Delightful dogfight as daring SPAL duel with determined Cosenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

SPAL - Cosenza: Serie B dungeon dwellers hungry for points and praise. Check out all the interesting statistics and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Cosenza when visiting SPAL as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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SPAL form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. SPAL have only managed 3 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadio Paolo Mazza. When SPAL hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SPAL, Alessandria, Como, Vicenza, Crotone and Pordenone), they have won 2 of 4 matches! The SPAL manager Venturato might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

SPAL travelled for their previous game, a trip to Alessandria that ended 2-2. Viviani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Viviani scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Cremonese that was lost 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SPAL have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost six.

SPAL are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Lecce awaits in four days.

SPAL have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with 24 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SPAL have conceded 25 from these games.

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Cosenza form and stats

There's been little loot from Cosenza's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. Cosenza only have 0 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 6 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.

Cosenza's previous game was their home loss versus Parma (1-3). Attacker Larrivey got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Larrivey scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Reggina before that.

We have checked recent matches where Cosenza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were two victories, eight draws and eight defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Cosenza rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cosenza - SPAL 0-1 was the outcome when these squads last played each other, also in this season. Previous three meetings featuring these contenders: SPAL won one, Cosenza triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALL. Colombo
L. Colombo
6 goals
SPALM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
6 goals
SPALF. Melchiorri
F. Melchiorri
5 goals

SPAL missing players

Cosenza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 31
7 3 2 Won W 0 0 5
12 6 1 Drew D 3 6 9
13 7 1 Lost L 2 10 17
37 24 11 Scored S 5 11 27
48 25 6 Conceded C 7 30 50
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
78% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 71%
47% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 42%
34% 44% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 26%
12% 25% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 10%
56% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 55%
22% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 13%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 39%
 
4.9 5.4 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.4
5.1 4.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 4.6 4.4
2.5 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.5
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.8 17.8 22.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.3 9.9
4.7 5.8 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.6
25% 26% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 20% 24%
 
13.4 13.4 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 15 14.5
4.6 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 4.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SPAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cosenza have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 32 17 9 6 48 30 16 9 6 1 27 15 16 8 3 5 21 15 18 60
2 Lecce 32 15 14 3 50 27 16 10 5 1 33 14 16 5 9 2 17 13 23 59
3 Pisa 32 16 10 6 41 29 16 9 6 1 22 11 16 7 4 5 19 18 12 58
4 Monza 31 16 9 6 51 30 16 11 3 2 31 13 15 5 6 4 20 17 21 57
5 Benevento 31 15 9 7 52 30 16 9 4 3 35 16 15 6 5 4 17 14 22 54
6 Brescia 31 14 12 5 47 32 15 5 7 3 23 19 16 9 5 2 24 13 15 54
7 Ascoli 32 15 7 10 44 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 9 2 5 26 22 5 52
8 Frosinone 32 13 12 7 47 32 16 8 6 2 27 12 16 5 6 5 20 20 15 51
9 Perugia 31 11 13 7 33 27 16 4 7 5 15 14 15 7 6 2 18 13 6 46
10 Cittadella 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 4 6 20 16 16 5 7 4 14 16 2 44
11 Ternana 32 12 8 12 47 47 16 8 1 7 24 19 16 4 7 5 23 28 0 44
12 Reggina 32 12 8 12 29 37 16 8 2 6 17 17 16 4 6 6 12 20 -8 44
13 Parma 32 9 15 8 40 34 16 4 8 4 19 14 16 5 7 4 21 20 6 42
14 Como 31 9 14 8 37 40 15 4 7 4 16 15 16 5 7 4 21 25 -3 41
15 SPAL 32 7 12 13 37 48 16 3 6 7 24 25 16 4 6 6 13 23 -11 33
16 Alessandria 32 6 8 18 30 53 16 4 5 7 14 22 16 2 3 11 16 31 -23 26
17 Vicenza 31 6 6 19 31 52 16 4 4 8 18 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -21 24
18 Cosenza 31 5 9 17 27 50 15 5 3 7 16 20 16 0 6 10 11 30 -23 24
19 Crotone 31 3 10 18 31 51 15 3 7 5 18 20 16 0 3 13 13 31 -20 19
20 Pordenone 32 2 8 22 22 58 16 1 6 9 13 27 16 1 2 13 9 31 -36 14

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 Cremonese 32 17 9 6 48 30 16 9 6 1 27 15 16 8 3 5 21 15 18 60
2 Lecce 32 15 14 3 50 27 16 10 5 1 33 14 16 5 9 2 17 13 23 59
3 Pisa 32 16 10 6 41 29 16 9 6 1 22 11 16 7 4 5 19 18 12 58
4 Monza 31 16 9 6 51 30 16 11 3 2 31 13 15 5 6 4 20 17 21 57
5 Benevento 31 15 9 7 52 30 16 9 4 3 35 16 15 6 5 4 17 14 22 54
6 Brescia 31 14 12 5 47 32 15 5 7 3 23 19 16 9 5 2 24 13 15 54
7 Ascoli 32 15 7 10 44 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 9 2 5 26 22 5 52
8 Frosinone 32 13 12 7 47 32 16 8 6 2 27 12 16 5 6 5 20 20 15 51
9 Perugia 31 11 13 7 33 27 16 4 7 5 15 14 15 7 6 2 18 13 6 46
10 Cittadella 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 4 6 20 16 16 5 7 4 14 16 2 44
11 Ternana 32 12 8 12 47 47 16 8 1 7 24 19 16 4 7 5 23 28 0 44
12 Reggina 32 12 8 12 29 37 16 8 2 6 17 17 16 4 6 6 12 20 -8 44
13 Parma 32 9 15 8 40 34 16 4 8 4 19 14 16 5 7 4 21 20 6 42
14 Como 31 9 14 8 37 40 15 4 7 4 16 15 16 5 7 4 21 25 -3 41
15 SPAL 32 7 12 13 37 48 16 3 6 7 24 25 16 4 6 6 13 23 -11 33
16 Alessandria 32 6 8 18 30 53 16 4 5 7 14 22 16 2 3 11 16 31 -23 26
17 Vicenza 31 6 6 19 31 52 16 4 4 8 18 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -21 24
18 Cosenza 31 5 9 17 27 50 15 5 3 7 16 20 16 0 6 10 11 30 -23 24
19 Crotone 31 3 10 18 31 51 15 3 7 5 18 20 16 0 3 13 13 31 -20 19
20 Pordenone 32 2 8 22 22 58 16 1 6 9 13 27 16 1 2 13 9 31 -36 14

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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.