LA SPEZIA. Spezia finds the way to recover against Atalanta with 2 goals from M. Pasalic from a goal on the 90′ and a goal on the 90′. Atalanta was surely superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Wednesday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the collaboration of Stefano Alassio and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Atalanta was in firm control of the ball 65% while Spezia was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atalanta was putting more pressure with 82 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Atalanta to win the encounter.
Spezia shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Atalanta shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Jakub Kiwior, Ethan Ampadu and Dimitrios Nikolaou). On the other side, Atalanta received 3 yellow cards (Ademola Lookman, Davide Zappacosta and Teun Koopmeiners).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Spezia will have 14 points to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Atalanta will have 28 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Spezia will play away with Bologna on the 27th of January with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Bologna (5 draws).
Atalanta will host Sampdoria on the 28th of January with a 13-13 head to head stats.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
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Spezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Luca Gotti decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet , Kelvin Amian , Jakub Kiwior , Dimitris Nikolaou , Emil Holm , Mehdi Bourabia , Ethan Ampadu , Simone Bastoni , Arkadiusz Reca , M’Bala Nzola and Emmanuel Gyasi .
The home team had on the bench: Petko Hristov, Viktor Kovalenko , Albin Ekdal , João Moutinho , Petar Zovko , Salvador Ferrer, Kevin Agudelo, Leandro Sanca, Mattia Caldara, David Strelec, Jacopo Sala, Mikael Ellertsson, Leonardo Dido, Julius Beck and Daniel Maldini .
Spezia could not rely on the presence of Petar Zovko (injured) and Daniel Maldini (injured).
Substitutions
Spezia made 5 changes: Jeroen Zoet for Petar Zovko (18′), M’Bala Nzola for Daniel Maldini (67′), Arkadiusz Reca for João Moutinho (67′), Simone Bastoni for Viktor Kovalenko (78′) and Ethan Ampadu for Albin Ekdal (78′).
Best player: M’Bala Nzola
The most impressive player for Spezia was M’Bala Nzola.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Atalanta – Formation
Atalanta
Atalanta started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Gian Piero Gasperini played with: Marco Sportiello , Rafael Tolói , José Luis Palomino , Giorgio Scalvini , Joakim Mæhle , Marten de Roon , Éderson , Matteo Ruggeri , Teun Koopmeiners , Ademola Lookman and Duván Zapata .
They had on the bench: Hans Hateboer, Luis Muriel , Tommaso Bertini, Rasmus Winther Højlund , Caleb Okoli, Francesco Rossi, Berat Djimsiti, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Jérémie Boga, Brandon Soppy, Nadir Zortea, Mario Pašalić , Lukáš Vorlický and Davide Zappacosta .
Atalanta could not rely on the presence of Rasmus Højlund (injured).
Substitutions
Atalanta made 5 changes: Duván Zapata for Rasmus Højlund (29′), Ademola Lookman for Luis Muriel (57′), Joakim Maehle for Davide Zappacosta (57′), Éderson for Mario Pasalic (57′) and Giorgio Scalvini for Ruslan Malinovskyi (82′).
Best player: José Luis Palomino
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atalanta was José Luis Palomino.
His rating is with 56 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
- Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
- Inter – Napoli – 1-0
- Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
- Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
- Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
- Roma – Bologna – 1-0
- Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
- Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
- Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1
