Salernitana vs Spezia Betting Tips and Predictions | Football Park

Some more games for you to bet on in the opening weekend of Coppa Italia. Spezia travel to face fellow Serie B side Salernitana in what should be an entertaining watch.

Salernitana

After terrible season last year ending in finishing rock bottom of Serie A with just two wins to their name and therefore seeing relegation, Salernitana look to bounce back in Round One of the Coppa Italia. They did fare better in this competition last season, making it all the way to the Round of 16 before being thrashed 1-6 by eventual winners Juventus.

They have managed to retain stars Antonio Candreva and Boulaye Dia who will be vital in seeing them climb back to the top flight of Italian football as well as trying to see some success in this competition but Candreva is now at the age of 37 years old and Dia is good enough to earn himself a move away into a higher league, leaving Salernitana in the dust.

The stats don’t reflect highly on I Granata though as during their 21 winless streak, they haven’t been able to be victorious at home in 12 games nor managed to keep a clean sheet in 15 attempts. That is something that will stick with them going forward as stuff like that doesn’t magically disappear overnight.

Spezia

Spezia didn’t have the best of season’s either as they narrowly avoided the relegation playoff spot in Serie B by a singular point, beating out Ternana, allowing them to retain a spot in league and compete in it for this year’s campaign. The ended the season with a record of 9 wins, 12 losses and 17 draws. They will drastically need to improve if they want to progress into the next rounds of the Coppa Italia and focus on surviving relegation from Serie B this season.

They have brought in eight new players to try and aid their efforts of avoiding relegation and these players could help them in this match against Salernitana as well. Experienced defensive midfielder Ádám Nagy, a player who has a lot of international caps for Hungary is a great pick up as he can command the game with his leadership and footballing intelligence. He could be a massive factor for Spezia to win in this one.

Gli Aquilotti were unfortunate to be knocked out in Round 2 of last year’s competition at the hands of a penalty shootout versus Sassuolo. They could make it further this time around dependant on if the succeed in beating Salernitana and moving onto the round in which they could not make it past last season. Depending on who they are drawn to face, this is a big possibility for them.

What’s the tip?

Our betting experts have gone with Spezia to Win. Only managing to be triumphant twice in Serie A last year is very worrying for Salernitana and for that reason we cannot see them making it past Spezia in this one. With both sides lacking a proper difference maker, the form of Spezia is superior and that is what we think will be the deciding factor for this clash.

What are the returns?

Through our bookmakers, you can get odds as good as 2/1 on Betfred and QuinnBet. Provided a £10 stake is placed and this tip to come in, the returns are £30.