SPAL want to fill the stadium for this game even though the season has been gruelling so far with 24 points and a 15th place in the Serie B table. Opponents Ternana own 13th place with 31 pts.
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SPAL and Ternana.
SPAL form and stats
SPAL's struggle is real here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with only 11 points collected from 12 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-5. With nine home Serie B games in a row without a win, the SPAL fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Vicenza game long ago, can be stopped today.
The home team returns to Stadio Paolo Mazza after drawing with Vicenza (placed 19th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Reggina (1-3).This is expected to be a close game, with SPAL perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SPAL as a small favourite), we find ten games. SPAL has won one of these, drawn three and lost six.
There will be little rest for SPAL after this match as they are travelling to Parma for a Serie B game in only four days.
The SPAL fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SPAL defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ternana form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Ternana have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far. Ternana are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Ternana play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Parma (placed 14th). Attacker Pettinari got a player rating of 9.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Pettinari scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Monza.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Ternana in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Ternana, one draw and one defeat.
After this away game Ternana return home for a Serie B game against Cremonese. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ternana has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Ternana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met previously this season: Ternana - SPAL 1-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous five meetings): SPAL won two games, one match ended with a tie and Ternana have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  C. Falletti dos Santos 8 goals | A. Donnarumma 8 goals |   L. Colombo 6 goals |
SPAL missing players
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| SPAL | Ternana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 26 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 35 |
| 36 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 35 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 75% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 46% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 42% |
| 33% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 42% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 58% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 58% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 25% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.2 | 18.9 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 14.7 | 15.5 |
| 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 24% | 26% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | 27% |
| 13.8 | 13.2 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.2 | 14.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 45 |
| 2 | Pisa | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Lecce | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Brescia | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Monza | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Ascoli | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Perugia | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| 9 | Benevento | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| 10 | Cittadella | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Reggina | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Como | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Ternana | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Parma | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -1 | 28 |
| 15 | SPAL | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Alessandria | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Crotone | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -28 | 12 |
