CREMONA. Cremonese defeats Spezia with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Ciofani (41′) and a goal from J. Vásquez (77′). Spezia was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida with the assistance of Damiano Di Iorio and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Marco Piccinini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.3 degrees Celsius or 68.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Spezia was in firm control of the ball 70% while Cremonese was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyhow, Cremonese found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Cremonese shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Spezia shot 18 times, 9 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Cremonese didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Spezia received 2 yellow cards (Kevin Agudelo and Ethan Ampadu).

Standings

After this contest, Cremonese will have 24 points to remain in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Spezia will stay with 27 points like Hellas Verona to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Spezia will host Milan on the 13th of May with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Cremonese – Formation

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

The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Marco Carnesecchi (8.2), Alex Ferrari (6.8), Johan Vásquez (7.5), Luka Lochoshvili (7.7), Emanuele Valeri (6.9), Soualiho Meïté (7.2), Michele Castagnetti (7.0), Leonardo Sernicola (6.9), Pablo Galdames (6.8), David Okereke (7.0) and Daniel Ciofani (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Vlad Chiricheş (6.8), Gianluca Saro, Felix Afena-Gyan, Mouhamadou Sarr, Paolo Ghiglione, Emanuel Aiwu, Cristian Buonaiuto, Marco Benassi (6.6), Christian Acella, Matteo Bianchetti and Alberto Basso.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 4 changes: Alex Ferrari for Marco Benassi (65′), Michele Castagnetti for Vlad Chiricheş (65′), Daniel Ciofani for Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan (89′) and David Okereke for Cristian Buonaiuto (90′).

Best player: Marco Carnesecchi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was the goalkeeper: Marco Carnesecchi. His rating is 8.21. He performed 8 saves.

Spezia – Formation

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

Leonardo Semplici played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski (6.4), Kelvin Amian (6.7), Przemysław Wiśniewski (7.3), Ethan Ampadu (7.1), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.8), Simone Bastoni, Albin Ekdal (6.2), Salvatore Esposito (7.1), Mehdi Bourabia (6.6), Kevin Agudelo (6.8) and Eldor Shomurodov (6.7), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.8).

They had on the bench: Arkadiusz Reca (6.2), Mattia Caldara, Salvador Ferrer, Raimonds Krollis, Tio Cipot (6.4), Federico Marchetti, Daniele Verde (7.3), Jeroen Zoet, Viktor Kovalenko (6.4), Szymon Żurkowski and M’Bala Nzola (6.4).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Mehdi Bourabia for M’Bala Nzola (53′), Dimitrios Nikolaou for Arkadiusz Reca (54′), Emmanuel Gyasi for Daniele Verde (61′), Kevin Agudelo for Tio Cipot (78′) and Salvatore Esposito for Viktor Kovalenko (79′).

Best player: Daniele Verde​

The most impressive player for Spezia was Daniele Verde.

His rating is (7.3) with 9 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 6 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 61′.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Lazio – 2-0
• Roma – Inter – 0-2
• Cremonese – Spezia – 2-0