LA SPEZIA. Reggiana topped Spezia to win 2-1. C. Gondo was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Reggiana to strike first with a goal of Cedric Gondo at the 50′. Then Cedric Gondo scored again for Reggiana in the 81′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Francesco Pio Esposito reduced the distance for Spezia (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Cosso with the collaboration of Domenico Palermo and . The 4th official was Mattia Caldera. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 26.29 degrees Celsius or 79.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Spezia

1 - 2

Reggiana

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 15 Total 11
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 7 Shots blocked 2
  • 103 Attack 104
  • 60 Dangerous attack 43
  • 120 Ball safe 168
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 16 Total 12
  • 3 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Spezia was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Reggiana that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Spezia had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Reggiana succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Spezia shot 15 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Reggiana shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Dimitrios Nikolaou, Salvatore Esposito and Filippo Bandinelli). On the opposite side, Reggiana received 5 yellow cards (Janis Antiste, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Francesco Bardi, Mario Sampirisi and Natan Girma).

Match Timeline

Dimitrios Nikolaou - Yellow
21'
35'
Edoardo Pieragnolo- Yellow
37'
Natan Girma- Yellow
Filippo Bandinelli- Yellow
40'
João Moutinho- sub ->Arkadiusz Reca
46'
50'
Cedric Gondo(goal)Edoardo Pieragnolo
54'
Przemyslaw Szyminski- sub ->Alessandro Marcandalli
54'
60'
Salvatore Elia- sub ->Daniele Verde
60'
65'
Lorenzo Libutti- sub ->Edoardo Pieragnolo
66'
Muhamed Varela Djamanca - sub ->Natan Girma
71'
Janis Antiste- Yellow
73'
Mario Sampirisi- Yellow
77'
Francesco Bardi- Yellow
F. Esposito- sub ->Dimitrios Nikolaou
78'
81'
Cedric Gondo(goal)Manolo Portanova
Salvatore Esposito- Yellow
84'
85'
85'
Domen Crnigoj - sub ->Alessandro Bianco
F. Esposito(goal)Salvatore Esposito
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After this match, Spezia will stay with 1 points like Lecco and FeralpiSalò to hold in the 20th place. On the other side, Reggiana will have 6 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Spezia will play away against Bari 1908 on the 2nd of March with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Spezia (4 draws).

Reggiana will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 27th of January with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland
7.0
D
Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland
7.0
46'
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
7.3
D
Kelvin Amian 27.France
6.8
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece
7.0
78' 21'
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
7.5
84'
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
6.3
54' 40'
M
Francesco Cassata 29.Italy
6.8
60'
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy
7.0
F
Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy
6.7
F
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
7.5
60'
Substitutes
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
D
João Moutinho 4.Portugal
6.4
46'
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
7.0
60'
M
A. Ekdal 8.Sweden
6.6
60'
M
Niccolò Pietra 15.Italy
M
Szymon Żurkowski 17.Poland
7.0
54'
M
Rachid Kouda 80.Italy
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
7.7
78' 90'
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
F
R. Krollis 19.Latvia

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

The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Bartlomiej Dragowski (7.0), Kelvin Amian (6.8), Lukas Mühl (7.3), Dimitrios Nikolaou (7.0), Arkadiusz Reca  (7.0), Francesco Cassata (6.8), Salvatore Esposito (7.5), Filippo Bandinelli (6.3), Daniele Verde (7.5), Luca Moro (7.0) and Mirko Antonucci (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho  (6.4), Salvatore Elia (7.0), Albin Ekdal (6.6), Francesco Pio Esposito (7.7), Tio Cipot, Niccolò Pietra, Szymon Zurkowski (7.0), Raimonds Krollis, Iva Gelashvili, Nicolò Bertola and Rachid Kouda.

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Francesco Cassata for Albin Ekdal (60′), Daniele Verde for Salvatore Elia (60′), Filippo Bandinelli for Szymon Zurkowski (54′), Arkadiusz Reca  for João Moutinho  (46′) and Dimitrios Nikolaou for Francesco Pio Esposito (78′).

Best player: Francesco Pio Esposito​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was Francesco Pio Esposito.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 78′.

Reggiana – Formation

Reggiana
G
Francesco Bardi 22.Italy
7.0
77'
D
Filippo Romagna 19.Italy
7.1
D
Alessandro Marcandalli 27.Italy
7.0
54'
D
Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy
6.8
73'
M
Edoardo Pieragnolo 3.Italy
7.0
65' 35'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
7.1
85'
M
Elvis Kabashi 77.Albania
7.5
M
Natan Girma 80.Switzerland
6.7
66' 37'
M
Manolo Portanova 90.Italy
7.3
F
Cedric Gondo 11.Ivory Coast
9.4
50', 81'
F
Janis Antiste 28.France
7.1
85' 71'
Substitutes
G
A. Sposito 1.Italy
D
Paolo Rozzio 4.Italy
D
Riccardo Fiamozzi 15.Italy
D
Lorenzo Libutti 17.Italy
6.6
65'
D
Przemyslaw Szyminski 25.Poland
7.0
54'
D
M. Pajač 29.Croatia
M
Onur Cinel 8.Italy
M
Filippo Nardi 24.Italy
6.4
85'
M
Domen Crnigoj 33.Slovenia
6.8
85'
F
Muhamed Varela Djamanca 7.Portugal
6.6
66'
F
Eric Lanini 10.Italy
F
Stefano Pettinari 23.Italy

Reggiana started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Alessandro Nesta played with: Francesco Bardi (7.0), Mario Sampirisi (6.8), Filippo Romagna (7.1), Alessandro Marcandalli (7.0), Manolo Portanova (7.3), Elvis Kabashi  (7.5), Alessandro Bianco (7.1), Natan Girma (6.7), Edoardo Pieragnolo (7.0), Cedric Gondo (9.4) and Janis Antiste (7.1).

They had on the bench: Alex Sposito, Paolo Rozzio, Muhamed Varela Djamanca (6.6), Luca Cigarini, Eric Lanini, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Lorenzo Libutti (6.6), Stefano Pettinari, Filippo Nardi (6.4), Przemyslaw Szyminski (7.0), Marko Pajač and Domen Črnigoj (6.8).

Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Przemyslaw Szyminski (injured), Lorenzo Libutti (injured), Filippo Nardi (injured) and Domen Črnigoj (injured).

Substitutions

Reggiana made 5 changes: Alessandro Marcandalli for Przemyslaw Szyminski (54′), Edoardo Pieragnolo for Lorenzo Libutti (65′), Natan Girma for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (66′), Janis Antiste for Filippo Nardi (85′) and Alessandro Bianco for Domen Črnigoj (85′).

Best player: Cedric Gondo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Reggiana was Cedric Gondo.

His rating is (9.4) with 2 goals, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 21. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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