VENEZIA. Venezia overcomes Spezia 1-0 after J. Pohjanpalo scored just 1 goal (56′). Spezia lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau with the support of Stefano Liberti and Paolo Bitonti. The 4th official was Matteo Centi.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Spezia was in firm control of the ball 60% while Venezia was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Venezia was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Venezia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spezia shot 23 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Joel Pohjanpalo and Francesco Zampano). On the other side, Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Giovanni Corradini, Dimitrios Nikolaou and Francesco Cassata).

Standings

After playing this match, Venezia will have 11 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Spezia will stay with 1 points like Ternana to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

Venezia – Formation

Venezia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Paolo Vanoli decided to play with the following team: Jesse Joronen (7.3), Francesco Zampano (7.0), Giorgio Altare (8.4), Jay Idzes (7.3), Marin Šverko (7.5), Gianluca Busio (7.5), Tanner Tessmann (7.3), Nunzio Lella (6.7), Nicholas Pierini (7.0), Joel Pohjanpalo (7.5) and Dennis Johnsen (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Christian Gytkjær (6.8), Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (6.8), Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé, Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen (6.7), Lorenzo Busato and Mikael Ellertsson (7.0).

Venezia could not rely on the presence of Marco Modolo (injured).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: Joel Pohjanpalo for Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (79′), Tanner Tessmann for Magnus Kofod Andersen (46′), Francesco Zampano for Marco Modolo (89′), Nunzio Lella for Mikael Ellertsson (60′) and Nicholas Pierini for Christian Gytkjær (60′).

Best player: Giorgio Altare​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Giorgio Altare even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 52 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Spezia – Formation

Also Spezia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Massimiliano Alvini played with: Bartlomiej Dragowski (7.0), Kelvin Amian (7.9), Nicolò Bertola (7.0), Dimitrios Nikolaou (6.8), Arkadiusz Reca  (7.0), Francesco Cassata (6.7), Salvatore Esposito (8.1), Filippo Bandinelli (7.1), Daniele Verde (8.2), Luca Moro (6.7) and Mirko Antonucci (7.3).

They had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Salvatore Elia (6.8), Albin Ekdal, Francesco Pio Esposito (6.4), Tio Cipot, Niccolò Pietra, Szymon Zurkowski (6.4), Raimonds Krollis (7.0), Iva Gelashvili, Rachid Kouda (6.8) and Giovanni Corradini.

Spezia could not rely on the presence of Salvatore Elia (injured).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Filippo Bandinelli for Rachid Kouda (69′), Francesco Cassata for Szymon Zurkowski (69′), Nicolò Bertola for Salvatore Elia (61′), Mirko Antonucci for Raimonds Krollis (78′) and Luca Moro for Francesco Pio Esposito (78′).

Best player: Daniele Verde​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was Daniele Verde.

His rating is (8.2) with 54 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Venezia – Spezia – 1-0