Season ticket holders haven't seen too many victories this season, with Venezia languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Spezia will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Venezia and Spezia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Spezia play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Spezia when playing on grass are 7 wins, 12 draws and 23 defeats from 42 matches. They have scored 44 goals and conceded 65 times in these games.
Venezia form and stats
Venezia's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 7 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
The home team returns after sharing the points with Pescara (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Serie B game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Venezia lost 0-2 at home to Benevento.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Pescara as M. Aramu's goal in the 89th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Venezia here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). On the other hand, Venezia have conceded 9 goals.
Spezia form and stats
Playing away, Spezia have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Spezia won their last game, 2-0 versus Livorno played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cosenza that ended 1-1.
Spezia have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Spezia have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Venezia won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and Spezia has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 4Top Goalscorers
  A. Ragusa 5 goals |   M. Aramu 4 goals |  A. Capello 4 goals |
Venezia missing players
Spezia missing players
| Venezia | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 60% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 181 | 83 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 86 | 189 |
| 54 | 21 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 17 | 52 |
| 30% | 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 53% | 38% |
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Venezia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Cittadella | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | Chievo | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Crotone | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Pordenone | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Virtus Entella | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Perugia | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Pescara | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Empoli | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Pisa | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Spezia | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Venezia | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Cremonese | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 17 | Juve Stabia | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Trapani | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | Livorno | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 11 |