This match features two squads residing in the basement of the Serie B, Crotone having 18th place and SPAL sitting at 15th. A nice chance for one of the teams to upgrade their situation.
- Crotone is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- SPAL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie B game only four days ago.
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.
Crotone form and stats
With 1 Serie B win, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Crotone are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Crotone to get some points in this home game.
G. Donsah was the last player to score a league goal for Crotone and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Crotone haven't scored in 274 minutes.
Crotone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Ternana. Crotone could not believe their lack of luck in the Ternana match, as they hit the posts three times in the 0-1 defeat. Midfield player Nahuel Estévez got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Estévez hit four key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 76 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vicenza (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Crotone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crotone as a small favourite), we find eight games. Crotone has won three of these, drawn four and lost one.
Crotone has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
SPAL form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager J. Clotet Ruiz was unhappy after their last game, a Serie B match played at their home ground Stadio Paolo Mazza. SPAL suffered a 1-3 loss to Lecce (placed 2nd).
Prior to that result SPAL won their away game at Cosenza. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SPAL playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were zero SPAL wins, two draws and five defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous three meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for Crotone, two draws and one win for SPAL. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mulattieri 6 goals |   L. Colombo 6 goals |  F. Viviani 3 goals |
Crotone missing players
SPAL missing players
| Crotone | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 67% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 47% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 27% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 6.6 | 7.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12 | 16.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| 26% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 17% | 26% |
| 12.8 | 12 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.1 | 13 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
- Crotone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Crotone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie B
- Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crotone is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- SPAL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pisa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Lecce | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Brescia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Benevento | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Monza | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Ascoli | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Frosinone | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Cremonese | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Perugia | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Reggina | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Ternana | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Cittadella | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Como | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Parma | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | SPAL | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Crotone | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 7 |