LA SPEZIA. Napoli was eventually too much to handle for Spezia with the goal of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (47′ pen), Victor Osimhen (69′) and Victor Osimhen (73′). Napoli was much superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello who was helped by Fabiano Preti and Damiano Di Iorio. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 69% while Spezia was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the contest.
Spezia shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Ethan Ampadu, Mattia Caldara and Arkadiusz Reca). Talking about the opposition, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Hirving Lozano and Piotr Zielinski).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Spezia will stay with 18 points to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Napoli will have 56 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Spezia will host Hellas Verona on the 5th of March with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).
Napoli will host Atalanta on the 11th of March with a 14-13 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (6 draws).
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
76'
51'
Spezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Luca Gotti decided to play with the following team: Bartłomiej Drągowski , Ethan Ampadu , Mattia Caldara , Dimitris Nikolaou , Kelvin Amian , Mehdi Bourabia , Salvatore Esposito , Kevin Agudelo , Arkadiusz Reca , Daniele Verde and Eldor Shomurodov .
The home team had on the bench: Tio Cipot , Julius Beck, Federico Marchetti, Petar Zovko, , Przemyslaw Wiśniewski, Raimonds Krollis , Salvador Ferrer, , Emil Holm, and Daniel Maldini .
Substitutions
Spezia made 4 changes: E. Shomurodov for Raimonds Krollis (76′), Daniele Verde for Daniel Maldini (76′), Mattia Caldara for Tio Cipot (76′) and S. Esposito for Przemyslaw Wiśniewski (86′).
Best player: Daniele Verde
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Daniele Verde.
His rating is with 11 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
69', 73'
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Min-jae Kim , Mário Rui , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Pierluigi Gollini, Diego Demme, Eljif Elmas , Mathías Olivera , Tanguy Ndombélé , Bartosz Bereszyński, Alessio Zerbin, Giovanni Simeone, Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus, Davide Marfella, Giacomo Raspadori, Gianluca Gaetano, Leo Skiri Oestigaard, Karim Zedadka and Matteo Politano .
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Hirving Lozano for Matteo Politano (46′), Piotr Zielinski for Eljif Elmas (63′), Mário Rui for Mathias Olivera (74′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Tanguy Ndombélé (74′) and Victor Osimhen for Giovanni Simeone (82′).
Best player: Victor Osimhen
The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Victor Osimhen.
His rating is with 2 goals, 9 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
