Spezia overcomes Südtirol 2-1 with D. Verde scoring a double. HIGHLIGHTS

LA SPEZIA. Spezia overcome Südtirol to win 2-1. D. Verde was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals.

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John Ross
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Spezia overcomes Südtirol 2-1 with D. Verde scoring a double. HIGHLIGHTS

LA SPEZIA. Spezia conquered Südtirol to win 2-1. D. Verde was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Spezia to strike first with an early goal of Daniele Verde at the 8′. Then it was a penalty in the 32′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Daniele Verde gave the win to Spezia in the 73′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Südtirol was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

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 Davide Di Marco with the help of Damiano Margani and Tiziana Trasciatti. The 4th official was Giuseppe Vingo. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.56 degrees Celsius or 56.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Spezia

2 - 1

Team 1

Südtirol

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 12 Total 9
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 6
  • 4 Shots blocked 2
  • 92 Attack 126
  • 54 Dangerous attack 36
  • 64 Ball safe 83
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 6
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 16
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Südtirol had a strong ball possession 64% while Spezia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Spezia won the match​.

Spezia shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Südtirol shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 2 yellow cards (Diego Falcinelli and Petko Hristov). Talking about the opposition, Südtirol received 4 yellow cards (Daniele Casiraghi, Nicola Rauti, Fabian Tait  and Simone Davi).

Match Timeline

Daniele Verde(goal)
8'
32'
Daniele Casiraghi(penalty)
Petko Hristov- Yellow
34'
F. Esposito- sub ->Nicolò Bertola
46'
46'
Nicola Rauti- sub ->Daouda Peeters
52'
Simone Davi- Yellow
56'
Daniele Casiraghi- Yellow
59'
Fabian Tait - Yellow
62'
Alessandro Mallamo- sub ->Daniele Casiraghi
Francesco Cassata - sub ->Ádám Nagy
68'
Daniele Verde(penalty)
73'
Filip Jagiello- sub ->Filippo Bandinelli
78'
Luca Vignali- sub ->Daniele Verde
78'
81'
Silvio Merkaj- sub ->Andrea Masiello
82'
Nicola Rauti- Yellow
85'
Riccardo Ciervo- sub ->Salvatore Molina
Iva Gelashvili- sub ->Salvatore Elia
86'
86'
Lorenzo Lonardi- sub ->Jasmin Kurtic
Diego Falcinelli- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
70
34
Venezia
67
35
Como
67
34
Cremonese
60
35
Catanzaro
57
35
Palermo
52
34
Brescia
46
34
Sampdoria
45
34
Pisa
45
35
Cittadella
44
34
Südtirol
43
34
Modena
40
34
Reggiana
40
34
Cosenza
39
34
Ternana
37
34
Bari 1908
36
34
Spezia
36
34
Ascoli
34
34
FeralpiSalò
31
34
Lecco
26
34

After playing this contest, Spezia has 30 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Südtirol will stays with 35 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Spezia will play away with Reggiana on the 16th of March with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Südtirol will host Cremonese on the 16th of March with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Südtirol (3 draws).

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
7.0
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou  43.Greece
6.3
D
Petko Hristov 55.Bulgaria
7.0
34'
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
6.7
46'
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
6.6
86'
M
Ádám Nagy 8.Hungary
7.0
68'
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
8.1
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
6.7
78'
M
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
7.3
F
Diego Falcinelli 16.Italy
6.7
90'
F
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
9.1
78' Goals8', 73'
Substitutes
G
Gian Marco Crespi 28.Italy
D
Gregorio Tanco 5.Argentina
D
Luca Vignali 14.Italy
6.3
78'
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
86'
M
R. Jureškin 3.Croatia
M
Francesco Cassata  29.Italy
7.3
68'
M
Pietro Candelari 36.Italy
M
Filip Jagiello 97.Poland
6.6
78'
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
7.0
46'
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy

Spezia adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Luca D’Angelo decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet (7.0), Nicolò Bertola (6.7), Petko Hristov (7.0), Dimitrios Nikolaou (6.3), Ales Mateju (7.3), Ádám Nagy (7.0), Salvatore Esposito (8.1), Filippo Bandinelli (6.7), Salvatore Elia (6.6), Daniele Verde (9.1) and Diego Falcinelli (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Roko Jureskin, Gregorio José Tanco, Francesco Pio Esposito (7.0), Tio Cipot, Luca Vignali (6.3), Lukas Mühl, Luca Moro, Gian Marco Crespi, Francesco Cassata (7.3), Iva Gelashvili, Pietro Candelari and Filip Jagiełło (6.6).

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Nicolò Bertola for Francesco Pio Esposito (46′), Ádám Nagy for Francesco Cassata (68′), Filippo Bandinelli for Filip Jagiełło (78′), Daniele Verde for Luca Vignali (78′) and Salvatore Elia for Iva Gelashvili (86′).

Player of the match: Daniele Verde​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was Daniele Verde.

His rating is 9.1 with 2 goals, 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Südtirol – Formation

Südtirol
G
Giacomo Poluzzi 1.Italy
6.6
D
Filippo Scaglia 2.Italy
6.8
D
Andrea Cagnano 3.Italy
7.5
D
Andrea Masiello 55.Italy
7.3
81'
M
Fabian Tait  21.Italy
7.0
59'
M
Simone Davi 24.Italy
7.3
52'
M
Jasmin Kurtic 27.Slovenia
6.6
86'
M
Daouda Peeters 42.Belgium
6.4
46'
M
Salvatore Molina 79.Italy
6.8
85'
F
Daniele Casiraghi 17.Italy
7.0
62' 56' Goals32'
F
Raphael Odogwu 90.Italy
7.3
Substitutes
G
Giacomo Drago 12.Italy
D
Kévin Vinetot  5.France
D
Andrea Giorgini 30.Italy
D
Lorenzo Lonardi 77.Italy
86'
D
Hamza El Kaouakibi 94.Morocco
M
Alessandro Mallamo 8.Italy
6.8
62'
M
Jérémie Broh 15.Italy
F
Riccardo Ciervo 11.Italy
6.8
85'
F
Nicola Rauti 23.Italy
7.0
46' 82'
F
Andrea Cisco 26.Italy
F
Silvio Merkaj 33.Albania
7.0
81'

Also Südtirol adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Federico Valente played with: Giacomo Poluzzi (6.6), Andrea Masiello (7.3), Filippo Scaglia (6.8), Andrea Cagnano (7.5), Salvatore Molina (6.8), Fabian Tait  (7.0), Daouda Peeters (6.4), Jasmin Kurtic (6.6), Simone Davi (7.3), Raphael Odogwu (7.3) and Daniele Casiraghi (7.0).

They had on the bench: Kévin Vinetot, Alessandro Mallamo (6.8), Riccardo Ciervo (6.8), Giacomo Drago, Jérémie Broh, Nicola Rauti (7.0), Andrea Cisco, Jonas Arlanch, Andrea Giorgini, Silvio Merkaj (7.0), Lorenzo Lonardi and Hamza El Kaouakibi.

Substitutions

Südtirol made 5 changes: Daouda Peeters for Nicola Rauti (46′), Daniele Casiraghi for Alessandro Mallamo (62′), Andrea Masiello for Silvio Merkaj (81′), Salvatore Molina for Riccardo Ciervo (85′) and Jasmin Kurtic for Lorenzo Lonardi (86′).

Player of the match: Andrea Cagnano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Südtirol was Andrea Cagnano.

His rating is 7.5 with 60 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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