UDINE. Udinese recovers against Spezia with 2 goals from M. Nzola from a goal on the 72′ and a goal on the 6′.
The match was played at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the assistance of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Daniele Rutella. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Udinese was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Spezia that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Udinese was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Udinese to win the match.
Udinese shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spezia shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Udinese received 2 yellow cards (Kingsley Ehizibue and Rodrigo Becão). Regarding the opposition, Spezia received 2 yellow cards (Dimitrios Nikolaou and E. Shomurodov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Udinese will have 31 points like Torino to climb in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Spezia will have 20 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Udinese will host Milan on the 18th of March with a 17-11 head to head in favor of Milan (9 draws).
Spezia will host Inter on the 10th of March with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
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Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Marco Silvestri , Nehuén Pérez , Rodrigo Becão , Adam Masina , Kingsley Ehizibue , Roberto Pereyra , Walace , Sandi Lovrić , Destiny Udogie , Beto and Isaac Success .
The home team had on the bench: James Abankwah, Leonardo Buta, Edoardo Piana, Tolgay Arslan, Florian Thauvin , Daniele Padelli, Festy Ebosele, Lazar Samardžić , Simone Pafundi and Ilija Nestorovski.
Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: Isaac Success for Florian Thauvin (66′), Roberto Pereyra for Lazar Samardžić (67′), Sandi Lovric for Tolgay Arslan (83′) and Walace for Ilija Nestorovski (90′).
Best player: Beto
The player that probably impressed the most for Udinese was Beto.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
Spezia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luca Gotti played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski , Kelvin Amian , Ethan Ampadu , Dimitris Nikolaou , Arkadiusz Reca , Mehdi Bourabia , Albin Ekdal , Daniele Verde , Kevin Agudelo , Emmanuel Gyasi and M’Bala Nzola .
They had on the bench: Julius Beck, Tio Cipot, Eldor Shomurodov , Salvatore Esposito, Petar Zovko, Mattia Caldara, Viktor Kovalenko, Daniel Maldini , Federico Marchetti, Raimonds Krollis, Przemysław Wiśniewski, Jacopo Sala and Salvador Ferrer.
Substitutions
Spezia made 4 changes: Daniele Verde for Eldor Shomurodov (62′), Kevin Agudelo for Daniel Maldini (74′), M’Bala Nzola for Mattia Caldara (90′) and Mehdi Bourabia for Viktor Kovalenko (90′).
Best player: M’Bala Nzola
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was M’Bala Nzola.
His rating is with 2 goals, 17 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
