Crotone vs Spezia, 2019-20 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Crotone

47': Maxi López (P)
90'+5': Junior Messias

FT
1 - 2

Spezia

34': M'Bala Nzola
78': Antonino Ragusa

About

Crotone are hosting Spezia at Ezio Scida, Crotone, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Junior Messias (Crotone).
1': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Ahmad Benali (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia).
6': Hand ball by Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia).
8': Attempt missed. Giovanni Crociata (Crotone) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
8': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
8': Luca Marrone (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Salvador Ferrer.
11': Attempt saved. Salvador Ferrer (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore.
14': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Salvador Ferrer.
17': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luca Marrone.
18': Attempt blocked. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Mora.
18': Attempt blocked. Matteo Ricci (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
18': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
19': Foul by Antonio Mazzotta (Crotone).
19': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Simy (Crotone).
22': Luca Mora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Offside, Spezia. Giulio Maggiore tries a through ball, but M'Bala Nzola is caught offside.
23': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
23': Salvatore Molina (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Elio Capradossi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Simy (Crotone).
27': Offside, Spezia. Luca Mora tries a through ball, but M'Bala Nzola is caught offside.
27': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
27': Salvatore Molina (Crotone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
29': Foul by Giovanni Crociata (Crotone).
29': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Simy (Crotone).
29': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Simy (Crotone) is shown the yellow card.
32': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Luca Mora.
34': Goal! Crotone 0, Spezia 1. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Marchizza with a cross.
36': Foul by Simy (Crotone).
36': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
38': Giovanni Crociata (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Matteo Ricci (Spezia).
38': Junior Messias (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Matteo Ricci (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Crociata (Crotone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Messias.
40': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Salvador Ferrer.
40': Attempt missed. Guillaume Gigliotti (Crotone) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Junior Messias with a cross following a corner.
41': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
41': Luca Marrone (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
44': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Vladimir Golemic (Crotone).
44': Antonino Ragusa (Spezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
44': Foul by Guillaume Gigliotti (Crotone).
45': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alex Cordaz.
45'+2': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Giulio Maggiore.
45'+2': First Half ends, Crotone 0, Spezia 1.
45': Second Half begins Crotone 0, Spezia 1.
45': Substitution, Crotone. Maximiliano López replaces Simy.
46': Attempt saved. Junior Messias (Crotone) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Guillaume Gigliotti.
46': Penalty Crotone. Antonio Mazzotta draws a foul in the penalty area.
46': Penalty conceded by Salvador Ferrer (Spezia) after a foul in the penalty area.
47': Salvador Ferrer (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47': Goal! Crotone 1, Spezia 1. Maximiliano López (Crotone) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
48': Foul by Andrea Barberis (Crotone).
48': Luca Mora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
53': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
53': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
55': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
58': Foul by Guillaume Gigliotti (Crotone).
58': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Salvatore Molina (Crotone).
58': Luca Mora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt blocked. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonino Ragusa.
59': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luca Marrone.
62': Offside, Spezia. Giulio Maggiore tries a through ball, but Antonino Ragusa is caught offside.
63': Foul by Maximiliano López (Crotone).
63': Luca Mora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66': Foul by Elio Capradossi (Spezia).
66': Junior Messias (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Substitution, Spezia. Federico Ricci replaces M'Bala Nzola.
68': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
68': Salvatore Molina (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Offside, Crotone. Luca Marrone tries a through ball, but Salvatore Molina is caught offside.
70': Offside, Spezia. Matteo Ricci tries a through ball, but Federico Ricci is caught offside.
71': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
71': Junior Messias (Crotone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
71': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Simone Scuffet.
72': Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Antonino Ragusa.
72': Attempt missed. Guillaume Gigliotti (Crotone) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Andrea Barberis with a cross following a corner.
73': Substitution, Spezia. Gennaro Acampora replaces Giulio Maggiore.
74': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Giovanni Crociata.
75': Attempt missed. Gennaro Acampora (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Federico Ricci.
75': Attempt missed. Federico Ricci (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
77': Attempt missed. Federico Ricci (Spezia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
77': Substitution, Crotone. Andrea Nalini replaces Giovanni Crociata.
77': Substitution, Crotone. Mattia Mustacchio replaces Antonio Mazzotta.
78': Goal! Crotone 1, Spezia 2. Antonino Ragusa (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi with a cross.
79': Offside, Crotone. Vladimir Golemic tries a through ball, but Andrea Nalini is caught offside.
80': Offside, Spezia. Simone Scuffet tries a through ball, but Federico Ricci is caught offside.
80': Antonino Ragusa (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Ahmad Benali (Crotone).
81': Hand ball by Maximiliano López (Crotone).
82': Offside, Spezia. Federico Ricci tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Gyasi is caught offside.
83': Andrea Barberis (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Luca Mora (Spezia).
84': Foul by Luca Mora (Spezia).
84': Junior Messias (Crotone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Luca Mora (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Foul by Junior Messias (Crotone).
85': Luca Mora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luca Marrone.
87': Foul by Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia).
87': Junior Messias (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Offside, Crotone. Maximiliano López tries a through ball, but Andrea Nalini is caught offside.
89': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Foul by Vladimir Golemic (Crotone).
89': Vladimir Golemic (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Junior Messias (Crotone) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Antonino Ragusa (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Luca Marrone (Crotone).
90'+1': Substitution, Spezia. Andrej Galabinov replaces Antonino Ragusa.
90'+2': Offside, Spezia. Andrej Galabinov tries a through ball, but Salvador Ferrer is caught offside.
90'+3': Hand ball by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
90'+4': Foul by Luca Marrone (Crotone).
90'+4': Gennaro Acampora (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Luca Marrone (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Crotone 1, Spezia 2.
90'+5': Junior Messias (Crotone) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
0': Match ends, Crotone 1, Spezia 2.

Statistics

SPE		CRO
17	Fouls	19
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	1
7	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	6
1	Saves	1
46.4	Possession	53.6
11	SHOTS	6
3	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
328	Accurate Passes	397
431	Passes	504
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	2
18	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.2
94	Long Balls	62
45	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	1
11	Effective Tackles	4
13	Tackles	8
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
16	Interceptions	12
12	Effective Clearances	14
12	Clearances	14

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Ezio Scida
Location: Crotone, Italy
Attendance: 5,712

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Venezia	38	+46	82
2	Frosinone	38	+42	81
3	Monza	38	+29	76
4	Palermo	38	+28	72

Full Table

Line-Ups

Crotone (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Alex Cordaz (GK)
34	Luca Marrone
6	Guillaume Gigliotti
5	Vlasmir Golemic
14	Giovanni Crociata
10	Ahmad Benali
18	Andrea Barberis
23	Antonio Mazzotta
17	Salvatore Molina
25	Simy
30	Junior Messias

Crotone Substitutes:

Maxi López, Gabriele Bellodi, Andrea Nalini, Marco Festa, Moreno Rutten, Nicolás Spolli, Mattia Mustacchio, Tomislav Gomelt, Zak Ruggiero, Giacomo Figliuzzi, Giuseppe Cuomo, Marcos Curado.

Spezia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Simone Scuffet (GK)
13	Elio Capradossi
28	Martin Erlic
5	Riccardo Marchizza
21	Salvador Ferrer
8	Matteo Ricci
6	Luca Mora
25	Giulio Maggiore
14	M'Bala Nzola
11	Emmanuel Gyasi
32	Antonino Ragusa

Spezia Substitutes:

Titas Krapikas, Juan Ramos, Andrej Galabinov, Gennaro Acampora, Luca Vignali, Federico Ricci, Claudio Terzi, Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen, Simone Barone, Giuseppe Mastinu, Paolo Bartolomei.

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