Spezia vs Lazio Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📸
The only match between Spezia and Lazio in Serie A, Serie B and the Italian Cup was back in the Coppa Italia in May 1941, with the Biancocelesti winning 5-2 in the quarter-final on the road.
Lazio lost 0-3 in their most recent match against Sampdoria at Ferraris stadium in October 2020. The Biancocelesti could lose two consecutive away Serie A games against Ligurian sides for the first time since 2014 (both against Genoa).
Lazio have won 16 of their last 18 Serie A matches against newly promoted teams; 0-0 against Verona in February 2020 and a defeat 1-2 in July 2020 against Lecce.
Since October 2020, no team has drawn more Serie A matches than Spezia (four, alongside Juventus).
Although Spezia are playing their home games in Serie A this season at the Orogel Stadium in Cesena, they are the team that have played the most Serie A matches in this stadium since the beginning of the last decade, without ever win a single game (four: D2 L2).
Lazio have conceded 16 goals in the first nine Serie A games for the first time since 1992/93 – in that campaign, they conceded two goals on the MD10 (1-2 v Foggia).
Spezia are the only side that have never been in a winning position in home matches in Serie A this season. Indeed, the Ligurians have picked up only two points in home matches, better only than Crotone (one).
On average, Lazio’s opening goal in Serie A this season has come later than any other side in the competition (minute 46); indeed, no team have netted fewer goals than the Biancocelesti during the first half this season (three, alongside Verona).
M'Bala Nzola has scored three goals from free different situations in Serie A this season (from open play, from a corner and from a penalty); he has netted three of last Spezia's four goals in the competition.
Spezia could become the 30th different side that Lazio’s Ciro Immobile has scored against in Serie A. Since his debut in the competition in March 2009, only two players have reached this milestone in the Italian top-flight: Fabio Quagliarella (32) and Rodrigo Palacio (31).
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