LA SPEZIA. Spezia and Brescia didn’t manage to score any goal on Tuesday. Spezia was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Gualtieri who had the assistance of Paolo Laudato and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Andrea Zanotti. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.07 degrees Celsius or 77.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Spezia had a strong ball possession 60% while Brescia was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Spezia to win the match​.

Spezia shot 12 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brescia shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 1 yellow card (Rachid Kouda). On the other side, Brescia received 2 yellow cards (Dimitri Bisoli and Andrea Cistana).

Standings

After this match, Spezia will have 2 points like Ternana to hold in the 18th place. On the other side, Brescia will have 8 points like Cosenza, Bari 1908, Pisa and Cittadella to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

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

Brescia will host Ascoli on the 30th of September with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Ascoli (7 draws).

Spezia – Formation

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

The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Bartlomiej Dragowski (7.1), Kelvin Amian (7.0), Nicolò Bertola (7.5), Dimitrios Nikolaou (7.1), Francesco Cassata (7.3), Filippo Bandinelli (7.7), Albin Ekdal (7.3), Szymon Zurkowski (6.8), Arkadiusz Reca  (6.4), Daniele Verde (7.7) and Luca Moro (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Oleg Kovalev, Salvatore Elia (6.4), Francesco Pio Esposito (6.7), Salvatore Esposito (7.0), Tio Cipot, Niccolò Pietra, Iva Gelashvili, Petar Zovko, Mirko Antonucci (6.8) and Rachid Kouda (6.7).

Substitutions

Spezia made 4 changes: Albin Ekdal for Salvatore Esposito (63′), Szymon Zurkowski for Rachid Kouda (63′), Daniele Verde for Mirko Antonucci (73′) and Luca Moro for Francesco Pio Esposito (73′).

Best player: Filippo Bandinelli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Filippo Bandinelli.

His rating is (7.7) with 60 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Brescia – Formation

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

Dan Thomassen played with: Luca Lezzerini (8.1), Andrea Papetti (7.5), Andrea Cistana (7.9), Massimiliano Mangraviti (7.9), Lorenzo Dickmann (6.4), Dimitri Bisoli (7.5), Fabrizio Paghera (7.5), Nicolas Galazzi (7.3), Birkir Bjarnason (7.0), Flavio Bianchi (7.1) and Gabriele Moncini (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Fares (6.7), Emanuele Ndoj, Corrado Riviera, Riccardo Fogliata (6.7), Lorenzo Andrenacci, Giacomo Olzer (7.0), Davide Adorni, Gennaro Borrelli (6.4) and Michele Besaggio (6.4).

Substitutions

Brescia made 5 changes: Fabrizio Paghera for Michele Besaggio (57′), Birkir Bjarnason for Mohamed Fares (58′), Gabriele Moncini for Giacomo Olzer (69′), Flavio Bianchi for Gennaro Borrelli (68′) and Nicolas Galazzi for Salvatore Elia (84′).

Best player: Luca Lezzerini​

The most impressive player for Brescia was the goalkeeper: Luca Lezzerini. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Spezia – Brescia – 0-0
• Venezia – Palermo – 1-3
• Südtirol – Modena – 0-0
• Reggiana – Pisa – 0-0
• Lecco – FeralpiSalò – 1-2
• Cosenza – Cremonese – 1-2
• Ascoli – Ternana – 2-0