Palermo manages to draw 2-2 with Spezia after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

PALERMO. Palermo manages to recover against Spezia with a goal on the A. Reca 31' and a goal on the F. Pio 70'.

October 24, 2023

PALERMO. Palermo bounces back against Spezia with a goal on the A. Reca 31′ and a goal on the F. Pio 70′.

The match was played at the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo on Monday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau who had the assistance of Pasquale Capaldo and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Emanuele Frascaro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.76 degrees Celsius or 90.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.

Match Statistics

Palermo

2 - 2

Spezia

55 Ball Possession 45

Shots

16 Total 10
7 On Target 5
3 Off Target 2
6 Shots blocked 3

107 Attack 95
55 Dangerous attack 44
55 Ball safe 53

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 5
2 Off Sides 4

Fouls

7 Total 9
3 Yellow Cards 6
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Palermo had a superior ball possession 55% while Spezia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Palermo was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Palermo to win the match.

Palermo shot 16 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spezia shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Palermo received 3 yellow cards (Pietro Ceccaroni, Fabio Lucioni and Matteo Brunori). On the opposite side, Spezia received 5 yellow cards (Bartlomiej Dragowski, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Szymon Zurkowski, Nicolò Bertola and Francesco Cassata).

Match Timeline

Matteo Luigi Brunori - Yellow

Francesco Cassata - Yellow

17'

Nicolò Bertola- Yellow

31'

Arkadiusz Reca (goal)

Fabio Lucioni - Yellow

36'

Leonardo Mancuso- sub ->Roberto Insigne

46'

A. Vasić- sub ->Liam Henderson

46'

57'

Matteo Luigi Brunori (VAR)

90'

63'

64'

Filippo Bandinelli- sub ->Francesco Cassata

64'

F. Esposito- sub ->Luca Moro

70'

F. Esposito(goal)Szymon Zurkowski

Leonardo Mancuso(goal)K. Lund

73'

Edoardo Soleri- sub ->Matteo Brunori

74'

Leo Stulac- sub ->Jacopo Segre

74'

Giuseppe Aurelio- sub ->K. Lund

75'

78'

João Moutinho- sub ->Salvatore Elia

78'

Rachid Kouda- sub ->Szymon Zurkowski

Pietro Ceccaroni- Yellow

87'

90'

Dimitrios Nikolaou - Yellow

90'

Niccolò Pietra- sub ->Arkadiusz Reca

Edoardo Soleri(VAR)

58'

90'

Nicolò Bertola(yellowredcard)

Leo Stulac(goal)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Palermo will have 20 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Spezia will have 7 points like Sampdoria to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 3rd of February with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Palermo (7 draws).

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

Palermo – Formation

Palermo

Mirko Pigliacelli 22.Italy

7.0

Kristoffer Lund 3.Denmark

7.1

75'

Fabio Lucioni 5.Italy

6.7

36'

Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy

7.0

87'

Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic

6.8

Claudio Gomes 4.France

7.0

Jacopo Segre 8.Italy

6.8

74'

Roberto Insigne 11.Italy

6.7

46'

Federico Di Francesco 17.Italy

6.4

Liam Henderson 53.Scotland

7.1

46'

Matteo Luigi Brunori 9.Italy

6.3

74'

Substitutes

S. Desplanches 1.Italy

Adnan Kanuric 13.Bosnia and Herzegovina

Simon Graves 2.Denmark

Ivan Marconi 15.Italy

Ionuţ Nedelcearu 18.Romania

Giuseppe Aurelio 31.Italy

6.8

75'

Leo Stulac 6.Slovenia

7.7

74'

90'

A. Vasić 20.Serbia

7.3

46'

N. Valente 30.Italy

Leonardo Mancuso 7.Italy

7.5

46'

73'

Edoardo Soleri 27.Italy

6.6

74'

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

The manager Eugenio Corini decided to play with the following team: Mirko Pigliacelli (7.0), Aleš Matějů (6.8), Fabio Lucioni (6.7), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.0), K. Lund (7.1), Claudio Gomes (7.0), Jacopo Segre (6.8), Roberto Insigne (6.7), Liam Henderson (7.1), Federico Di Francesco (6.4) and Matteo Brunori (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, Leo Štulac (7.7), Leonardo Mancuso (7.5), Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Aljosa Vasic (7.3), Edoardo Soleri (6.6), Nicola Valente and Giuseppe Aurelio (6.8).

Palermo could not rely on the presence of Leo Štulac (injured).

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Roberto Insigne for Leonardo Mancuso (46′), Liam Henderson for Aljosa Vasic (46′), Jacopo Segre for Leo Štulac (74′), K. Lund for Giuseppe Aurelio (75′) and Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (74′).

Best player: Leo Štulac

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was Leo Štulac.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia

Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland

7.3

57'

Kelvin Amian 27.France

7.0

Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece

6.6

90'

Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy

6.8

17'

Francesco Cassata 29.Italy

6.8

64'

Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy

7.1

Salvatore Elia 7.Italy

6.7

78'

Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy

7.3

Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland

7.5

90'

31'

Szymon Żurkowski 17.Poland

7.9

78'

63'

Luca Moro 24.Italy

6.4

64'

Substitutes

Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands

Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia

Oleg Kovalev 5.Belarus

João Moutinho 4.Portugal

6.4

78'

L. Serpe 5.Italy

Giovanni Corradini 21.Italy

Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy

6.4

64'

Rachid Kouda 80.Italy

6.3

78'

Niccolò Pietra 15.Italy

6.4

90'

Daniele Verde 99.Italy

F. Esposito 9.Italy

7.5

64'

70'

T. Cipot 11.Slovenia

R. Krollis 19.Latvia

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

Massimiliano Alvini played with: Bartlomiej Dragowski (7.3), Kelvin Amian (7.0), Nicolò Bertola (6.8), Dimitrios Nikolaou (6.6), Salvatore Elia (6.7), Salvatore Esposito (7.3), Francesco Cassata (6.8), Arkadiusz Reca (7.5), Szymon Zurkowski (7.9), Luca Moro (6.4) and Mirko Antonucci (7.1).

They had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho (6.4), Laurens Serpe, Francesco Pio Esposito (7.5), Tio Cipot, Niccolò Pietra (6.4), Raimonds Krollis, Giovanni Corradini, Filippo Bandinelli (6.4), Iva Gelashvili, Rachid Kouda (6.3), Daniele Verde and Oleg Kovalev.

Spezia could not rely on the presence of Niccolò Pietra (injured).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Luca Moro for Francesco Pio Esposito (64′), Francesco Cassata for Filippo Bandinelli (64′), Szymon Zurkowski for Rachid Kouda (78′), Salvatore Elia for João Moutinho (78′) and Arkadiusz Reca for Niccolò Pietra (90′).