COMO. Como liquidates Spezia 4-0 with goals of Lucas Da Cunha (27′), Patrick Cutrone (37′), Alessandro Gabrielloni (59′) and Lucas Da Cunha (63′).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Niccolò Baroni who was helped by Marco Scatragli and Federico Longo. The 4th official was Davide Gandino.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Como was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Spezia that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Spezia was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Como was able to find the solution to win this match.
Como shot 26 times, 9 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Spezia shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Como received 1 yellow card (Oliver Abildgaard). On the opposite side, Spezia received 1 yellow card (Kelvin Amian).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Como has 38 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Spezia will stays with 17 points like Ascoli to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Como will play away against Reggiana on the 20th of January with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Como (2 draws).
Spezia will host Cremonese on the 20th of January with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Cremonese (3 draws).
Como – Formation
Como
69'
37'
72'
Como started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Francesc Fàbregas i Soler decided to play with the following team: Adrian Semper , Marco Curto , Cas Odenthal , Federico Barba , Marco Sala , Álex Blanco , Alessandro Bellemo , Oliver Abildgaard , Lucas Da Cunha , Patrick Cutrone and Alessandro Gabrielloni .
The home team had on the bench: Matteo Solini, Alessio Iovine , Moutir Chajia , Daniele Baselli, Tommaso Arrigoni, Mauro Vigorito , Alberto Cerri, Fabio Rispoli , Diego Ronco, Nikolas Ioannou, Tommaso Cassandro and Simone Verdi .
Como could not rely on the presence of Mauro Vigorito (injured) and Alessio Iovine (injured).
Substitutions
Como made 4 changes: Adrian Semper for Mauro Vigorito (69′), Lucas Da Cunha for Simone Verdi (75′), Alessandro Gabrielloni for Moutir Chajia (69′) and Álex Blanco for Alessio Iovine (69′).
Player of the match: Lucas Da Cunha
The player that probably impressed the most for Como was Lucas Da Cunha.
His rating is with 2 goals, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
Spezia started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Luca D’Angelo played with: Jeroen Zoet , Kelvin Amian , Iva Gelashvili , Dimitrios Nikolaou , Salvatore Elia , Francesco Cassata , Salvatore Esposito , Filippo Bandinelli , Daniele Verde , Mirko Antonucci and Francesco Pio Esposito .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tio Cipot, Luca Vignali , Niccolò Pietra, Raimonds Krollis, Giovanni Corradini, Luca Moro , Christian Cugnata, Pietro Candelari , Petar Zovko, Bartlomiej Dragowski and Nicolò Bertola.
Spezia could not rely on the presence of Luca Vignali (injured).
Substitutions
Spezia made 4 changes: Mirko Antonucci for Luca Moro (46′), Filippo Bandinelli for Niccolò Pietra (88′), Salvatore Elia for Luca Vignali (65′) and Daniele Verde for Pietro Candelari (79′).
Player of the match: Salvatore Esposito
The most impressive player for Spezia was Salvatore Esposito.
His rating is with 70 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Ternana – 3-1
- Modena – Brescia – 1-2
- Südtirol – FeralpiSalò – 1-0
- Pisa – Reggiana – 2-2
- Como – Spezia – 4-0
- Cittadella – Palermo – 2-0
