Serie A: Spezia overcomes Udinese 3-2

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UDINE. Spezia overcome Udinese.

UDINE. Spezia beat Udinese. Udinese was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

R. Manaj missed a penalty (90′) for Spezia.​

The match was played at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano who had the assistance of Damiano Margani and Andrea Zingarelli. The 4th official was Alessandro Prontera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 22 degrees Celsius or 71.6 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 67%.​

Match Statistics

Udinese was in firm control of the ball 62% while Spezia was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Udinese was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Spezia found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Udinese shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Spezia shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Udinese received 3 yellow cards (B. Nuytinck, R. Pereyra and T. Arslan). On the opposite side, Spezia received 2 yellow cards (E. Gyasi and J. Kiwior).

After this encounter, Udinese will stay with 44 points to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Spezia will have 33 points like Sampdoria to stay in the 16th place.

Match Events

  • 18'
    18'

    B. Nuytinck

  • 19'
    19'

    E. Gyasi

  • 26'
    26'

    N. Molina

  • 31'
    31'

    S. Ferrer

    A. Reca

  • 35'
    35'

    D. Verde

  • 45'
    45'

    E. Gyasi

  • 47'
    47'

    G. Maggiore

    D. Verde

  • 53'
    53'

    I. Nestorovski

    I. Pussetto

  • 53'
    53'

    L. Samardzic

    J. Makengo

  • 67'
    67'

    J. Antiste

    D. Verde

  • 67'
    67'

    N. Bertola

    K. Agudelo

  • 72'
    72'

    R. Pereyra

  • 76'
    76'

    B. Soppy

    D. Udogie

  • 76'
    76'

    T. Arslan

    R. Pereyra

  • 80'
    80'

    J. Kiwior

  • 84'
    84'

    E. Salcedo

    G. Maggiore

  • 84'
    84'

    V. Kovalenko

    E. Gyasi

  • 87'
    87'

    F. Benkovic

    B. Nuytinck

  • 90'
    90'

    R. Manaj

  • 90'
    90'

    P. Mari

    G. Deulofeu

  • 90'
    90'

    T. Arslan

Next match

Udinese: Formation and Lineups

Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Gabriele Cioffi chose to play with the following team: Marco Silvestri (6.6), Nehuén Pérez (6.9), Pablo Marí (6.5), Bram Nuytinck (6.3), Nahuel Molina (7.3), Roberto Pereyra (6.6), Walace (7.1), Jean-Victor Makengo (6.2), Iyenoma Udogie (7.1), Gerard Deulofeu (7.1) and Ignacio Pussetto (6.2).

Substitutes

Udinese made 5 changes: I. Pussetto for I. Nestorovski (53′), J. Makengo for L. Samardzic (53′), D. Udogie for B. Soppy (76′), R. Pereyra for T. Arslan (76′) and B. Nuytinck for F. Benkovic (87′).

Top player: Nahuel Molina

Probably the most impressive player in Udinese was Nahuel Molina.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 44 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Spezia: Formation and Lineups

Spezia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Thiago Motta played with: Ivan Provedel (7.1), Kelvin Amian (7.6), Martin Erlić (7.1), Dimitris Nikolaou (6.9), Arkadiusz Reca (6.7), Giulio Maggiore (7.4), Jakub Kiwior (6.2), Daniele Verde (8.3), Kevin Agudelo (6.8), Emmanuel Gyasi (7.5) and Rey Manaj (6.7).

Substitutes

Spezia made 5 changes: A. Reca for S. Ferrer (31′), D. Verde for J. Antiste (67′), K. Agudelo for N. Bertola (67′), G. Maggiore for E. Salcedo (84′) and E. Gyasi for V. Kovalenko (84′).

Top player: Daniele Verde

The player who no doubt impressed Spezia the most was Daniele Verde.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A

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