SPAL vs Novara, 2016/17 Italian Serie B, 2016/2017 Italian Serie B

· Italian Serie B

SPAL

61': Mirco Antenucci (P)
90'+2': Eros Schiavon

FT
2 - 0

Novara

About

SPAL are hosting Novara at Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

25': Antonio Lukanovic (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Substitution, Novara. Antonio Cinelli replaces Andrea Orlandi because of an injury.
57': Substitution, Novara. Gianluca Sansone replaces Antonio Lukanovic.
61': Goal! SPAL 1, Novara 0. Mirco Antenucci (SPAL) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
73': Substitution, SPAL. Mariano Arini replaces Pasquale Schiattarella because of an injury.
75': Andrea Mantovani (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Substitution, Novara. Moutir Chaija replaces Francesco Bolzoni.
78': Mariano Arini (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, SPAL. Tommaso Silvestri replaces Daniele Gasparetto because of an injury.
88': Nicolas Giani (SPAL) is shown the yellow card.
90': Substitution, SPAL. Eros Schiavon replaces Michele Castagnetti.
90'+2': Goal! SPAL 2, Novara 0. Eros Schiavon (SPAL) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filippo Costa.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Paolo Mazza
Location: Ferrara, Italy
Attendance: 7,480

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Palermo	3	+4	9
2	Sudtirol	4	+3	8
3	Mantova	3	+3	7
4	Modena	4	+3	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

SPAL (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
23	Francesco Vicari
2	Daniele Gasparetto
5	Nicholas Giani
29	Manuel Lazzari
19	Luca Mora
20	Michele Castagnetti
33	Filippo Costa
28	Pasquale Schiattarella
10	Sergio Floccari
7	Mirco Antenucci

SPAL Substitutes:

Mattia Finotto, Gabriel Strefezza, Tommaso Silvestri, Gianmarco Zigoni, Paolo Ghiglione, Gabriele Marchegiani, Cristiano Del Grosso, Mariano Arini, Eros Schiavon.

Novara (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	David da Costa (GK)
3	Andrea Mantovani
8	Marco Chiosa
2	Magnus Troest
5	Federico Casarini
19	Francesco Bolzoni
29	Andrea Orlandi
27	Marco Calderoni
24	Lorenzo Dickmann
32	Antonio Lukanovic
16	Andrej Galabinov

Novara Substitutes:

Francesco Di Mariano, Lorenzo Montipò, Tomasz Kupisz, Antonio Cinelli, Gennaro Scognamiglio, Moutir Chajia, Philipp Koch, Federico Macheda, Gianluca Sansone.

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