MODENA. Modena didn’t concede much to Spezia to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Sunday. Modena was definitely better in terms of ball possession (75%)​.

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Braglia stadium in Modena on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Rutella with the collaboration of Antonio Severino and Paolo Bitonti. The 4th official was Antonio Di Reda. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.75 degrees Celsius or 53.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Modena had a superior ball possession 75% while Spezia was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Modena was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Modena to win the match​.

Modena shot 31 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Spezia shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Modena received 4 yellow cards (Matteo Cotali, Edoardo Duca, Fabio Gerli and Cristian Cauz). On the other side, Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Iva Gelashvili, Salvatore Elia and Ádám Nagy).

Standings

After this match, Modena has 35 points to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Spezia will has 26 points like Ternana and Ascoli to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Modena will play away against Pisa on the 28th of February with a 2-2 head to head.

Spezia will host FeralpiSalò on the 28th of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Spezia (1 draw).

Modena – Formation

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

The manager Paolo Bianco decided to play with the following team: Andrea Seculin (7.1), Fabio Ponsi (7.3), Giovanni Zaro (7.3), Cristian Cauz (7.5), Simone Santoro (8.2), Fabio Gerli (8.4), Antonio Palumbo (7.5), Niccolò Corrado (6.7), Lorenzo Di Stefano (6.7), Edoardo Duca (7.3) and Ettore Gliozzi (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Pergreffi, Luca Magnino (7.0), Luca Tremolada, Jacopo Manconi (6.8), Filippo Vandelli, Riccardo Gagno, Alessandro Pio Riccio, Matteo Cotali (7.5), Kleis Bozhanaj, Lukas Mondele, Fabio Abiuso (7.3) and Shady Oukhadda (7.7).

Substitutions

Modena made 5 changes: Antonio Palumbo for Shady Oukhadda (77′), Lorenzo Di Stefano for Fabio Abiuso (65′), Edoardo Duca for Jacopo Manconi (58′), Niccolò Corrado for Matteo Cotali (58′) and Fabio Ponsi for Luca Magnino (77′).

Player of the match: Fabio Gerli​

The player that probably impressed the most for Modena was Fabio Gerli.

His rating is 8.4 with 90 passes (93% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Luca D’Angelo played with: Jeroen Zoet (8.4), Iva Gelashvili (5.8), Lukas Mühl (6.8), Dimitrios Nikolaou (7.1), Ales Mateju (7.0), Ádám Nagy (7.0), Salvatore Esposito (7.3), Filippo Bandinelli (7.0), Salvatore Elia (6.7), Diego Falcinelli (6.6) and Giuseppe Di Serio (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Roko Jureskin, Gregorio José Tanco (7.0), Francesco Pio Esposito (6.4), Tio Cipot, Luca Vignali (6.7), Luca Moro, Gian Marco Crespi, Francesco Cassata (6.7), Petko Hristov (7.0), Nicolò Bertola, Filip Jagiełło and Daniele Verde.

Spezia could not rely on the presence of Gregorio José Tanco (injured).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Diego Falcinelli for Francesco Cassata (46′), Lukas Mühl for Petko Hristov (46′), Filippo Bandinelli for Luca Vignali (60′), Giuseppe Di Serio for Francesco Pio Esposito (77′) and Salvatore Elia for Gregorio José Tanco (82′).

Player of the match: Jeroen Zoet​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was the goalkeeper: Jeroen Zoet. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Modena – Spezia – 0-0