In this week 20 match on the 6th of January, Spezia will host Hellas Verona at Stadio Alberto Picco in a Serie A match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 17th placed Spezia is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Napoli. Juan Jesus struck first for Spezia on an own goal in the 37th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Napoli couldn’t muster any offence and Spezia ran away with the shutout win. Spezia looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Hellas Verona recorded a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina. Kevin Lasagna scored the first goal for Hellas Verona in the 17th minute, then Gaetano Castrovilli tied it up for Fiorentina in the 81st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Fiorentina. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Oct 3rd, Hellas Verona won by a score of 4 to 0. Giovanni Simeone struck first for Hellas Verona in the 4th minute on a feed from Luka Ilić, then Davide Faraoni added another in the 15th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Spezia couldn’t manage to score, and Hellas Verona took the shutout win.
Hellas Verona’s most prolific scorer has been Giovanni Simeone. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Spezia is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Gyasi and Rey Manaj each only have 1 goal in their last five.