LA SPEZIA. Spezia and Pisa didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Spezia was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the assistance of Thomas Miniutti and . The 4th official was Daniele Virgilio. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.99 degrees Celsius or 76.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Spezia was in firm control of the ball 62% while Pisa was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Spezia had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Spezia to win the match.
Spezia shot 20 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Pisa shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Salvatore Esposito, Daniele Verde and Luca Moro). Talking about the opposition, Pisa received 2 yellow cards (Lisandru Tramoni and Nicolas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Spezia will have 6 points like Ternana to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Pisa will have 9 points like Ascoli to hold in the 13th 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 stats in favor of Spezia (4 draws).
Pisa will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 20th of April with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
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Spezia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet , Kelvin Amian , Lukas Mühl , Dimitrios Nikolaou , Salvatore Elia , Salvatore Esposito , Filippo Bandinelli , Arkadiusz Reca , Rachid Kouda , Francesco Pio Esposito and Mirko Antonucci .
The home team had on the bench: João Moutinho , Oleg Kovalev, Albin Ekdal , Tio Cipot, Szymon Zurkowski , Raimonds Krollis, Giovanni Corradini, Luca Moro , Francesco Cassata , Iva Gelashvili, Petar Zovko and Daniele Verde .
Substitutions
Spezia made 5 changes: Salvatore Elia for Luca Moro (66′), Francesco Pio Esposito for Francesco Cassata (66′), Mirko Antonucci for Daniele Verde (76′), Rachid Kouda for Albin Ekdal (90′) and Filippo Bandinelli for Szymon Zurkowski (75′).
Best player: Kelvin Amian
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Kelvin Amian.
His rating is with 32 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Pisa – Formation
Pisa
Pisa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Alberto Aquilani played with: Nicolas , Simone Canestrelli , Maxime Leverbe , Antonio Caracciolo , Tomás Esteves , Andrea Barberis , Marius Marin , Pietro Beruatto , Gabriele Piccinini , Stefano Moreo and Ernesto Torregrossa .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Hjörtur Hermannsson, Lisandru Tramoni , Ádám Nagy, Leonardo Loria, Emanuel Vignato, Roko Jureskin, Gaetano Masucci, Mattia Valoti , Arturo Calabresi , Matteo Campani, Miguel Veloso and Jan Mlakar .
Pisa could not rely on the presence of Lisandru Tramoni (injured) and Arturo Calabresi (injured).
Substitutions
Pisa made 5 changes: Ernesto Torregrossa for Jan Mlakar (73′), Tomás Esteves for Mattia Valoti (73′), Stefano Moreo for Lisandru Tramoni (81′), Maxime Leverbe for Arturo Calabresi (90′) and Andrea Barberis for Miguel Veloso (90′).
Best player: Nicolas
The player that probably impressed the most for Pisa was the goalkeeper: Nicolas. His rating is 8.77. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
