PIACENZA. Spezia beat FeralpiSalò to win 2-1. It was Spezia to strike first with a penalty of Salvatore Esposito at the 17′. Then Mirko Antonucci scored again for Spezia in the 45′ minute. Eventually, Andrea La Mantia reduced the distance for FeralpiSalò (84′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Stadio Leonardo Garilli stadium in Piacenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the help of Matteo Bottegoni and Marco Belsanti. The 4th official was Edoardo Gianquinto. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.16 degrees Celsius or 57.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

FeralpiSalò

1 - 2

Spezia

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 9 Total 13
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 108 Attack 110
  • 32 Dangerous attack 46
  • 86 Ball safe 87
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 16 Total 17
  • 1 Yellow Cards 6
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. FeralpiSalò was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Spezia that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Spezia won the match.​

FeralpiSalò shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Spezia shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FeralpiSalò received 1 yellow card (Luca Ceppitelli). Regarding the opposition, Spezia received 6 yellow cards (Luca Moro, Mirko Antonucci, Filippo Bandinelli, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Albin Ekdal and Salvatore Elia).

Match Timeline

38'
17'
Salvatore Esposito(penalty)
33'
Filippo Bandinelli- Yellow
L. Ceppitelli- Yellow
35'
45'
15'
Salvatore Esposito(VAR)
C. Kourfalidis- sub ->Luca Fiordilino
46'
46'
M. Tonetto- sub ->Bruno Martella
46'
58'
60'
Salvatore Elia- Yellow
64'
64'
Niccolò Pietra- sub ->Salvatore Elia
D. Di Molfetta- sub ->Davide Balestrero
67'
72'
72'
T. Cipot- sub ->Mirko Antonucci
76'
Luca Moro- sub ->Francesco Pio Esposito
81'
84'
Dimitrios Nikolaou - Yellow
A. La Mantia(goal)Davide Di Molfetta
84'
88'
Luca Moro- Yellow
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 encounter, FeralpiSalò will stay with 4 points to climb in the 18th place. On the other side, Spezia will have 5 points to go down in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, FeralpiSalò will play away against Bari 1908 on the 17th of February with a 0-0 head to head record.

Spezia will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 2nd of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Spezia (4 draws).

FeralpiSalò – Formation

FeralpiSalò
G
S. Pizzignacco 1.Italy
7.1
D
A. Pilati 19.Italy
6.8
81'
D
L. Ceppitelli 23.Italy
7.5
35'
D
B. Martella 87.Italy
6.3
46'
D
G. Letizia 94.Italy
7.0
M
D. Balestrero 8.Italy
6.4
67'
M
L. Fiordilino 16.Italy
6.4
46'
M
M. Zennaro 20.Italy
6.4
F
Vittorio Parigini 70.Italy
6.3
46'
F
A. La Mantia 91.Italy
7.3
84'
F
M. Felici 97.Italy
6.1
Substitutes
G
S. Minelli 34.Italy
G
G. Volpe 61.Italy
D
M. Tonetto 3.Italy
7.5
46'
D
L. Bacchetti 6.Italy
6.7
81'
D
F. Bergonzi 66.Italy
M
M. Compagnon 14.Italy
M
F. Carraro 21.Italy
M
D. Hergheligiu 27.Romania
M
C. Kourfalidis 39.Greece
7.0
46'
F
K. Butić 9.Croatia
6.4
F
D. Di Molfetta 10.Italy
7.3
67'
F
M. Sau 25.Italy

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

The manager Stefano Vecchi decided to play with the following team: Semuel Pizzignacco (7.1), Gaetano Letizia (7.0), Luca Ceppitelli (7.5), Alessandro Pilati (6.8), Bruno Martella (6.3), Mattia Zennaro (6.4), Luca Fiordilino (6.4), Davide Balestrero (6.4), Vittorio Parigini (6.3), Andrea La Mantia (7.3) and Mattia Felici (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mattia Tonetto (7.5), Loris Bacchetti (6.7), Karlo Butić (6.4), Davide Di Molfetta (7.3), Mattia Compagnon, Federico Carraro, Marco Sau, Denis Hergheligiu, Stefano Minelli, Christos Kourfalidis (7.0), Giacomo Volpe and Federico Bergonzi.

FeralpiSalò could not rely on the presence of Davide Di Molfetta (injured) and Loris Bacchetti (injured).

Substitutions

FeralpiSalò made 5 changes: Bruno Martella for Mattia Tonetto (46′), Vittorio Parigini for Loris Bacchetti (46′), Luca Fiordilino for Christos Kourfalidis (46′), Davide Balestrero for Davide Di Molfetta (67′) and Alessandro Pilati for Loris Bacchetti (81′).

Best player: Mattia Tonetto​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FeralpiSalò was Mattia Tonetto.

His rating is (7.5) with 13 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland
6.4
D
Kelvin Amian 27.France
7.3
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece
7.0
84'
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
6.6
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
6.7
64' 60'
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
8.4
72' 17'
M
Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland
7.0
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
6.8
33'
M
Rachid Kouda 80.Italy
7.5
64'
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
7.1
76'
F
Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy
7.3
72' 58' 45'
Substitutes
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
D
João Moutinho 4.Portugal
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
M
A. Ekdal 8.Sweden
6.8
64' 90'
M
Niccolò Pietra 15.Italy
6.4
64'
M
Szymon Żurkowski 17.Poland
6.8
72'
M
Francesco Cassata 29.Italy
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
6.4
72'
F
R. Krollis 19.Latvia
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy
6.4
76' 88'
F
Daniele Verde 99.Italy

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

Massimiliano Alvini played with: Bartlomiej Dragowski (6.4), Kelvin Amian (7.3), Nicolò Bertola (6.6), Dimitrios Nikolaou (7.0), Salvatore Elia (6.7), Salvatore Esposito (8.4), Filippo Bandinelli (6.8), Arkadiusz Reca  (7.0), Rachid Kouda (7.5), Francesco Pio Esposito (7.1) and Mirko Antonucci (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Albin Ekdal (6.8), Tio Cipot (6.4), Niccolò Pietra (6.4), Szymon Zurkowski (6.8), Raimonds Krollis, Lukas Mühl, Luca Moro (6.4), Francesco Cassata, Iva Gelashvili and Daniele Verde.

Spezia could not rely on the presence of Albin Ekdal (injured), Niccolò Pietra (injured), Luca Moro (injured) and Szymon Zurkowski (injured).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Rachid Kouda for Albin Ekdal (64′), Salvatore Elia for Niccolò Pietra (64′), Francesco Pio Esposito for Luca Moro (76′), Salvatore Esposito for Szymon Zurkowski (72′) and Mirko Antonucci for Tio Cipot (72′).

Best player: Salvatore Esposito​

The most impressive player for Spezia was Salvatore Esposito.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 57 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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