It's advantage Crotone so far with their 3rd position in the Serie B table, welcoming Spezia who are placed 13th.
Crotone and Spezia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 42 matches resulting in 7 wins, 12 draws and 23 defeats with the goal stats 44-65 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Spezia when visiting Crotone as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Crotone form and stats
Crotone have performed here at Stadio Ezio Scida this season with 6 wins from 10 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Crotone has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Ezio Scida.
The Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
Crotone are returning here after visiting Cosenza in a Serie B game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Junior Messias scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Trapani.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Crotone's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Crotone in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Crotone have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spezia form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. It's three draws from Spezia's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
There were no winners in Spezia's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Cittadella (placed 6th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Salernitana.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Spezia playing away, we found three games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 1 home win.
Spezia have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Spezia in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Spezia - Crotone 1-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crotone 4 wins, 1 draw and Spezia 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Tochukwu Nwankwo 9 goals |   A. Ragusa 6 goals |  G. Crociata 4 goals |
Crotone missing players
Spezia missing players
| Crotone | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 74% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 25% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 32% |
| 6.9 | 8.9 | 12 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 380 | 225 | 85 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 99 | 225 |
| 121 | 70 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 62 |
| 26% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 37% |
- Crotone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crotone have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spezia have scored away.
- Crotone have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Crotone have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Benevento | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Pordenone | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Crotone | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Chievo | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Virtus Entella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Salernitana | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Perugia | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Juve Stabia | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Pescara | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Spezia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Pisa | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Empoli | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 16 | Venezia | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 19 | Trapani | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 18 |
| 20 | Livorno | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 13 |