Evenly matched teams: Vicenza vs SPAL match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Menti (12200 seats)

SPAL have restored their energy after their 1-3-match against Reggina and are looking forward to meet Vicenza. Here's all the information!

Insights:
  • Vicenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Serie B
  • SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Vicenza and SPAL.

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Vicenza form and stats

With 1 Serie B win, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Vicenza are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Vicenza hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Alessandria, Ternana, Vicenza, Cosenza, Crotone and Pordenone), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The home team returns to Stadio Romeo Menti after drawing with Pisa (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cosenza that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Vicenza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vicenza as a small favourite), we find eight games. Vicenza has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Vicenza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Cremonese awaits in three days.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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SPAL form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Reggina with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Mancosu got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Mancosu scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Monza wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by SPAL in our archives, and the results are: one win for SPAL, two draws and five defeats.

After this away game SPAL return home for a Serie B game against Ternana. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SPAL as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by SPAL in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vicenza and SPAL have faced off before this season: SPAL - Vicenza 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Vicenza zero wins, two draws and SPAL three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALL. Colombo
L. Colombo
6 goals
SPALM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
5 goals
VicenzaR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
4 goals

Vicenza missing players

SPAL missing players

Vicenza SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 11 23
3 1 1 Won W 2 3 5
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
16 7 0 Lost L 1 5 10
23 11 2 Scored S 4 7 25
42 19 1 Conceded C 3 15 35
96% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
65% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 74%
52% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 48%
35% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 35%
26% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
52% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 57%
9% 9% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 22%
43% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 45% 30%
 
5.2 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 5.3
5.6 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.5 5.3
3.3 3.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.7 14.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.7 15.5
4.3 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 4.6
23% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 19% 24%
 
14.3 12.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.2 13.7
4.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vicenza have the fewest points (6) at home in Serie B
  • Vicenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Serie B

  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 23 13 5 5 38 22 12 7 4 1 22 12 11 6 1 4 16 10 16 44
2 Lecce 22 11 9 2 36 19 11 7 4 0 24 10 11 4 5 2 12 9 17 42
3 Pisa 23 11 9 3 30 18 12 6 5 1 15 9 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 42
4 Monza 23 11 8 4 35 24 11 9 2 0 24 9 12 2 6 4 11 15 11 41
5 Brescia 22 11 7 4 34 22 11 3 5 3 15 14 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 40
6 Benevento 22 10 7 5 34 21 11 6 3 2 21 11 11 4 4 3 13 10 13 37
7 Frosinone 22 9 10 3 34 21 11 4 6 1 17 10 11 5 4 2 17 11 13 37
8 Perugia 23 9 10 4 27 20 11 4 4 3 13 10 12 5 6 1 14 10 7 37
9 Cittadella 23 9 8 6 26 24 11 5 3 3 15 11 12 4 5 3 11 13 2 35
10 Ascoli 22 9 6 7 30 29 11 2 4 5 9 15 11 7 2 2 21 14 1 33
11 Reggina 23 8 5 10 20 30 11 4 2 5 10 15 12 4 3 5 10 15 -10 29
12 Como 22 6 10 6 28 27 11 3 5 3 12 10 11 3 5 3 16 17 1 28
13 Parma 23 6 10 7 27 27 11 3 5 3 11 9 12 3 5 4 16 18 0 28
14 Ternana 23 7 7 9 32 33 12 5 1 6 17 17 11 2 6 3 15 16 -1 28
15 SPAL 23 5 8 10 25 35 12 2 5 5 18 20 11 3 3 5 7 15 -10 23
16 Alessandria 22 6 4 12 24 33 11 4 2 5 9 13 11 2 2 7 15 20 -9 22
17 Cosenza 23 4 7 12 18 35 12 4 2 6 11 14 11 0 5 6 7 21 -17 19
18 Crotone 22 2 8 12 22 35 11 2 5 4 13 16 11 0 3 8 9 19 -13 14
19 Vicenza 23 3 4 16 23 42 11 1 3 7 11 19 12 2 1 9 12 23 -19 13
20 Pordenone 23 2 6 15 18 44 12 1 4 7 10 20 11 1 2 8 8 24 -26 12

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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.