In this week 24 match, on Mon Feb 7th, Salernitana hosts Spezia at Stadio Arechi in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 20th placed Salernitana, recorded a 1-4 loss against Napoli. Juan Jesus struck first for Napoli in the 17th minute on a feed from Eljif Elmas, then Federico Bonazzoli tied it up for Salernitana in the 33rd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while spezia is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sampdoria. Daniele Verde scored the first goal for Spezia in the 69th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sampdoria couldn’t muster any offence and Spezia ran away with the shutout win. Spezia is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Salernitana and Spezia last played eachother at the Stadio Alberto Picco on Oct 16th. Spezia won by a score of 2 to 1. Simy scored the first goal for Salernitana in the 39th minute, but David Strelec got the equalizer for Spezia in the 51st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 76th minute on a goal by Viktor Kovalenko.
Juan Jesus and Martin Erlić are the top scorers for Spezia in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Salernitana hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Kastanos and Milan Duric, and they each have 1 goal.