SPAL vs Cosenza: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

Game week two of the Serie B season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the SPAL - Cosenza preview:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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SPAL form and stats

All in all it has been a very rough period for SPAL who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Parma, 209 days ago. SPAL are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in 15 attempts. The last victory here came in the Parma match.

SPAL shared the glory with Monza in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home Serie A game against Fiorentina that was lost 1-3.

SPAL's goalie Etrit Berisha played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Monza with a stunning seven saves.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier SPAL matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).

Last season, SPAL's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 28 losses, resulting in a 20th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 77. Playing at home last season SPAL managed 2-4-13 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 40 conceded.

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Cosenza form and stats

Cosenza delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Virtus Entella (placed 17th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Empoli at their stadium, the result 5-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cosenza when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning one game.

Let's have a look at how Cosenza performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 29/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

SPAL missing players

Cosenza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Cosenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
SPAL Last season Cosenza
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
5 2   Won W   6 12
5 4   Drew D   5 10
28 13   Lost L   8 16
27 16   Scored S   29 50
77 40   Conceded C   27 49
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
58% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 50%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 8%
53% 63%   BTTS BTTS   63% 63%
8% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 13%
42% 32%   Failed to Score F T   26% 26%
 
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   2.7 2.4
4 4   Red cards R C   5 6
 
471 258   Total Shots T S   215 485
127 70   Shots on Target S O   80 164
21% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Venezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Pisa 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Reggiana 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Ascoli 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Brescia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reggina 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Chievo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lecce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Pescara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Pordenone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 SPAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Virtus Entella 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20
Last season 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

SPAL:
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 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Venezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Pisa 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Reggiana 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Ascoli 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Brescia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reggina 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Chievo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lecce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Pescara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Pordenone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 SPAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Virtus Entella 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.