COSENZA. Cosenza finds the way to recover against Spezia with a goal on the S. Elia 73′ and a goal on the A. Reca  45′.

Daniele Verde missed a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Spezia to win the match.​

Daniele Verde didn’t score 1 penalty (45′ + 6′) for ​Spezia.

The match was played at the Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla stadium in Cosenza on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi with the help of Stefano Del Giovane and Marco Ricci. The 4th official was Domenico Castellone. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.49 degrees Celsius or 65.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Cosenza

2 - 2

Spezia

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 13 Total 31
  • 5 On Target 14
  • 6 Off Target 11
  • 2 Shots blocked 7
  • 59 Attack 125
  • 25 Dangerous attack 52
  • 86 Ball safe 78
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 15
Fouls
  • 20 Total 18
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cosenza 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 putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 14 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Spezia to win the match​.

Cosenza shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Spezia shot 31 times, 14 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Cosenza received 4 yellow cards (A. Fontanarosa, Mattia Viviani, Manuel Marras and Alessandro Micai). On the opposite side, Spezia received 3 yellow cards (Dimitrios Nikolaou , Arkadiusz Reca  and F. Esposito).

Match Timeline

Gennaro Tutino(goal)
5'
23'
Arkadiusz Reca - Yellow
Mattia Viviani- Yellow
44'
45'
F. Esposito- Yellow
Manuel Marras- Yellow
45'
45'
Luca Vignali(VAR)
Alessandro Micai- Yellow
45'
45'
Daniele Verde- missed penaltyDaniele Verde
45'
Arkadiusz Reca (goal)
46'
Luca Vignali- sub ->Ales Mateju
Gennaro Tutino(goal)Mirko Antonucci
50'
62'
Nicolò Bertola- sub ->Filippo Bandinelli
62'
Salvatore Elia- sub ->Arkadiusz Reca
A. Fontanarosa- sub ->Michael Venturi
63'
Idriz Voca- sub ->Mattia Viviani
63'
A. Fontanarosa- Yellow
64'
73'
Salvatore Elia(goal)
Aldo Florenzi- sub ->Mirko Antonucci
76'
Francesco Forte- sub ->Simone Mazzocchi
77'
80'
Rachid Kouda- sub ->Giuseppe Di Serio
85'
Diego Falcinelli- sub ->Daniele Verde
Luigi Canotto- sub ->Gennaro Tutino
89'
90'
Dimitrios Nikolaou - Yellow
90'
Luca Vignali(VAR)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After this match, Cosenza has 46 points like Pisa, Cittadella and Reggiana to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Spezia will has 41 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cosenza will play away against Como on the 10th of May with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Como (0 draws).

Spezia will host Venezia on the 10th of May with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Venezia (5 draws).

Cosenza – Formation

Cosenza
G
Alessandro Micai 1.Italy
9.1
45'
D
Michele Camporese 5.Italy
6.7
D
Andrea Meroni 13.Italy
7.9
D
Michael Venturi 23.Italy
6.4
63'
M
Manuel Marras 7.Italy
7.9
45'
M
Tommaso D'Orazio 11.Italy
7.3
M
Mirko Antonucci 16.Italy
7.0
76'
M
Mattia Viviani 24.Italy
6.1
63' 44'
M
Federico Zuccon 98.Italy
6.3
F
Gennaro Tutino 9.Italy
9.4
89' 5', 50'
F
Simone Mazzocchi 30.Italy
7.0
77'
Substitutes
G
Alessandro Lai 12.Italy
D
A. Fontanarosa 6.Italy
6.8
63' 64'
D
Baldovino Cimino 17.Italy
D
Bright Gyamfi 18.Ghana
D
Gianluca Frabotta 99.Italy
M
Mateusz Praszelik 26.Poland
M
Aldo Florenzi 34.Italy
6.7
76'
M
Idriz Voca 42.Kosovo
7.0
63'
F
Francesco Forte 10.Italy
6.4
77'
F
Valerio Crespi 19.Italy
F
Luigi Canotto 31.Italy
6.6
89'
F
J. Novello 36.Australia

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

The manager William Viali decided to play with the following team: Alessandro Micai (9.1), Andrea Meroni (7.9), Michele Camporese (6.7), Michael Venturi (6.4), Manuel Marras (7.9), Federico Zuccon (6.3), Mattia Viviani (6.1), Mirko Antonucci (7.0), Tommaso D’Orazio  (7.3), Simone Mazzocchi (7.0) and Gennaro Tutino (9.4).

The home team had on the bench: A. Fontanarosa (6.8), Francesco Forte (6.4), Alessandro Lai, Baldovino Cimino, Bright Gyamfi, Valerio Crespi, Mateusz Praszelik, Luigi Canotto (6.6), Aldo Florenzi (6.7), J. Novello, Idriz Voca (7.0) and Gianluca Frabotta.

Substitutions

Cosenza made 5 changes: Simone Mazzocchi for Francesco Forte (77′), Michael Venturi for A. Fontanarosa (63′), Mattia Viviani for Idriz Voca (63′), Mirko Antonucci for Aldo Florenzi (76′) and Gennaro Tutino for Luigi Canotto (89′).

Player of the match: Gennaro Tutino​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Gennaro Tutino.

His rating is 9.4 with 2 goals, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
6.4
D
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
6.7
46'
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece
6.7
90'
D
Petko Hristov 55.Bulgaria
6.8
M
Ádám Nagy 8.Hungary
7.0
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
8.2
M
Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland
7.5
62' 23' 45'
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
6.8
62'
M
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
7.9
85'
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
6.7
45'
F
Giuseppe Di Serio 20.Italy
7.3
80'
Substitutes
G
Petar Zovko 40.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Przemysław Wiśniewski 2.Poland
D
Gregorio Tanco 5.Argentina
D
Luca Vignali 14.Italy
6.6
46'
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
6.8
62'
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
7.5
62' 73'
M
Pietro Candelari 36.Italy
M
Rachid Kouda 80.Italy
6.4
80'
M
Filip Jagiello 97.Poland
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
F
Diego Falcinelli 16.Italy
6.4
85'
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy

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

Luca D’Angelo played with: Jeroen Zoet (6.4), Ales Mateju (6.7), Petko Hristov (6.8), Dimitrios Nikolaou  (6.7), Daniele Verde (7.9), Ádám Nagy (7.0), Salvatore Esposito (8.2), Filippo Bandinelli (6.8), Arkadiusz Reca  (7.5), F. Esposito (6.7) and Giuseppe Di Serio (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Przemysław Wiśniewski , Gregorio Tanco, Salvatore Elia (7.5), T. Cipot, Luca Vignali (6.6), Diego Falcinelli (6.4), Luca Moro, Pietro Candelari, Petar Zovko, Nicolò Bertola (6.8), Rachid Kouda (6.4) and Filip Jagiello.

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Ales Mateju for Luca Vignali (46′), Filippo Bandinelli for Nicolò Bertola (62′), Arkadiusz Reca  for Salvatore Elia (62′), Giuseppe Di Serio for Rachid Kouda (80′) and Daniele Verde for Diego Falcinelli (85′).

Player of the match: Salvatore Esposito​

The most impressive player for Spezia was Salvatore Esposito.

His rating is 8.2 with 55 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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