FERRARA. SPAL obliterates Cosenza 5-0 with goals of G. Moncini (10′), L. Dickmann (22′), C. Panico (48′ own), F. Maistro (57′) and P. Peda (74′).

The match was played at the Stadio Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi assisted by Domenico Rocca and Francesco Cortese. The 4th official was Antonino Costanza. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.1 degrees Celsius or 77.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. SPAL was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cosenza that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cosenza was putting more pressure with 31 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, SPAL was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

SPAL shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SPAL received 4 yellow cards (A. Murgia, S. Esposito, E. Alfonso and L. Valzania). Regarding the opposition, Cosenza received 4 yellow cards (M. Venturi, M. Rigione, A. Sidibe and S. Vaisanen).

Standings

After playing this match, SPAL will have 13 points to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will stay with 11 points to climb in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, SPAL will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of SPAL (3 draws).

Cosenza will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 11th of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).

SPAL – Formation

SPAL adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Roberto Venturato decided to play with the following team: Enrico Alfonso (6.7), Patryk Peda (7.3), Biagio Meccariello (7.0), Christian Dalle Mura (6.9), Lorenzo Dickmann (7.4), Alessandro Murgia (6.7), Salvatore Esposito (7.3), Alessandro Tripaldelli (7.8), Fabio Maistro (8.1), Andrea La Mantia (6.7) and Gabriele Moncini (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Matteo Prati (6.6), Niccolò Zanellato, Simone Rabbi, Philipp Breit, Mattia Finotto (6.2), Demba Thiam, Alberto Almici (6.5), Raffaele Celia, Alessandro Fiordaliso (6.5), Nicola Rauti, Georgi Tunjov and Luca Valzania (6.9).

Substitutions

SPAL made 5 changes: L. Dickmann for A. Fiordaliso (61′), F. Maistro for L. Valzania (61′), B. Meccariello for A. Almici (68′), G. Moncini for M. Finotto (68′) and A. Murgia for M. Prati (78′).

Best player: Fabio Maistro​

The most impressive player for SPAL was Fabio Maistro.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 35 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 1 cross.

Cosenza – Formation

Also Cosenza adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Davide Dionigi played with: Kristjan Matošević (5.1), Michael Venturi (5.5), Michele Rigione (6.0), Sauli Väisänen (5.2), Andrea Rispoli (5.8), Idriz Voca (6.8), Marco Brescianini (6.8), Ciro Panico (6.3), Christian D’Urso (7.1), Enrico Brignola (7.0) and Karlo Butić (6.4).

They had on the bench: Davide Merola, Emil Kornvig (6.4), Joaquín Larrivey, Giacomo Calò, Leonardo Marson, Paolo Gozzi Iweru (6.4), Marco Nasti (6.4), Alassane Sidibe (6.6), Alessandro Arioli, Andrea Vallocchia, Andrea Meroni and Massimo Zilli (6.9).

Substitutions

Cosenza made 5 changes: E. Brignola for M. Zilli (53′), M. Brescianini for E. Kornvig (53′), C. Panico for P. Gozzi (52′), C. D’Urso for A. Sidibe (72′) and K. Butic for M. Nasti (79′).

Best player: Christian D’Urso​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Christian D’Urso.

His rating is (7.1) with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Frosinone – Bari 1908 – 1-0
• Reggina – Perugia – 2-3
• Ternana – Genoa – 1-2
• Südtirol – Parma – 1-0
• SPAL – Cosenza – 5-0
• Como – Benevento – 2-1
• Brescia – Venezia – 1-1