Balanced ball game between Frosinone and Spezia expected

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 16.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Benito Stirpe (16125 seats)

Frosinone will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Spezia.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie B match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Pordenone, so at least Frosinone are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Spezia's home stadium. The visitors last 44 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 11 draws and 21 losses.

Frosinone are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.

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Frosinone form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Frosinone are 10-5-4 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Frosinone against Pordenone the last match, as Andrija Novakovich and Camillo Ciano were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Pordenone (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Frosinone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.

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

The Frosinone fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 19 league matches. From these home matches, Frosinone have conceded only 18 goals.

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Spezia form and stats

The visitors are W7-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Andrej Gălăbinov, M'Bala Nzola and Giulio Maggiore scored in Spezia's previous match, the home game against Chievo that ended 3-1. A 0-2 defeat away at Chievo before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spezia playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were four Spezia wins, five draws and nine defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Spezia are hosting Frosinone in the Serie B only four days away.

The visiting Spezia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 19 games. Spezia have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Frosinone - Spezia 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Frosinone victories, five draws and three Spezia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FrosinoneF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
12 goals
FrosinoneC. Ciano
C. Ciano
10 goals
SpeziaE. Gyasi
E. Gyasi
8 goals

Frosinone missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Frosinone Spezia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 40
16 10 1 Won W 1 7 18
12 5 1 Drew D 4 6 10
13 5 4 Lost L 1 7 12
46 29 7 Scored S 5 24 57
41 19 10 Conceded C 5 24 43
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 85% 88%
68% 75% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 72%
29% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
17% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 25%
5% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 10%
37% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 52%
39% 40% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 35%
32% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 25%
 
5.1 5.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.7
4.2 3.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 4.4
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
6 4 0 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
520 273 80 Total Shots T S 69 243 524
154 88 24 Shots on Target S O 27 71 162
30% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 34% 35%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Frosinone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Frosinone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Spezia has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
  • 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 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21

Table
  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 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 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.