Frosinone supporters put their faith in manager Grosso to deliver victory against SPAL

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Benito Stirpe (16125 seats)

Frosinone have 25 points performing as the host team. SPAL have got 20 points playing the role of visitors. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
  • SPAL have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Frosinone form and stats

Frosinone have collected 12 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-6-1. Three draws in a row here at Stadio Benito Stirpe for Frosinone, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Frosinone lost their last game at Monza (placed 5th) after a 2-3 scoreline. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Monza) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Heartbreak for Frosinone in their last match as Monza's Mazzitelli scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Alessio Zerbin got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Zerbin scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

In the match before that, Frosinone hosted Ternana and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Frosinone handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and four defeats.

Frosinone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Frosinone have conceded 10 goals.

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SPAL form and stats

3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SPAL in their Serie B matches away. SPAL has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

SPAL's previous game was their home loss versus Brescia (0-2). Midfielder Federico Viviani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Viviani hit three key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 72 total).

Prior to that result SPAL won their away game at Crotone. The scoreline was 2-1.

SPAL are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and two defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SPAL are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - zero - two (Frosinone wins - draws - SPAL wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FrosinoneG. Charpentier
G. Charpentier
8 goals
SPALL. Colombo
L. Colombo
6 goals
SPALM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
4 goals

Frosinone missing players

SPAL missing players

Frosinone SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 4 8 17
5 2 1 Won W 1 3 5
10 6 2 Drew D 1 2 5
2 1 0 Lost L 2 3 7
24 11 6 Scored S 2 6 22
17 10 5 Conceded C 3 6 22
82% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 38% 71%
41% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 47%
29% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
65% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 59%
29% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 24%
24% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 24%
 
6.7 6.6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 5.6
3.9 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 5.4
3.2 3.2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.9 15.6 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12 16.3
4.9 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 5
29% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 22% 26%
 
11.9 11.7 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14.2 13.7
3.6 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Frosinone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
  • 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 17 10 5 2 24 12 9 6 3 0 12 4 8 4 2 2 12 8 12 35
2 Brescia 17 10 3 4 29 19 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 7 1 1 17 8 10 33
3 Lecce 17 8 7 2 29 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 9 3 4 2 10 8 14 31
4 Benevento 17 9 4 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 4 2 2 11 6 13 31
5 Monza 17 8 7 2 24 16 8 7 1 0 17 7 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 31
6 Cremonese 17 8 5 4 23 16 9 4 4 1 14 9 8 4 1 3 9 7 7 29
7 Cittadella 17 8 4 5 20 17 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 3 2 3 6 9 3 28
8 Ascoli 17 7 5 5 21 20 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 5 2 2 14 11 1 26
9 Frosinone 17 5 10 2 24 17 9 2 6 1 11 10 8 3 4 1 13 7 7 25
10 Perugia 16 6 7 3 17 14 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 4 1 8 6 3 25
11 Ternana 17 6 4 7 26 26 9 4 1 4 13 12 8 2 3 3 13 14 0 22
12 Reggina 16 6 4 6 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 3 2 3 6 10 -4 22
13 Como 16 5 6 5 23 21 8 3 2 3 9 7 8 2 4 2 14 14 2 21
14 SPAL 17 5 5 7 22 22 9 2 3 4 16 16 8 3 2 3 6 6 0 20
15 Parma 16 4 7 5 18 20 7 2 3 2 5 5 9 2 4 3 13 15 -2 19
16 Cosenza 17 4 4 9 15 27 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 0 3 6 6 20 -12 16
17 Alessandria 16 4 2 10 15 27 8 3 1 4 6 10 8 1 1 6 9 17 -12 14
18 Crotone 17 1 5 11 16 31 9 1 4 4 9 15 8 0 1 7 7 16 -15 8
19 Pordenone 17 1 5 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 9 17 8 0 2 6 5 16 -19 8
20 Vicenza 16 2 1 13 15 31 7 0 1 6 6 14 9 2 0 7 9 17 -16 7

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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.