H2H: Spezia vs Atalanta – Prediction (Serie A

H2H: Spezia vs Atalanta – Comparison.

Tommaso Pobega (SPE) scored the opener against Benevento, becoming the second youngest player to score at least two SA goals this season. Aleksey Miranchuk (ATA) netted the equaliser against Inter, becoming the first Russian player to find the net in SA since May 2007. Atalanta’s opening seven league matches have produced an average of 4.57 goals, which is their highest at this stage in SA since 1949/50.

Spezia Insights.

Spezia won 3-0 at Benevento last time out, giving them a fifth consecutive Serie A (SA) match with over 2.5 goals, whilst three of the previous four actually witnessed over 3.5. That high-scoring nature has been helped by Spezia’s ability to start well, with the SA newcomers scoring before HT in six of their seven league matches this term (W2, D2, L3). However, Spezia remain winless at home (D1, L2), after conceding the opener within 15 minutes in each game. Additionally, all three matches produced over 3.5 goals, although a worry for the hosts will be the fact they have lost on both occasions that they were level at HT, eventually losing both matches 4-1.

Atalanta Insights.

Atalanta have won only one of their last five competitive matches (D2, L2) whilst their last outing (1-1 vs Internazionale) ended a ten-game run of fixtures that produced over 2.5 goals. That said, all seven of Atalanta’s SA matches have seen both teams score, whilst ’La Dea’ conceded the opener in all five competitive matches this term that saw them fail to win (D2, L3). The visitors have won four of their five competitive away fixtures this season though (L1), netting exactly four goals in three. Consequently, three of those five games featured over 4.5 goals. Moreover, there’s been at least three goals scored before HT in all five, with the winner on the day leading at HT in each.