Serie B duel: Close contest expected between Foggia and Spezia

Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25085 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Foggia languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Spezia will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Spezia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only three sleeps ago. This stadium uses grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The visitors last 21 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses.

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Foggia form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Foggia are 5-7-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Foggia lost their last game at Brescia after a 1-2 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Cittadella.

This is expected to be a close game, with Foggia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Foggia as a small favourite), we find six games. Foggia has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Foggia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria with 24 goals in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Spezia form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term.

Spezia won their last game, 2-1 versus Salernitana played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Benevento.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Spezia in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Spezia, 6 draws and 11 defeats.

Spezia have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, 14 away games. In the opposite end, Spezia have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Spezia - Foggia 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 1 - 1 - 1 (Foggia wins - draws - Spezia wins).

Top Goalscorers

G. Cavallaro
15 goals
G. Giglio
12 goals
D. Okereke
8 goals / 8 assists

Foggia missing players

Spezia missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Foggia Spezia
Total Home Statistic Away Total
29 14 Played 14 29
36 24 Scored 19 44
42 20 Conceded 22 37
93% 100% Over 0.5 93% 93%
79% 93% Over 1.5 71% 79%
48% 57% Over 2.5 50% 52%
34% 43% Over 3.5 36% 31%
10% 14% Over 4.5 21% 14%
66% 86% Both teams to score 50% 55%
14% 7% Clean Sheet 21% 28%
28% 7% Failed To Score 36% 24%
Key stats this season:
  • Foggia hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Foggia is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Brescia 29 14 12 3 60 38 14 10 3 1 31 16 15 4 9 2 29 22 22 54
2 Lecce 30 15 9 6 56 38 15 10 4 1 31 13 15 5 5 5 25 25 18 54
3 Palermo 29 13 11 5 45 29 14 7 6 1 25 11 15 6 5 4 20 18 16 50
4 Hellas Verona 30 12 12 6 44 34 15 7 7 1 26 15 15 5 5 5 18 19 10 48
5 Pescara 30 13 9 8 43 40 15 10 3 2 24 15 15 3 6 6 19 25 3 48
6 Benevento 29 13 8 8 43 33 15 9 2 4 29 17 14 4 6 4 14 16 10 47
7 Perugia 29 13 5 11 41 39 14 8 1 5 22 15 15 5 4 6 19 24 2 44
8 Spezia 29 12 7 10 44 37 15 8 4 3 25 15 14 4 3 7 19 22 7 43
9 Cittadella 29 10 12 7 35 27 14 7 4 3 28 15 15 3 8 4 7 12 8 42
10 Ascoli 29 8 12 9 32 44 15 5 7 3 21 21 14 3 5 6 11 23 -12 36
11 Cremonese 29 8 11 10 28 28 15 7 5 3 16 6 14 1 6 7 12 22 0 35
12 Salernitana 30 9 8 13 33 40 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 2 5 8 14 24 -7 35
13 Cosenza 30 8 11 11 27 36 15 5 7 3 17 14 15 3 4 8 10 22 -9 35
14 Crotone 30 8 9 13 32 38 15 4 7 4 20 18 15 4 2 9 12 20 -6 33
15 Venezia 29 6 12 11 27 34 15 5 7 3 18 16 14 1 5 8 9 18 -7 30
16 Livorno 29 7 9 13 29 39 15 6 4 5 15 15 14 1 5 8 14 24 -10 30
17 Foggia 29 7 12 10 36 42 14 5 7 2 24 20 15 2 5 8 12 22 -6 27
18 Padova 30 4 12 14 28 41 15 2 8 5 11 13 15 2 4 9 17 28 -13 24
19 Carpi 29 5 7 17 28 54 14 2 5 7 14 24 15 3 2 10 14 30 -26 22