Stat Attack: Facts to know ahead of SPAL trip!

Kick-off in Ferrara is at 21:45 local time.

The Serie A scoreline so far

Roma and SPAL have faced each other 35 times in the Italian top flight to date - with Roma winning on 14 occasions. SPAL have come away the victors 12 times, with the nine others finishing in draws.

The records in Ferrara

Roma don't exactly have a great record at SPAL - losing 10 times, drawing three times and winning on only four occasions.

No draws since SPAL's return

Since SPAL returned to the top flight, no meetings with Roma have ended in a draw - the Giallorossi winning three, SPAL victorious on two occasion.

Roma on the road

After 16 away games so far this season, Roma have scored 29 goals in total. Only twice before have the Giallorossi ever scored more at the same point in a season: 2000-01 (33 goals) and 2016-17 (30).

Di Biagio and his old side

The current SPAL boss has a long history with the Giallorossi: representing the club from 1995 to 1999 and making 114 appearances in total for the club.

The top scorers against SPAL

That would be Alcides Ghiggia and Istvan Nyers, who both scored three times against SPAL back in the 1950s.

The most appearances against SPAL

Even in this category you end up going back to the 1950s and 60s for the protagonists. Giacomo Losi is the clear leader, with 24 appearances against SPAL during his Roma career. Alcides Ghiggia (12) and Paolo Pestrin and Giosue Stucchi (11) complete the top three.

Of the current crop...

Lorenzo Pellegrini, Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have all scored once against SPAL.

A first for Pellegrini

Lorenzo Pellegrini scored his first-ever goal for the Giallorossi against SPAL, back in the 2017-18 season. On that night Roma ran out 3-1 winners.

That goal from Giuliano Taccola…

The beloved Roma forward was the matchwinner back in October 1967, a game that briefly moved Roma to the top of the championship table. As the squad returned from Ferrara, fans welcomed them at Rome Termini station with chants, banners and applause.