Serie B match prediction: Little separates Reggina and SPAL in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 01.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

The Serie B season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Reggina and SPAL promises to be an interesting one.

The visiting SPAL played their last game only four days ago, a Coppa Italia match. That game, against Crotone, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SPAL.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Reggina form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Reggina's two home games in the Serie B so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadio Oreste Granillo. The last three games played by Reggina, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Reggina are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Bologna. A 2-2 draw away in the Serie B before that, with Pordenone the opponent.

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 Reggina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Reggina at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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SPAL form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Serie B for SPAL with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

SPAL are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Crotone (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties). Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Vicenza in the Serie B.

As mentioned above, SPAL drew the match against Crotone (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties). Manager P. Marino brought on D. Seck to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by SPAL in our archives, and the results are: two wins for SPAL, zero draws and two defeats.

SPAL are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SPAL have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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Reggina SPAL
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 3 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
4 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 3 0 Scored S 3 4 8
5 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 8
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 80%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 40%
80% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 80%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
20% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3.7 3.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
63 30 23 Total Shots T S 13 35 75
22 11 7 Shots on Target S O 4 6 17
32% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 67% 47%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggina have not yet lost a game.
  • SPAL have yet to win a game away.
Reggina Last season SPAL
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   19 38
20 11   Won W   3 5
6 1   Drew D   1 5
3 2   Lost L   15 28
51 29   Scored S   11 27
19 8   Conceded C   37 77
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 76%
45% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
10% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
10% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
45% 36%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
48% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 8%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
5 2   Red cards R C   0 4
 
325 180   Total Shots T S   213 471
116 61   Shots on Target S O   57 127
44% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 5 4 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 13
2 Salernitana 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
3 Cittadella 4 3 1 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 10
4 Frosinone 5 3 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 10
5 Chievo 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 10
6 Venezia 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
7 Reggina 5 1 4 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 7
8 SPAL 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 6
9 Lecce 5 1 3 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 6
10 Cosenza 5 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
11 Reggiana 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 4
12 Brescia 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 4
13 Pordenone 5 0 4 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Ascoli 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 -3 4
15 Monza 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 3
16 Cremonese 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
17 Virtus Entella 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
18 Pisa 5 0 3 2 6 11 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 4 9 -5 3
19 Vicenza 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
20 Pescara 5 0 1 4 2 11 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 7 -9 1

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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.