In a weekend match on Saturday Sep 10th, in week 6, Napoli will host Spezia in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Napoli is fresh off their 2-1 win against Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni struck first for Lazio in the 4th minute, then Kim Min-Jae tied it up for Napoli in the 38th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 61st minute on a goal by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Napoli is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while spezia sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Bologna. Marko Arnautović scored the first goal for Bologna in the 7th minute, then Bastoni tied it up for Spezia in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
Spezia and Napoli last played eachother at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli on the 28th of January. Napoli won by a score of 4 to 2. Kalidou Koulibaly struck first for Napoli in the 5th minute on a feed from Elseid Hysaj, then Hirving Lozano added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Diego Demme.
Spezia is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with M’Bala Nzola and Bastoni each having 2 goals in their last 5. Napoli is fortunate enough to have Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals.