Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Spezia welcomes Cosenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 10.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Spezia supporters in this Stadio Alberto Picco clash with Cosenza, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Serie B table.

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!

Spezia's stadium, Stadio Alberto Picco, has a artifical turf surface. Cosenza have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cosenza when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from five matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 7.

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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Spezia form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Spezia have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

Spezia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Frosinone. Before that game, the home loss against Pisa with the scoreline 1-2.

There will be little rest for Spezia after this match as they are travelling to Livorno for a Serie B game in only three days.

The Spezia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. Spezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cosenza form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Cosenza playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus Ascoli with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Trapani.

A new game in only three days for Cosenza, the Serie B home match versus Perugia. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cosenza have scored 21 goals in 16 league games away. Cosenza have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cosenza - Spezia 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Spezia won one game, one match ended with a draw and Cosenza has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaA. Ragusa
A. Ragusa
8 goals
CosenzaE. Rivière
E. Rivière
8 goals
SpeziaE. Gyasi
E. Gyasi
7 goals

Spezia missing players

Cosenza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
14 9 4 Won W 1 4 7
8 3 0 Drew D 2 5 10
10 4 1 Lost L 1 7 15
46 25 12 Scored S 4 21 35
37 16 7 Conceded C 3 20 39
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 97%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 72%
53% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 41%
25% 25% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 19%
9% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
56% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 56%
34% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 16%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 31%
 
4.3 4.7 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 5
4.7 4.1 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.1 4.5
2.5 2.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.5
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 6
 
398 216 89 Total Shots T S 41 182 409
118 69 28 Shots on Target S O 20 64 136
39% 36% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals in the second half (14)
  • Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia has the most scored goals in the second half (32)

  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 32 23 7 2 56 18 16 13 3 0 35 6 16 10 4 2 21 12 38 76
2 Crotone 32 16 7 9 52 35 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 6 3 7 22 22 17 55
3 Cittadella 32 15 7 10 41 34 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 9 3 4 21 13 7 52
4 Pordenone 32 15 7 10 41 38 16 10 4 2 22 9 16 5 3 8 19 29 3 52
5 Frosinone 32 14 9 9 35 28 16 10 3 3 24 12 16 4 6 6 11 16 7 51
6 Spezia 32 14 8 10 46 37 16 9 3 4 25 16 16 5 5 6 21 21 9 50
7 Salernitana 32 13 8 11 42 38 16 9 6 1 28 16 16 4 2 10 14 22 4 47
8 Chievo 32 11 13 8 39 32 16 8 3 5 23 16 16 3 10 3 16 16 7 46
9 Pisa 32 12 10 10 42 38 17 8 5 4 24 18 15 4 5 6 18 20 4 46
10 Empoli 32 11 12 9 36 36 16 6 8 2 21 14 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 45
11 Virtus Entella 32 11 9 12 38 41 16 8 5 3 18 12 16 3 4 9 20 29 -3 42
12 Perugia 32 11 7 14 31 40 17 7 4 6 18 17 15 4 3 8 13 23 -9 40
13 Pescara 32 11 6 15 43 49 16 6 6 4 27 20 16 5 0 11 16 29 -6 39
14 Venezia 32 9 12 11 30 36 16 3 5 8 13 22 16 6 7 3 17 14 -6 39
15 Cremonese 32 9 10 13 35 39 16 6 4 6 19 17 16 3 6 7 16 22 -4 37
16 Ascoli 32 10 6 16 40 48 15 7 4 4 21 16 17 3 2 12 19 32 -8 36
17 Juve Stabia 32 10 6 16 39 52 16 8 2 6 25 24 16 2 4 10 14 28 -13 36
18 Trapani 32 7 12 13 38 55 16 5 6 5 22 20 16 2 6 8 16 35 -17 32
19 Cosenza 32 7 10 15 35 39 16 3 5 8 14 19 16 4 5 7 21 20 -4 31
20 Livorno 32 5 6 21 27 53 15 3 2 10 17 32 17 2 4 11 10 21 -26 21

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 Benevento 32 23 7 2 56 18 16 13 3 0 35 6 16 10 4 2 21 12 38 76
2 Crotone 32 16 7 9 52 35 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 6 3 7 22 22 17 55
3 Cittadella 32 15 7 10 41 34 16 6 4 6 20 21 16 9 3 4 21 13 7 52
4 Pordenone 32 15 7 10 41 38 16 10 4 2 22 9 16 5 3 8 19 29 3 52
5 Frosinone 32 14 9 9 35 28 16 10 3 3 24 12 16 4 6 6 11 16 7 51
6 Spezia 32 14 8 10 46 37 16 9 3 4 25 16 16 5 5 6 21 21 9 50
7 Salernitana 32 13 8 11 42 38 16 9 6 1 28 16 16 4 2 10 14 22 4 47
8 Chievo 32 11 13 8 39 32 16 8 3 5 23 16 16 3 10 3 16 16 7 46
9 Pisa 32 12 10 10 42 38 17 8 5 4 24 18 15 4 5 6 18 20 4 46
10 Empoli 32 11 12 9 36 36 16 6 8 2 21 14 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 45
11 Virtus Entella 32 11 9 12 38 41 16 8 5 3 18 12 16 3 4 9 20 29 -3 42
12 Perugia 32 11 7 14 31 40 17 7 4 6 18 17 15 4 3 8 13 23 -9 40
13 Pescara 32 11 6 15 43 49 16 6 6 4 27 20 16 5 0 11 16 29 -6 39
14 Venezia 32 9 12 11 30 36 16 3 5 8 13 22 16 6 7 3 17 14 -6 39
15 Cremonese 32 9 10 13 35 39 16 6 4 6 19 17 16 3 6 7 16 22 -4 37
16 Ascoli 32 10 6 16 40 48 15 7 4 4 21 16 17 3 2 12 19 32 -8 36
17 Juve Stabia 32 10 6 16 39 52 16 8 2 6 25 24 16 2 4 10 14 28 -13 36
18 Trapani 32 7 12 13 38 55 16 5 6 5 22 20 16 2 6 8 16 35 -17 32
19 Cosenza 32 7 10 15 35 39 16 3 5 8 14 19 16 4 5 7 21 20 -4 31
20 Livorno 32 5 6 21 27 53 15 3 2 10 17 32 17 2 4 11 10 21 -26 21

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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.