Match Preview: AS Roma - Spezia Calcio

The next Monday at 20:45 the match between Roma and Spezia will take place at the Olympic Stadium corresponding to matchday 17 of Serie A.

AS Roma reaches the seventeenth matchday with the hope of recovering points after suffering a defeat against Inter in the previous match with a score of 3-0. Since the start of the competition, the home team has won eight out of the 16 matches played so far, scoring 24 goals in favor and conceding 19.

As for the visiting team, Spezia Calcio had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo in the last match, so they will try to continue adding points in their tally against AS Roma. So far, out of the 16 matches played in Serie A, they have won three of them with 17 goals in favor and 36 conceded.

Focusing on the performance as a home team, AS Roma has won five times, been defeated twice, and drew once in the eight matches played so far, showing that they have been dropping points at their home ground, giving the visitors opportunities to achieve positive results. On away matches, Spezia Calcio has won once and lost six times in their eight matches played, which are figures that do not show an excessively optimistic balance for the match against AS Roma.

The rivals had already faced each other at the Olympic Stadium, and the balance is one defeat and one draw in favor of AS Roma. The last match between Roma and Spezia in this competition took place in May 2021 and ended in a draw (2-2).

If we analyze the situation of these teams in the Serie A standings, we can see that AS Roma is ahead of the visiting team with a 13-point advantage. José Mourinho's team is currently in eighth place with 25 points. On the other hand, Spezia Calcio has 12 points and is in seventeenth place in the tournament.