Our prediction for this Coppa Italia match:
AS Roma
Match Time & Date:
19/01/2021
21:15
Prediction: 3-1
Spezia
A place in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals will be at stake when Roma and Spezia go head to head at Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday evening. The Giallorossi aim to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss to Lazio in the Derby della Capitale. The Romans have slim chances of winning the Scudetto, and, no doubt, they will give 100% to go all the way in the Coppa Italia this term. Even though several first-team regulars will be rested in Tuesday’s clash, home win should be considered.
The Bianconeri, on the other hand, have been showing signs of improvement in the Serie A of late, but seeing that the team’s main goal is to secure the elite division survival, home win should be considered. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since December 2015 when Spezia defeated Roma in the Italian Cup.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
Highlighted Team (Spezia):
Spezia is a professional Italian club based in Spezia, Liguria. The Bianconeri secured promotion to the Serie A in the 2019/20 season, with the team beating Frosinone in the Serie B playoffs final. Spezia are well known for their black and white home jerseys, and black is the dominant colour of their away kit.
The club’s home ground Stadio Alberto Picco has the capacity of 10,336 people. The venue was opened back in 1919, with architect Gregotti being in charge of the project. In 2002 the club chiefs decided to reach an agreement with Inter which saw Spezia become Inter’s feeder club.
As a result, the likes of Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, and Alex Cordaz joined the Bianconeri in the first season. Spezia then suffered a bankruptcy, but in 2008 they were re-founded. In the 2020/21 season the Bianconeri will compete in the Italian elite division for the first time ever.
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