Atalanta vs Spezia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2023
Atalanta are highly favoured to claim a win against Spezia, whom they face on Wednesday. In their current shape, a win at Gewiss Stadium seems to be the obvious outcome.
Ranked as number six in the Serie A standings, Atalanta, have so far collected 55 points this season, while Spezia collected 27 points. This puts them up as number 17 after 32 rounds.
Favourites of the match, Atalanta, will surely seek an extension of their unbeaten streak in the league matches. They should have a good chance to get another victory this time, however, Spezia will surely make their life as difficult as possible. Considering the current form of the hosts, the guests will have quite a difficult task ahead of them.
Atalanta go into their next Serie A match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring once.
Spezia scored seven goals, conceded 14 and kept their opponents from scoring one times in ten matches.
The match ended in a 2-2 draw in the previous outing between Atalanta and Spezia and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 15/4.
Atalanta vs Spezia Prediction
Atalanta Form
Atalanta conquered seven points from their last three matches and started off drawing 1-1 with Fiorentina. Next up was a 3-1 win against Roma, before Torino were defeated in 1-2 win. In their last six Serie A home matches, Atalanta have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored eight and conceded six goals.
Spezia Form
Spezia were only able to take one point from their past three games. They came up short in a 0-3 defeat against Lazio before drawing 1-1 with Sampdoria. They were defeated once again, when Monza ran out 0-2 winners. Spezia came through their last six away games in the Serie A without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by nine goals to six.
With Atalanta in relatively good shape these days, we aim for the home win, when they take on Spezia. The value lies with the former, with form a little too dubious for the visitors.
Atalanta took 34 points from their last 17 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to ten wins after scoring 34 times and conceding 17. Spezia won once and picked up six points from their last 17 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. They scored nine goals and conceded 36. Atalanta enjoy a record of 16 wins, seven draws and nine defeats in the Serie A this season. Spezia enjoy a record of five wins, 12 draws and 15 defeats in the Serie A.
Atalanta vs Spezia Stats
- In 11 of the last 13 Atalanta matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Atalanta have conceded in 12 of the last 14 home matches
- Atalanta have conceded in 10 of the last 12 matches
- In 4 of the last 5 matches Atalanta played, both teams scored
- Atalanta have not lost 7 of the last 9 home matches
- Spezia have not won 16 of the last 18 matches
- Spezia have conceded in 19 of the last 21 away matches
- In 12 of the last 14 Spezia matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Spezia have conceded in 14 of the last 15 matches
- Spezia have not won the last 7 away matches in a row
Atalanta vs Spezia Squads
Atalanta Squad
Gasperini will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Spezia from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):
Francesco Rossi (0/0), Juan Musso (0/23), Khadim Ndiaye (0/0), Marco Sportiello (0/10), Berat Djimsiti (0/18), Brandon Soppy (0/13), Davide Zappacosta (2/15), Giorgio Scalvini (2/26), Hans Hateboer (1/17), Joakim Maehle (3/29), Jose Luis Palomino (1/14), Lorenzo Bernasconi (0/0), Matteo Ruggeri (0/15), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/13), Merih Demiral (1/25), Rafael Toloi (2/26), Ademola Lookman (13/28), Ederson (1/29), Jacopo Da Riva (0/0), Mario Pasalic (3/26), Marten de Roon (2/29), Mateo Colombo (0/0), Simone Muratore (0/0), Teun Koopmeiners (7/27), Duvan Zapata (2/22), Jeremie Boga (2/21), Luis Muriel (1/23), Lukas Vorlicky (0/3), Rasmus Hoejlund (7/28), Salvatore Elia (0/0).
Spezia Squad
Here is the full team squad of Spezia. The 55 year-old Leonardo Semplici will select his starting lineup from the following players:
Bartlomiej Dragowski (0/29), Federico Marchetti (0/0), Jeroen Zoet (0/4), Leonardo Dido (0/0), Petar Zovko (0/0), Dimitrios Nikolaou (0/30), Emil Holm (1/20), Ethan Ampadu (0/25), Joao Moutinho (0/0), Kelvin Amian (0/25), Mattia Caldara (0/20), Przemyslaw Wisniewski (0/8), Salvador Ferrer (0/3), Albin Ekdal (0/25), Arkadiusz Reca (1/24), Jacopo Sala (0/6), Julius Beck (0/0), Mehdi Bourabia (0/31), Salvatore Esposito (0/9), Szymon Zurkowski (0/8), Viktor Kovalenko (0/16), Daniel Maldini (2/18), Daniele Verde (3/21), Eldor Shomurodov (1/17), Emmanuel Quartsin Gyasi (1/29), Kevin Agudelo (0/30), M'Bala Nzola (13/26), Raimonds Krollis (0/0), Simone Bastoni (2/17), Tio Cipot (0/6).
Atalanta vs Spezia Team News
Spezia just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium.
Jeroen Zoet won't be travelling with Spezia this time, as he nurses an injury.
Atalanta vs Spezia Lineups
Atalanta vs Spezia H2H
Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Atalanta played against Spezia. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Atalanta claimed three wins, while Spezia picked up zero wins in the previous seven matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 15/4.
Atalanta vs Spezia Results
In the past five matches between home side Atalanta and Spezia both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 19/20.
Atalanta vs Spezia Betting Tips
It is a great season for Ademola Lookman, who currently has 13 league goals to his name during this season. Atalanta will rely on his services to gun down Spezia.
Atalanta won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Gewiss Stadium. They drew one and lost three as well, while Spezia won three of their last 10 games away. They drew four and lost three. Of the last 10 times Atalanta stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened six times. Both teams also scored in six of the last 10 away games for Spezia.
Over 2.5 goals came up four times in the previous five encounters between Atalanta and Spezia, as Atalanta scored 2.6 goals on average per game and Spezia averaging 1.2 goals. Both teams scored in four times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Atalanta’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Spezia, who managed to score 0.7 times in those matches.
