VICENZA. SPAL and Vicenza draw 1-1. G. Rossi scored the first goal (26′) for SPAL. M. Cavion settled the score (45′). SPAL was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Stadio Romeo Menti stadium in Vicenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano assisted by Pasquale Capaldo and Gaetano Massara. The 4th official was Marco Ricci. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SPAL was in firm control of the ball 59% while Vicenza was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SPAL was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough SPAL to win the contest​.

Vicenza shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, SPAL shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Vicenza didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, SPAL received 3 yellow cards (E. Capradossi, F. Vicari and M. Mancosu).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Vicenza will have 14 points like Crotone to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, SPAL will have 24 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Vicenza will play away with Cremonese on the 22nd of February with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Vicenza (0 draws).

SPAL will host Ternana on the 22nd of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Ternana (0 draws).

Vicenza – Formation

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

The manager Cristian Brocchi decided to play with the following team: Nikita Contini (7.0), Matteo Bruscagin (6.5), Riccardo Brosco (7.2), Sebastien De Maio (7.1), Jordan Lukaku (6.9), Loris Zonta (7.3), Michele Cavion (7.1), Davide Diaw (7.2), Filippo Ranocchia (7.1), Alessio Da Cruz (6.4) and Łukasz Teodorczyk (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: T. Mancini, Stefano Giacomelli (7.0), Luca Crecco (7.0), E. Padella, M. Djibril, N. Pasini, M. Grandi, T. Sandon, Riccardo Meggiorini (6.8), M. Morello and Nicola Dalmonte (6.8).

Vicenza could not rely on the presence of L. Crecco (injured).

Substitutions

Vicenza made 4 changes: J. Lukaku for L. Crecco (43′), L. Teodorczyk for N. Dalmonte (46′), A. Da Cruz for R. Meggiorini (63′) and F. Ranocchia for S. Giacomelli (76′).

Best player: Loris Zonta​

The player that probably impressed the most for Vicenza was Loris Zonta.

His rating is (7.3) with 31 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

SPAL – Formation

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

Roberto Venturato played with: M. Pinato, Enrico Alfonso (7.4), Lorenzo Dickmann (6.2), Francesco Vicari (6.6), Elio Capradossi (7.4), Raffaele Celia (7.1), Jacopo Da Riva (6.2), Niccolò Zanellato (6.9), Luca Mora (7.0), Giuseppe Rossi (7.2) and Marco Mancosu (6.8), Lorenzo Colombo (6.5).

They had on the bench: B. Meccariello, D. Thiam, D. Heidenreich, Federico Melchiorri (6.7), G. Crociata, P. Peda, S. Esposito, Franco Zuculini (6.6), L. Vido, Ludovico D’Orazio (6.5) and F. Saiani.

Substitutions

SPAL made 3 changes: G. Rossi for F. Melchiorri (57′), L. Colombo for L. D’Orazio (78′) and L. Mora for F. Zuculini (87′).

Best player: Elio Capradossi​

The player that probably impressed the most for SPAL was Elio Capradossi.

His rating is (7.4) with 55 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

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

• Parma – Ternana – 2-3
• Vicenza – SPAL – 1-1
• Reggina – Pordenone – 2-0
• Monza – Pisa – 1-2
• Perugia – Cremonese – 0-0
• Ascoli – Alessandria – 3-0