LA SPEZIA. Lecce conquers Spezia with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Listkowski (43′) and a goal from A. Calabresi (55′).

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Valerio Marini who had the assistance of Robert Avalos and Alex Cavallina. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Lecce was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match.​

Spezia shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecce shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 3 yellow cards (D. Strelec, M. Nzola and A. Nguiamba). On the other side, Lecce received 4 yellow cards (K. Dermaku, A. Barreca, P. Rodriguez and A. Blin).

Standings

After this match, Spezia stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Lecce has points (0th).

Next matches

Spezia – Formation

Spezia started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Thiago Motta decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet (6.3), Petko Hristov (7.5), Martin Erlić (7.1), Nicolò Bertola (7.0), Salvador Ferrer (7.1), Aimar Sher (6.5), Jakub Kiwior (6.6), Kevin Agudelo (8.1), Simone Bastoni (7.2), David Strelec (5.8) and M’Bala Nzola (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: P. Zovko, S. Podgoreanu, D. Nikolaou, Aurelien Nguiamba (6.5), Arkadiusz Reca (6.8), Janis Antiste (6.3), I. Provedel, V. Kovalenko, R. Manaj, Mehdi Bourabia (6.2) and Ebrima Colley (6.7).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: M. Erlic for J. Antiste (46′), J. Kiwior for M. Bourabia (46′), K. Agudelo for A. Nguiamba (65′), S. Bastoni for A. Reca (65′) and M. Nzola for E. Colley (70′).

Best player: Kevin Agudelo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Kevin Agudelo.

His rating is (8.1) with 27 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 17.

Lecce – Formation

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

Marco Baroni played with: Marco Bleve (7.2), Arturo Calabresi (7.8), Kastriot Dermaku (6.3), Biagio Meccariello (6.9), Antonio Barreca (7.4), Þórir Jóhann Helgason (6.8), Alexis Blin (7.1), John Bjorkengren (6.6), Marcin Listkowski (7.0), Marco Olivieri (6.5) and Pablo Rodríguez (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Gabriel, Gabriel Strefezza, F. Lucioni, Antonino Gallo (6.6), Valentin Gendrey (6.3), Ž. Majer, Mario Gargiulo (6.4), J. Samooja, Mattia Felici, B. Bjarnason, M. Hjulmand and R. Burnete.

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: T. Helgason for M. Gargiulo (72′), A. Barreca for A. Gallo (72′), A. Calabresi for V. Gendrey (85′), M. Listkowski for R. Burnete (86′) and M. Olivieri for M. Felici (86′).

Best player: Arturo Calabresi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Arturo Calabresi.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 45 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Coppa Italia.​

• Spezia – Lecce – 0-2
• Sampdoria – Torino – 2-1