📏 Form Guide

Spezia

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Spezia enter this fixture following a 0-0 Serie B drawn game against Reggiana.

In that game, Spezia had 50% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Reggiana got 11 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

In their preceding 6 games, Luca D'Angelo's Spezia have hit the target a total of 7 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

Going into this encounter, Spezia have not been beaten in the league by Ascoli in their last 2 matches.

Ascoli

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Ascoli will come into the meeting after a 4-1 Serie B win versus Lecco in their most recent outing.

In that game, Ascoli had 46% possession and 10 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Ascoli, the goals were scored by Fabrizio Caligara (19', 42'), Giuseppe Bellusci (71') and Dávid Ďuriš (86'). Lecco had 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Franco Lepore (13') scored for Lecco.

A sequence of very capable displays from the Ascoli defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes in total. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 7.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 24/03/2018 tells us that Spezia have won 3 of them and Ascoli 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from Spezia and 11 netted by Bianconeri. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Serie B match day 16 on 09/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Ascoli 1-2 Spezia.

That day, Ascoli had 45% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Giuseppe Bellusci (51').

Spezia got 7 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Daniele Verde (22') and Petko Hristov (89') scored.

The referee was Matteo Marchetti.

🗞️ Team News: Spezia

Arkadiusz Reca (Adductor injury) and Przemysław Wiśniewski (Cruciate ligament injury) aren’t available for Spezia boss Luca D'Angelo. Francesco Cassata will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

ℹ️ Team News: Ascoli

Ascoli boss Massimo Carrera has multiple availability issues to deal with. Luka Bogdan (Knee surgery), Patrizio Masini (Muscle injury), Riccardo Gagliolo (Calf problems), Erdis Kraja (Cruciate ligament tear) and Pedro Mendes (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection. Marcello Falzerano cannot play in this game through suspension.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Ascoli will need things to go their way to get anything against this Spezia side who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Spezia at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 12:02 01/04/2024