SPAL manager J. Clotet Ruiz looking for three points in Pordenone showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this season as SPAL and Pordenone battle it out at Stadio Paolo Mazza.

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.

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SPAL form and stats

Last season, SPAL's league stats were 14 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses, ending with 9th spot in the Serie B. In these 38 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 42. Performing at home in the previous season SPAL generated 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 19 conceded.

SPAL lost their last game at Pisa (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Federico Viviani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Viviani hit one key pass and had 61 successful passes (of 69 total).

A Coppa Italia defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Benevento (after extra-time).

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 ten games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost four.

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Pordenone form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pordenone performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 15 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 13/20 goals scored/conceded.

Pordenone failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie B home match vs Perugia (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder Luca Magnino was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Magnino dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

The game before that, in the Coppa Italia, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Spezia.

Pordenone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Head 2 Head

SPAL-Pordenone H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: SPAL zero wins, Pordenone one win, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

SPAL missing players

Pordenone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Pordenone
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
SPAL Last season Pordenone
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 8   Won W   5 10
14 6   Drew D   5 15
10 5   Lost L   9 13
44 25   Scored S   13 40
42 19   Conceded C   20 39
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 68%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 32%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 13%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   26% 42%
39% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 37%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   53% 34%
 
5.2 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.1
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.1
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.2 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.8
3.5 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.7
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 28%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Benevento 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Perugia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Pisa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Como 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Crotone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Frosinone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Reggina 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Alessandria 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
15 Cosenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Pordenone 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SPAL 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ternana 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Lecce 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23

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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Benevento 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Perugia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Pisa 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Como 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Crotone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Frosinone 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Reggina 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Alessandria 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
15 Cosenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Pordenone 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SPAL 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ternana 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Lecce 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.