📏 Form Guide

Spezia

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Spezia will be hoping for a better result following a 2-3 Serie B loss in their previous game against Cremonese.

In that game, Spezia managed 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Spezia, the goals were scored by Francesco Pio Esposito (69') and Gianluca Lapadula (75'). At the other end, Cremonese had 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Tommaso Barbieri (13'), Paulo Azzi (17') and Jari Vandeputte (43') scored for Cremonese.

Fixtures involving Spezia have proved to be entertaining ones of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games alone, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of those being chalked up by Spezia. However, time will tell if that trend might continue on in this game or not.

Their previous form shows that Spezia:

• haven't lost in the league to Cosenza in their previous 5 matches.
• have not beaten Cosenza in their previous 3 league matches.

Cosenza

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Cesena in Serie B competition, Cosenza and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Cosenza managed 51% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Cesena had 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Simone Bastoni (12') scored for Cesena.

Looking at their form, and Cosenza have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. In defence, Cosenza seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Ahead of this meeting, Cosenza have not won away from home in their last 12 matches in the league. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 22/04/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Spezia winning 1 of those games, Cosenza 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 for Spezia and 5 coming from Bruzi. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Serie B match day 3 on 28/08/2024 when it ended Cosenza 0-0 Spezia.

On that day, Cosenza managed 61% possession and 14 shots at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Spezia got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Davide Di Marco.

ℹ️ Team News: Spezia

Duccio Degli Innocenti (Achilles tendon rupture) and Mouhamadou Sarr (Broken arm) won’t be playing for Spezia gaffer Luca D'Angelo.

We are thinking that Spezia could go for a 3-4-2-1 system for the game, utilising Riccardo Gagno, Gady Beyuku, Giovanni Zaro, Cristian Cauz, Alessandro Di Pardo, Fabio Gerli, Luca Magnino, Matteo Cotali, Antonio Palumbo, Giuseppe Caso and Ettore Gliozzi.

ℹ️ Team News: Cosenza

There’s a good chance that Bruzi might utilise a 3-5-2 formation using Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giuseppe Prestia, M. Mangraviti, Joseph Ceesay, Dario Saric, Giacomo Calo, Matteo Francesconi, Raffaele Celia, Simone Bastoni and Cristian Shpendi.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Spezia can and should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the same time, Cosenza will be up against it to get shooting opportunities although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage, too.

We’re predicting a 3-1 winning margin for Spezia at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 18:04 13/05/2025