H2H: Spezia vs Juventus - Prediction (Serie A

H2H: Spezia vs Juventus – Comparison.

Kevin Agudelo (SPE) has scored both his SA career goals in matches featuring over 3.5 goals. Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski netted Juventus’ equaliser against Verona in the last round, and has been his team’s first goalscorer in each of the last three league matches he’s found the net. Juventus have scored three of their previous six competitive away goals inside the 40th-50th minute period.

Spezia Insights.

A 2-2 draw last time out means Spezia are the first team to gain 4+ points in their opening three away matches in their debut Serie A (SA) season since Chievo back in 2001/02. That was also their second consecutive league fixture to witness the visiting side on the day score the opening two goals and yet still fail to win (D2). Additionally, there were over 2.5 goals before HT in both of those games, and consequently four of their five SA matches have seen exactly three goals scored inside one half. Goals have been a theme here too, as three of Spezia’s last four competitive home matches have seen over 3.5 goals and both teams score. Although worryingly, Spezia have conceded the opener in four of their previous six matches here (W1, D2, L3).

Juventus Insights.

If excluding a walkover, Juventus have drawn three SA matches in a row, conceding the opener in all three. The ’Bianconeri’ conceded two of those three opening goals from the penalty spot, including in their last away league outing against Spezia’s fellow newcomers Crotone (1-1). With that result, Juventus have failed to win in their opening two away league fixtures of a new season (D2) for the first time since 1997/98. Curiously, they also drew both opening away matches that season, before winning the third 5-0 against newly-promoted Bari. The last time Juventus failed to win their opening three SA away fixtures was back in 1993/94.