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
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
Standings
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 adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Luca D’Angelo decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet
, Nicolò Bertola , Petko Hristov , Dimitrios Nikolaou , Ales Mateju , Ádám Nagy , Salvatore Esposito , Filippo Bandinelli , Salvatore Elia , Daniele Verde and Diego Falcinelli .The home team had on the bench: Roko Jureskin, Gregorio José Tanco, Francesco Pio Esposito
, Tio Cipot, Luca Vignali , Lukas Mühl, Luca Moro, Gian Marco Crespi, Francesco Cassata , Iva Gelashvili, Pietro Candelari and Filip Jagiełło .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
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
Also Südtirol adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Federico Valente played with: Giacomo Poluzzi
, Andrea Masiello , Filippo Scaglia , Andrea Cagnano , Salvatore Molina , Fabian Tait , Daouda Peeters , Jasmin Kurtic , Simone Davi , Raphael Odogwu and Daniele Casiraghi .They had on the bench: Kévin Vinetot, Alessandro Mallamo
, Riccardo Ciervo , Giacomo Drago, Jérémie Broh, Nicola Rauti , Andrea Cisco, Jonas Arlanch, Andrea Giorgini, Silvio Merkaj , 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
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.
- Spezia – Südtirol – 2-1
- Pisa – Ternana – 1-0
- Modena – FeralpiSalò – 2-3
- Cremonese – Como – 2-1
- Cosenza – Cittadella – 0-0
- Catanzaro – Reggiana – 0-1