The Serie B tie at Stadio Alberto Picco on Monday will see home side Spezia do battle with Ascoli.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Spezia v Ascoli, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Spezia
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Spezia will play in this game after a 0-0 Serie B drawn game versus Reggiana.
In that match, Spezia managed 50% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Reggiana got 11 attempts at goal with 0 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 go into this clash following a 4-1 Serie B win vs Lecco in their most recent match.
In that match, Ascoli had 46% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Ascoli, the goals were scored by Fabrizio Caligara (19', 42'), Giuseppe Bellusci (71') and Dávid Ďuriš (86'). For their opponents, Lecco had 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Franco Lepore (13') was the scorer 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.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 24/03/2018 tells us that Spezia have won 3 of these games and Ascoli 2, with the number of draws being 1.
An aggregate of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 of them from Spezia and 11 coming from Bianconeri. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 16 on 09/12/2023 when it ended Ascoli 1-2 Spezia.
That time, Ascoli had 45% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Giuseppe Bellusci (51').
On the other side, Spezia got 7 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Daniele Verde (22') and Petko Hristov (89') scored.
The match was refereed by Matteo Marchetti.
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Team News: Spezia
Arkadiusz Reca (Adductor injury) and Przemysław Wiśniewski (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Spezia gaffer Luca D'Angelo. Francesco Cassata will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
It seems likely that Spezia look set to use a 3-4-3 formation for this one with Jeroen Zoet, Ales Matějů, Petko Hristov, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Salvatore Elia, Ádám Nagy, Salvatore Esposito, João Moutinho, Daniele Verde, Diego Falcinelli and Filip Jagiełło.
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Team News: Ascoli
There’s a good chance that Bianconeri might utilise a 3-5-2 system, choosing Emiliano Viviano, Sauli Vaisanen, Giuseppe Bellusci, Valerio Mantovani, Brian Bayeye, Francesco Di Tacchio, Fabrizio Caligara, Patrizio Masini, Karim Zedadka, Pablo Rodríguez and Jeremiah Streng.
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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 over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
15:04 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Spezia
Formed: 1906
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco (11,968)
Captain: Daniele Verde
Chairman: Philip Raymond Platek Jr
Manager: Luca D'Angelo
Competitions: Serie B position 18
🔑 Star Man: Giuseppe Di Serio
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Giuseppe Di Serio was born in Trento, Italy. After making a first senior appearance for Benevento in the 2019 - 2020 season, the skilful Forward has netted 2 league goals in this Serie B 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 5 appearances.