GENOVA. Sampdoria and Spezia draw 1-1. B. Amione scored the first goal (24′) for Sampdoria. D. Verde equalized (59′).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca who was helped by Valerio Colarossi and Pasquale Capaldo. The 4th official was Daniele Paterna. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Spezia had a superior ball possession 55% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Spezia was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Spezia to win the match.
Sampdoria shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spezia shot 19 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria received 1 yellow card (Koray Günter). Regarding the opposition, Spezia received 1 yellow card (Simone Bastoni ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sampdoria will have 17 points to remain in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Spezia will have 27 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sampdoria will play away with Fiorentina on the 30th of April with a 15-9 head to head record in favor of Fiorentina (11 draws).
Spezia will host Monza on the 28th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Monza (0 draws).
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Dejan Stankovic decided to play with the following team: Nicola Ravaglia , Jeison Murillo , Koray Günter , Bruno Amione , Alessandro Zanoli , Tomás Rincón , Harry Winks , Tommaso Augello , Mehdi Léris , Manolo Gabbiadini and Sam Lammers .
The home team had on the bench: Flavio Paoletti, Elia Tantalocchi, Filip Đuričić , Jesé Rodríguez , Mickaël Cuisance, Nicola Murru, Lorenzo Malagrida, Fabio Quagliarella, Martin Turk, Marios Oikonomou and Emirhan İlkhan .
Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Filip Djuricic (injured) and E. İlkhan (injured).
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: Sam Lammers for Jesé Rodríguez (72′), Jeison Murillo for Filip Đuričić (72′), Bruno Amione for Marios Oikonomou (78′) and Harry Winks for Emirhan İlkhan (79′).
Best player: Nicola Ravaglia
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was the goalkeeper: Nicola Ravaglia. His rating is 7.63. He performed 6 saves.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Leonardo Semplici played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski, Jeroen Zoet , Kelvin Amian , Dimitris Nikolaou , Przemysław Wiśniewski , Simone Bastoni , Albin Ekdal , Salvatore Esposito , Mehdi Bourabia , Emmanuel Gyasi and M’Bala Nzola , Daniel Maldini .
They had on the bench: Eldor Shomurodov, Daniele Verde , Jacopo Sala, Tio Cipot, Federico Marchetti, Arkadiusz Reca , Viktor Kovalenko, Kevin Agudelo , Salvador Ferrer, Raimonds Krollis and Mattia Caldara.
Substitutions
Spezia made 5 changes: Daniel Maldini for Daniele Verde (30′), Mehdi Bourabia for Kevin Agudelo (79′), Simone Bastoni for Arkadiusz Reca (79′), Albin Ekdal for Viktor Kovalenko (90′) and Dimitrios Nikolaou for Mattia Caldara (90′).
Best player: Salvatore Esposito
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Salvatore Esposito.
His rating is with 59 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.