MILANO. Inter was eventually too much to handle for Spezia with the goal of L. Martinez (35′), H. Calhanoglu (52′) and J. Correa (82′).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini with the support of Damiano Di Iorio and Edoardo Raspollini. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.6 degrees Celsius or 78.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Inter had a strong ball possession 55% while Spezia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Inter had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match​.

Inter shot 21 times, 8 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Spezia shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Inter has 6 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Spezia stays with 3 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Inter will play away against Milan on the 3rd of September with a 21-9 head to head stats in favor of Inter (9 draws).

Spezia will host Bologna on the 4th of September with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Bologna (4 draws).

Inter – Formation

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

The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Samir Handanović (7.0), Milan Škriniar (7.3), Stefan de Vrij (7.1), Alessandro Bastoni (8.1), Denzel Dumfries (7.3), Nicolò Barella (7.7), Marcelo Brozović (7.4), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (7.1), Federico Dimarco (7.1), Romelu Lukaku (6.8) and Lautaro Martínez (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kristjan Asllani (6.5), Lucien Agoumé, André Onana, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Joaquín Correa (7.4), Roberto Gagliardini (6.7), Robin Gosens (6.5), Edin Džeko (7.1), Alex Cordaz, Raoul Bellanova and Matteo Darmian.

Substitutions

Inter made 5 changes: R. Lukaku for E. Dzeko (68′), F. Dimarco for R. Gosens (68′), H. Calhanoglu for R. Gagliardini (75′), L. Martinez for J. Correa (75′) and M. Brozovic for K. Asllani (84′).

Best player: Alessandro Bastoni​

The most impressive player for Inter was Alessandro Bastoni even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 84 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Spezia – Formation

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

Luca Gotti played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski (7.2), Mattia Caldara (6.7), Jakub Kiwior (6.4), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.2), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.1), Jacopo Sala (6.6), Mehdi Bourabia (6.5), Simone Bastoni (6.6), Arkadiusz Reca (6.8), Kevin Agudelo (6.4) and M’Bala Nzola (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jeroen Zoet, Petko Hristov (6.3), Mikael Ellertsson, Nicolò Bertola, Petar Zovko, David Strelec (5.9), Leandro Sanca, Albin Ekdal, Suf Podgoreanu, Viktor Kovalenko (6.4), Emil Holm, Elio Capradossi and Daniel Maldini.

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: J. Sala for P. Hristov (67′), M. Caldara for D. Strelec (67′), S. Bastoni for V. Kovalenko (79′), E. Gyasi for E. Holm (89′) and K. Agudelo for M. E. Ellertsson (89′).

Best player: Bartłomiej Drągowski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was the goalkeeper: Bartłomiej Drągowski. His rating is 7.15. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Inter – Spezia – 3-0
• Udinese – Salernitana – 0-0
• Torino – Lazio – 0-0
• Sassuolo – Lecce – 1-0