Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Roma (6th, 63 pts) and Spezia (17th, 31 pts). Recent form told a different story for Roma: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Scoring rates set the scale: Roma 1.32 scored and 1 conceded per game, Spezia 0.82 and 1.63, with the league averaging 1.28.
Roma had not won in 5 games.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 4 for Roma, 1 for Spezia and 2 drawn, at 3.14 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won.
The venue was Stadio Olimpico in Romagnano Sesia, with room for 40,000 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.