LA SPEZIA. Spezia manages to recover against Ternana with a goal on the T. Casasola 32′ and a goal on the S. Diakité 67′. Spezia was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)

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 Simone Sozza who had the assistance of Mario Vigile and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Matteo Canci. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.84 degrees Celsius or 58.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Spezia

2 - 2

Ternana

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 22 Total 13
  • 9 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 6
  • 8 Shots blocked 2
  • 136 Attack 70
  • 69 Dangerous attack 42
  • 77 Ball safe 83
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 18 Total 19
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Spezia had a superior ball possession 56% while Ternana was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Spezia to win the match​.

Spezia shot 22 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Ternana shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 2 yellow cards (Salvatore Esposito and Rachid Kouda). On the opposite side, Ternana received 3 yellow cards (Jakub Labojko, Tiago Casasola and Andrea Favilli).

Match Timeline

32'
Tiago Casasola(goal)César Falletti
Nicolò Bertola(goal)
36'
Salvatore Esposito- Yellow
37'
37'
Andrea Favilli- Yellow
61'
Kees de Boer- sub ->Niklas Pyyhtiä
T. Cipot- sub ->Mirko Antonucci
61'
Salvatore Elia- sub ->Pietro Candelari
61'
66'
Jakub Labojko- Yellow
67'
69'
Tiago Casasola- Yellow
72'
Costantino Favasuli- sub ->Tiago Casasola
72'
Gregorio Luperini- sub ->Jakub Labojko
72'
Federico Viviani- sub ->Antonio Raimondo
73'
Rachid Kouda- Yellow
75'
77'
Luca Moro- sub ->Rachid Kouda
81'
Daniele Verde- sub ->Nicolò Bertola
81'
90'
Marco Capuano(own-goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After playing this match, Spezia will have 10 points to sit in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Ternana will have 7 points like FeralpiSalò to sit in the 20th 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 statistic in favor of Spezia (4 draws).

Ternana will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 13th of January with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland
7.0
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
7.0
D
Kelvin Amian 27.France
7.0
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
7.5
81' 36'
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
7.5
37'
M
Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland
8.1
73'
M
Francesco Cassata 29.Italy
6.6
M
Pietro Candelari 36.Italy
7.3
61'
M
Rachid Kouda 80.Italy
7.5
81' 75'
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
7.3
F
Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy
7.5
61'
Substitutes
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
D
João Moutinho 4.Portugal
D
L. Serpe 5.Italy
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
7.1
61'
M
A. Ekdal 8.Sweden
M
Niccolò Pietra 15.Italy
M
Giovanni Corradini 21.Italy
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
6.3
61'
F
R. Krollis 19.Latvia
6.8
73'
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy
7.3
81'
F
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
6.7
81'

Spezia adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Bartlomiej Dragowski (7.0), Kelvin Amian (7.0), Lukas Mühl (7.0), Nicolò Bertola (7.5), Pietro Candelari (7.3), Francesco Cassata (6.6), Salvatore Esposito (7.5), Arkadiusz Reca  (8.1), Rachid Kouda (7.5), Francesco Pio Esposito (7.3) and Mirko Antonucci (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, João Moutinho , Laurens Serpe, Salvatore Elia (7.1), Albin Ekdal, Tio Cipot (6.3), Niccolò Pietra, Raimonds Krollis (6.8), Giovanni Corradini, Luca Moro (7.3), Iva Gelashvili and Daniele Verde (6.7).

Spezia could not rely on the presence of Luca Moro (injured), Tio Cipot (injured) and Daniele Verde (injured).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Rachid Kouda for Luca Moro (81′), Pietro Candelari for Salvatore Elia (61′), Arkadiusz Reca  for Raimonds Krollis (73′), Mirko Antonucci for Tio Cipot (61′) and Nicolò Bertola for Daniele Verde (81′).

Best player: Arkadiusz Reca ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was Arkadiusz Reca .

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (63% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 9 crosses.

Ternana – Formation

Ternana
G
Antony Iannarilli 1.Italy
7.5
D
Marco Capuano 19.Italy
6.7
D
Salim Diakité 23.France
7.5
67'
D
Lorenzo Lucchesi 44.Italy
6.7
M
César Falletti 10.Uruguay
8.5
M
Tiago Casasola 15.Argentina
7.0
72' 69' 32'
M
Jakub Labojko 25.Poland
7.3
72' 66'
M
N. Pyyhtiä 66.Finland
6.3
61'
M
Niccolò Corrado 91.Italy
6.8
77'
F
Antonio Raimondo 9.Italy
6.4
72'
F
Andrea Favilli 17.Italy
7.0
37'
Substitutes
G
Gabriel Brazão 77.Brazil
D
A. Celli 3.Italy
6.3
77'
D
Frederik Sörensen 4.Denmark
D
Valerio Mantovani 13.Italy
D
C. Travaglini 33.Italy
M
Kees de Boer 8.Netherlands
6.8
61'
M
Federico Viviani 24.Italy
7.0
72'
M
Costantino Favasuli 27.Italy
6.3
72'
M
Gregorio Luperini 71.Italy
7.0
72'
M
Iulius Marginean 73.Romania
F
Filippo Distefano 28.Italy
F
Federico Dionisi 65.Italy

Also Ternana adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Roberto Breda played with: Antony Iannarilli (7.5), Salim Diakité (7.5), Marco Capuano (6.7), Lorenzo Lucchesi (6.7), Tiago Casasola (7.0), Jakub Labojko (7.3), Niklas Pyyhtiä (6.3), Niccolò Corrado (6.8), César Falletti (8.5), Antonio Raimondo (6.4) and Andrea Favilli (7.0).

They had on the bench: Alessandro Celli (6.3), Frederik Sörensen, Kees de Boer (6.8), Valerio Mantovani, Federico Viviani (7.0), Costantino Favasuli (6.3), Filippo Distefano, Christian Travaglini, Federico Dionisi, Gregorio Luperini (7.0), Iulius Marginean and Gabriel Brazão.

Substitutions

Ternana made 5 changes: Niccolò Corrado for Alessandro Celli (77′), Niklas Pyyhtiä for Kees de Boer (61′), Tiago Casasola for Costantino Favasuli (72′), Jakub Labojko for Gregorio Luperini (72′) and Antonio Raimondo for Federico Viviani (72′).

Best player: César Falletti​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ternana was César Falletti.

His rating is (8.5) with 35 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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