in just three days.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, SPAL have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Chievo and SPAL have met before this season: SPAL - Chievo 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Chievo one win, four draws and SPAL one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALM. Valoti
M. Valoti
8 goals
SPALA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
7 goals
ChievoL. Garritano
L. Garritano
5 goals

Chievo missing players

SPAL missing players

Chievo SPAL
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
11 8 2 Won W 2 4 11
11 3 1 Drew D 1 7 12
8 4 1 Lost L 1 4 7
37 22 5 Scored S 5 13 35
28 12 2 Conceded C 6 17 32
87% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 83%
67% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 67%
40% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 33% 33%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 23%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 13%
53% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 43%
37% 40% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 47%
23% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.5
5 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.7 10.4 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.9 12.3
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.7
32% 42% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 24% 31%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chievo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Empoli 30 15 14 1 53 24 15 8 7 0 26 10 15 7 7 1 27 14 29 59
2 Lecce 30 13 13 4 58 36 15 5 8 2 30 21 15 8 5 2 28 15 22 52
3 Salernitana 30 13 12 5 32 27 15 8 6 1 20 9 15 5 6 4 12 18 5 51
4 Monza 30 13 11 6 40 26 15 7 5 3 23 12 15 6 6 3 17 14 14 50
5 Venezia 30 13 10 7 42 30 15 8 2 5 22 16 15 5 8 2 20 14 12 49
6 Cittadella 30 12 9 9 40 28 15 7 5 3 21 12 15 5 4 6 19 16 12 45
7 SPAL 30 11 12 7 35 32 15 7 5 3 22 15 15 4 7 4 13 17 3 45
8 Chievo 30 11 11 8 37 28 15 8 3 4 22 12 15 3 8 4 15 16 9 44
9 Pisa 29 9 13 7 39 40 15 5 9 1 18 14 14 4 4 6 21 26 -1 40
10 Brescia 30 10 9 11 40 41 15 6 4 5 24 21 15 4 5 6 16 20 -1 39
11 Vicenza 30 8 14 8 40 40 15 3 9 3 18 18 15 5 5 5 22 22 0 38
12 Frosinone 30 9 11 10 28 36 15 3 6 6 11 18 15 6 5 4 17 18 -8 38
13 Reggina 30 9 10 11 29 34 15 6 3 6 13 15 15 3 7 5 16 19 -5 37
14 Cremonese 30 9 9 12 35 36 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 4 5 6 16 18 -1 36
15 Pordenone 29 7 13 9 28 28 14 2 9 3 17 15 15 5 4 6 11 13 0 34
16 Cosenza 30 4 17 9 24 30 15 1 9 5 10 15 15 3 8 4 14 15 -6 29
17 Reggiana 30 8 5 17 25 47 15 5 4 6 15 18 15 3 1 11 10 29 -22 29
18 Ascoli 30 6 10 14 25 39 15 4 5 6 11 18 15 2 5 8 14 21 -14 28
19 Pescara 30 5 8 17 22 47 15 2 4 9 13 24 15 3 4 8 9 23 -25 23
20 Virtus Entella 30 4 9 17 24 47 15 3 3 9 14 26 15 1 6 8 10 21 -23 21

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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.