LA SPEZIA. Bologna prevails over Spezia 1-0 after M. Arnautovic scored a penalty (83′). Bologna took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi with the help of Damiano Di Iorio and Pietro Dei Giudici. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bologna had a strong ball possession 57% while Spezia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bologna has a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bologna won the match.​

Spezia shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Bologna shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 3 yellow cards (A. Reca, E. Salcedo and M. Nzola). On the other side, Bologna received 1 yellow card (M. Arnautovic).

Standings

After playing this match, Spezia will stay with 11 points to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Bologna will have 21 points like Fiorentina, Juventus and Lazio to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Spezia will play away against Inter on the 1st of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Inter (1 draw).

Bologna will host Roma on the 1st of December with a 15-3 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (7 draws).

Spezia – Formation

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

The manager Thiago Motta decided to play with the following team: Ivan Provedel (6.9), Kelvin Amian (7.6), Martin Erlić (6.7), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.5), Arkadiusz Reca (7.1), Viktor Kovalenko (7.1), Giulio Maggiore (6.6), Simone Bastoni (6.9), Janis Antiste (7.1), M’Bala Nzola (6.6) and David Strelec (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, Eddie Salcedo (6.7), Petar Zovko, Petko Hristov, Rey Manaj, Ebrima Colley (6.4), Jacopo Sala (6.4), Suf Podgoreanu, Kevin Agudelo (6.2) and Salvador Ferrer (6.4).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: D. Strelec for E. Colley (58′), J. Antiste for E. Salcedo (58′), A. Reca for J. Sala (58′), V. Kovalenko for K. Agudelo (76′) and K. Amian for S. Ferrer (76′).

Best player: Kelvin Amian​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Kelvin Amian.

His rating is (7.6) with 35 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Bologna – Formation

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

Siniša Mihajlović played with: Łukasz Skorupski (8.0), Adama Soumaoro (7.0), Gary Medel (7.4), Arthur Theate (7.1), Riccardo Orsolini (7.4), Nicolás Domínguez (7.8), Mattias Svanberg (6.9), Aaron Hickey (6.6), Roberto Soriano (7.3), Musa Barrow (7.2) and Marko Arnautović (7.0).

They had on the bench: Nicolas Viola, Luis Binks, Ebenezer Annan, Kevin Bonifazi (6.4), Sydney van Hooijdonk, Mitchell Dijks, Andreas Skov Olsen (6.4), Federico Santander, Ibrahima Mbaye, Francesco Bardi, Nicola Sansone (6.4) and Emanuel Vignato (6.6).

Bologna could not rely on the presence of K. Bonifazi (injured).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: M. Svanberg for E. Vignato (75′), R. Orsolini for A. Skov Olsen (75′), M. Barrow for N. Sansone (75′), N. Dominguez for K. Bonifazi (88′) and M. Arnautovic for I. Mbaye (90′).

Best player: Łukasz Skorupski​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was the goalkeeper: Łukasz Skorupski. His rating is 8.03. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Sassuolo – 1-3
• Napoli – Lazio – 4-0
• Roma – Torino – 1-0
• Spezia – Bologna – 0-1
• Udinese – Genoa – 0-0