Delightful dogfight as daring SPAL duel with determined Reggina

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (17900 seats)

The fresh new season is about to kick off and the fans are shivering with enthusiasm. It’s wide open as SPAL host Reggina for the opening match at Stadio Paolo Mazza. Read more!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Reggina, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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SPAL form and stats

The season before, SPAL's league stats were 9 wins, 15 draws and 14 losses, leading to 15th spot in the Serie B. During these 38 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 54. Appearing as the host team in the former season SPAL managed 4-8-7 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 28 conceded.

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 14 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 6.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the SPAL friendly games in pre-season: SPAL played three friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that SPAL scored 4 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.

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Reggina form and stats

Let's have a look at how Reggina performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 8 with 12/25 goals scored/conceded.

Before that loss this club had taken at least one point from eight league rounds in a row.

We have checked recent matches where Reggina have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Reggina have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one SPAL victory, zero draws and three Reggina wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 3 red cards from the last four encounters.

SPAL missing players

Reggina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SPAL Reggina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SPAL Last season Reggina
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
9 4   Won W   4 13
15 8   Drew D   7 9
14 7   Lost L   8 16
46 30   Scored S   12 31
54 28   Conceded C   25 49
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
79% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 66%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 34%
32% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 16%
11% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
58% 68%   BTTS BTTS   32% 34%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   53% 45%
 
5.1 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 3.7
5.2 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.3 6.4
2.5 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.1
4 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
14.9 17.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 10.5
4.7 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.3
26% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 25%
 
13.6 12.9   Shots against (avg) S A   17.1 15.1
4.7 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Südtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

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 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Südtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Read more about Serie B

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.