SALERNO. Salernitana conquers Spezia 1-0 after P. Mazzocchi scored just 1 goal (48′). Spezia lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi with the help of Alessandro Giallatini and Ciro Carbone. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Spezia had a superior ball possession 56% while Salernitana was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Salernitana was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Salernitana shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Spezia shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Salernitana received 3 yellow cards (T. Vilhena, F. Daniliuc and D. Nicola). Talking about the opposition, Spezia received 4 yellow cards (K. Amian, J. Kiwior, K. Agudelo and E. Holm).

Standings

After playing this match, Salernitana will have 13 points to move up in the 10th place. On the other side, Spezia will stay with 9 points to move up in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Monza on the 13th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Monza (0 draws).

Spezia will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 13th of November with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).

Salernitana – Formation

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

The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Luigi Sepe (7.1), Norbert Gyömbér (7.1), Flavius Daniliuc (7.1), Federico Fazio (7.3), Antonio Candreva (6.9), Lassana Coulibaly (7.1), Ivan Radovanović (7.0), Tonny Vilhena (6.6), Pasquale Mazzocchi (7.1), Boulaye Dia (7.0) and Federico Bonazzoli (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Emil Bohinen, Erik Botheim, Leonardo Capezzi, Domagoj Bradarić (6.7), Junior Sambia, Alessandro Micai, Grīgorīs Kastanos, Dylan Bronn, Lorenzo Pirola, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Krzysztof Piątek (6.7) and Matteo Lovato.

Substitutions

Salernitana made 5 changes: T. Vilhena for K. Piatek (66′), B. Dia for D. Bradaric (66′), F. Bonazzoli for E. Botheim (84′), A. Candreva for E. Bohinen (84′) and N. Gyomber for D. Bronn (90′).

Best player: Federico Fazio​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was Federico Fazio even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 24 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Spezia – Formation

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

Luca Gotti played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski (6.3), Ethan Ampadu (7.0), Jakub Kiwior (7.0), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.8), Kelvin Amian (6.8), Mehdi Bourabia (7.8), Albin Ekdal (6.4), Kevin Agudelo (7.1), Emil Holm (6.3), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.6) and M’Bala Nzola (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Petko Hristov, Aurelien Nguiamba, Salvador Ferrer, Mattia Caldara, Leandro Sanca, Arkadiusz Reca (6.4), Daniele Verde (6.5), Aimar Sher, Petar Zovko, Daniel Maldini (6.5), Jeroen Zoet, David Strelec (6.2), Julius Beck, Jacopo Sala and Mikael Ellertsson.

Substitutions

Spezia made 4 changes: K. Amian for A. Reca (65′), E. Gyasi for D. Verde (65′), A. Ekdal for D. Maldini (74′) and E. Ampadu for D. Strelec (75′).

Best player: Mehdi Bourabia​

The most impressive player for Spezia was Mehdi Bourabia.

His rating is (7.8) with 51 passes (92% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Monza – 4-1
• Fiorentina – Inter – 3-4
• Salernitana – Spezia – 1-0