Very important duel in the bottom part of the Serie B, with both SPAL and Alessandria undergoing more anxiety than glee. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts at 15th and the visiting team in 18th spot.
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alessandria have yet to win a game away.
This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
SPAL form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what SPAL have to build on here at Stadio Paolo Mazza in the Serie B.
SPAL travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cremonese that ended 1-1. Midfield player Federico Viviani got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Viviani hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Perugia with the scoreline 1-2.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), SPAL's attacking play is working. 8 goals have been conceded.
Alessandria form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Alessandria so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Alessandria have lost on their last two travels.
Alessandria are looking to quickly end their 216 minutes long goal drought in the Serie B.
The manager M. Longo was unhappy after their last game, a Serie B match played at their home ground Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta. Alessandria suffered a 0-2 loss to Ternana (placed 13th). Defender Luca Parodi was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Parodi hit two key passes and won 12 of 15 duels.
Prior to that match, the Alessandria manager M. Longo faced defeat when travelling to Monza and losing 0-1.The visiting Alessandria have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. For Alessandria, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these squads: SPAL won one, Alessandria triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Colombo 5 goals |   S. Corazza 5 goals |  F. Viviani 3 goals |
SPAL missing players
Alessandria missing players
| SPAL | Alessandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 13 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 75% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 58% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.8 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 5.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 23 | 25.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.3 | 11.2 |
| 6 | 8.3 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 12.8 | 13 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 13.2 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Alessandria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Alessandria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Alessandria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Alessandria have yet to win a game away.
- Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of SPAL's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SPAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alessandria have scored away.
- SPAL have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SPAL have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Brescia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Lecce | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Pisa | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Reggina | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Frosinone | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Benevento | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Como | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Cremonese | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Cittadella | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Ascoli | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Monza | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Perugia | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Ternana | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Parma | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | SPAL | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Crotone | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Alessandria | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 4 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -19 | 3 |