LA SPEZIA. Spezia and Cosenza didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli with the assistance of Niccolò Pagliardini and Antonio Severino. The 4th official was Gioiele Iacobellis. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.86 degrees Celsius or 67.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Spezia was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cosenza that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Spezia was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Spezia to win the match.
Spezia shot 19 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Mirko Antonucci, Iva Gelashvili and Salvatore Elia). Talking about the opposition, Cosenza received 6 yellow cards (Tommaso D’Orazio, Gennaro Tutino, Fabio Caserta, Idriz Voca, Michael Venturi and Andrea Meroni).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Spezia will have 8 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will have 15 points to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Spezia will play away with Bari 1908 on the 2nd of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Spezia (4 draws).
Cosenza will host Bari 1908 on the 27th of April with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
90'
63'
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: Bartlomiej Dragowski , Kelvin Amian , Iva Gelashvili , Oleg Kovalev , Salvatore Elia , Salvatore Esposito , Filippo Bandinelli , Arkadiusz Reca , Szymon Zurkowski , Mirko Antonucci and Francesco Pio Esposito .
The home team had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Tio Cipot , Niccolò Pietra, Raimonds Krollis, Giovanni Corradini, Luca Moro , Francesco Cassata , Pietro Candelari, Petar Zovko, Petko Hristov and Rachid Kouda .
Substitutions
Spezia made 5 changes: Filippo Bandinelli for Francesco Cassata (46′), Francesco Pio Esposito for Luca Moro (63′), Salvatore Elia for Rachid Kouda (63′), Szymon Zurkowski for Pietro Candelari (46′) and Mirko Antonucci for Tio Cipot (79′).
Best player: Salvatore Esposito
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Salvatore Esposito.
His rating is with 66 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
Cosenza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Caserta played with: Alessandro Micai , Pietro Martino , Andrea Meroni , Michael Venturi , Alessandro Fontanarosa , Mateusz Praszelik , Mattia Viviani , Manuel Marras , Idriz Voca , Luigi Canotto and Francesco Forte .
These were the players on the bench: Filippo Sgarbi, Andrea Rispoli, Gennaro Tutino , Tommaso D’Orazio , Giacomo Calò , Valerio Crespi, Alessandro Arioli, Massimo Zilli, Simone Mazzocchi , Aldo Florenzi , Leonardo Marson and Federico Zuccon.
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: Mattia Viviani for Simone Mazzocchi (55′), Alessandro Fontanarosa for Tommaso D’Orazio (46′), Luigi Canotto for Gennaro Tutino (56′), Mateusz Praszelik for Giacomo Calò (77′) and Manuel Marras for Aldo Florenzi (73′).
Best player: Alessandro Micai
The most impressive player for Cosenza was the goalkeeper: Alessandro Micai. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Südtirol – Sampdoria – 3-1
- Spezia – Cosenza – 0-0
- FeralpiSalò – Reggiana – 0-3
- Como – Catanzaro – 1-0
- Ascoli – Parma – 1-3
