On Feb 21st, Bologna and Spezia will play a match in Bologna in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 13th placed Bologna is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Lazio. Ciro Immobile struck first for Lazio in the 13th minute on a penalty, then Mattia Zaccagni added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Luis Alberto At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bologna couldn’t manage to score, and Lazio took the shutout win. Bologna looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while spezia sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Fiorentina. Krzysztof Piątek scored the first goal for Fiorentina in the 42nd minute, then Kevin Agudelo tied it up for Spezia in the 74th minute. Spezia is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Spezia and Bologna last played eachother at the Stadio Alberto Picco on Nov 28th. Bologna took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Marko Arnautović struck first for Bologna in the 83rd minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Spezia couldn’t muster any offence and Bologna ran away with the shutout win.
For Spezia, their top scorers are Daniele Verde and Kevin Agudelo, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.