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Salernitana will host Spezia at the Stadio Arechi on Monday in the round of 64 of the 2024-25 Coppa Italia campaign. The home side endured an abysmal Serie A campaign last season, finishing rock-bottom in the league table with 17 points, the joint-lowest points tally in the Italian top flight in the 21st century.
They faced Ternana at this stage of the Coppa Italia last season, picking up a 1-0 win, with Antonio Candreva scoring the sole goal of the game after just seven minutes. They will be targeting victory here as well.
Spezia, meanwhile, had mixed results in the Italian second tier last season, although they performed well in the final stretch of the campaign to guarantee safety. They endured a slow start to their pre-season campaign but found their feet as they rounded things up, beating German side Bochum 3-1 and Fezzanese 5-2 in their last two friendly outings.
The visitors were drawn against Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia opener last season, losing the game on penalties and will be pushing for a positive outcome this time around.
Salernitana vs Spezia Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 23 meetings between Salernitana and Spezia. The hosts have won seven of those games while the visitors have won 11 times. There have been five draws between the two teams.
- The hosts are undefeated in their last three games in this fixture.
- The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last eight games in this fixture, a run dating back to 2018.
- Salernitana picked up eight points on home turf in Serie A last season, the fewest in the competition.
Salernitana vs Spezia Prediction
Salernitana are on a wretched 21-game winless streak in competitive action, a run stretching back to the start of the year. They are without a win on home turf since last November and will be desperate for a positive result next week.
Spezia are undefeated in their last five competitive games and have lost just one of their last 11. They are, however, winless in their last seven games on the road and could see defeat here.
Prediction: Salernitana 2-1 Spezia
Salernitana vs Spezia Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Salernitana to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the last seven matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of their last seven matchups)
