FIRENZE. Fiorentina was after all too good for Spezia with the goal of D. Vlahovic was the key of the match after he scored in the 44th, 74th and 62nd minute. D. Vlahovic (44′ pen), D. Vlahovic (62′) and D. Vlahovic (74′).

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the help of Vittorio Di Gioia and Pasquale Capaldo. The 4th official was Francesco Meraviglia. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Fiorentina

3 - 0

Spezia

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 30 Total 3
  • 14 On Target 0
  • 16 Off Target 3
  • 8 Shots blocked 1
  • 119 Attack 71
  • 62 Dangerous attack 15
  • 54 Ball safe 77
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 9 Total 21
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Fiorentina was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Spezia that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match​.

Fiorentina shot 30 times, 14 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Spezia shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (L. Martinez Quarta, L. Venuti, D. Vlahovic and Y. Maleh). On the other side, Spezia received 4 yellow cards (E. Gyasi, S. Ferrer, E. Colley and T. Motta).

Match Timeline

21'
Salva Ferrer- Yellow
Lucas Martínez Quarta- Yellow
36'
43'
44'
46'
46'
46'
55'
57'
60'
62'
65'
Daniele Verde- sub ->G. Maggiore
65'
68'
68'
74'
75'
75'
75'
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After playing this match, Fiorentina will have 18 points like Lazio to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Spezia will stay with 8 points like Genoa to stay in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away with Juventus on the 6th of November with a 19-5 head to head in favor of Juventus (12 draws).

Spezia will host Torino on the 6th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Spezia (1 draw).

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
6.7
D
Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy
7.7
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
6.6
60' 55'
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina
6.9
75' 36'
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
7.2
M
Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy
7.5
M
Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay
6.9
75'
M
Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy
6.8
68'
F
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
7.5
F
Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia
10.0
75' 44', 62', 74'
F
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy
7.3
68'
Substitutes
G
A. Rosati 25.Italy
G
Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy
D
Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain
7.1
60'
D
Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia
D
Igor 98.Brazil
7.0
75'
D
Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia
M
Marco Benassi 24.Italy
M
Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco
6.7
68' 82'
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.8
75'
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
F
José Callejón 7.Spain
7.0
68'
F
D. Egharevba 21.Italy

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano (6.7), Lorenzo Venuti (6.7), Nikola Milenković (7.2), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.9), Cristiano Biraghi (7.7), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.5), Lucas Torreira (6.9), Gaetano Castrovilli (6.8), Riccardo Sottil (7.3), Dušan Vlahović (10.0) and Riccardo Saponara (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Álvaro Odriozola (7.0), Marco Benassi, José Callejón, Youssef Maleh (6.7), Sofyan Amrabat (6.8), D. Egharevba, Alfred Duncan, Aleksa Terzić, Igor Júlio (6.7), Matija Nastasić, Antonio Rosati and Michele Cerofolini.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 4 changes: L. Venuti for A. Odriozola (60′), G. Castrovilli for Y. Maleh (68′), L. Torreira for S. Amrabat (75′) and L. Martinez Quarta for Igor (76′).

Best player: Cristiano Biraghi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Cristiano Biraghi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 46 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 9 crosses.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Ivan Provedel 94.Italy
8.1
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece
6.3
D
Simone Bastoni 20.Italy
6.2
46'
D
Petko Hristov 15.Bulgaria
D
Salva Ferrer 21.Spain
6.3
46' 21'
D
Martin Erlić 28.Croatia
6.5
M
Viktor Kovalenko 8.Ukraine
6.8
M
Giulio Maggiore 25.Italy
6.2
65'
M
Emmanuel Gyasi 11.Ghana
6.3
43'
M
Eddie Salcedo 29.Italy
6.4
46'
M
David Strelec 44.Slovakia
6.4
65'
F
M'Bala Nzola 18.Angola
6.1
Substitutes
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
G
Petar Zovko 40.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Kelvin Amian 27.France
6.6
46'
D
J. Kiwior 14.Poland
D
J. Sala 7.Italy
6.7
46'
M
Ebrima Colley 19.Gambia
6.4
46' 57'
M
Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland
F
Janis Antiste 22.France
F
Daniele Verde 10.Italy
6.8
65'
F
Rey Manaj 9.Albania
6.2
65'
F
S. Podgoreanu 17.Israel

Spezia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Talking about the opposition, Thiago Motta played with: Ivan Provedel (8.1), Salvador Ferrer (6.3), Petko Hristov, Martin Erlić (6.5), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.3), Simone Bastoni (6.2), Viktor Kovalenko (6.8), Giulio Maggiore (6.2), Eddie Salcedo (6.4), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.3) and David Strelec (6.3), M’Bala Nzola (6.1).

They had on the bench: Janis Antiste, Daniele Verde (6.4), Ebrima Colley (6.4), Jeroen Zoet, Rey Manaj (6.4), Arkadiusz Reca, Petar Zovko, Suf Podgoreanu, Kelvin Amian (6.6), Jakub Kiwior and Jacopo Sala (6.7).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: S. Ferrer for K. Amian (46′), E. Salcedo for J. Sala (46′), S. Bastoni for E. Colley (46′), G. Maggiore for D. Verde (65′) and D. Strelec for R. Manaj (65′).

Best player: Ivan Provedel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was the goalkeeper: Ivan Provedel. His rating is 8.12. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​