Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 20, 2021
Cagliari LWWDL 1
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Spezia LDLDL 2
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Alberto Picco · ESPN+

Match Report

Spezia deepen Cagliari crisis as Serie A relegation battle intensifies

Spezia secured a huge win for their Serie A survival hopes by beating relegation rivals Cagliari 2-1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
45.5
Possession
54.5
13
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
285
Accurate Passes
358
382
Passes
465
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
83
31
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
5
19
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
18
23
Clearances
18

Head to Head

CAG leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

SPE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jeroen ZoetG
  2. 28Martin ErlicCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 5Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 21Salvador FerrerRB
  6. 8Matteo RicciCM
  7. 26Tommaso PobegaLM
  8. 25Giulio MaggioreRM
  9. 91Roberto PiccoliF
  10. 17Diego FariasLF
  11. 11Emmanuel GyasiRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Jeff ChabotSUB
  2. 69Luca VignaliSUB
  3. 88Leo SenaSUB
  4. 20Simone BastoniSUB
  5. 80Kevin AgudeloSUB
  6. 18M'Bala NzolaSUB
  7. 31Daniele VerdeSUB
  8. 19Claudio TerziSUB
  9. 77RafaelSUB
  10. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoSUB
  11. 4Gennaro AcamporaSUB
  12. 10Lucien AgouméSUB

CAG · 3-5-2

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD
  3. 15Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  4. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  5. 4Radja NainggolanCM-L
  6. 8Razvan MarinCM-R
  7. 32Alfred DuncanAM
  8. 22Charalampos LykogiannisLM
  9. 18Nahitan NándezRM
  10. 10João PedroCF-L
  11. 30Leonardo PavolettiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Arturo CalabresiSUB
  2. 31Guglielmo VicarioSUB
  3. 44Andrea CarboniSUB
  4. 3Alessandro TripaldelliSUB
  5. 25Gabriele ZappaSUB
  6. 1Simone ArestiSUB
  7. 9Giovanni SimeoneSUB
  8. 40Sebastian WalukiewiczSUB
  9. 14Alessandro DeiolaSUB
  10. 27Alberto CerriSUB
  11. 19Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  12. 20Gastón PereiroSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+2' João Pedro (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Spezia. Simone Bastoni replaces Riccardo Marchizza.
  4. 49' Goal! Spezia 1, Cagliari 0. Roberto Piccoli (Spezia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi with a cross.
  5. 56' Substitution, Spezia. Léo Sena replaces Tommaso Pobega.
  6. 67' Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  7. 69' Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
  8. 70' Substitution, Cagliari. Giovanni Simeone replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
  9. 72' Diego Farias (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 80' Goal! Spezia 2, Cagliari 0. Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simone Bastoni with a cross.
  11. 81' Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Cerri replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
  12. 81' Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Tripaldelli replaces Ragnar Klavan.
  13. 81' Substitution, Spezia. Claudio Terzi replaces Martin Erlic.
  14. 81' Substitution, Spezia. Gennaro Acampora replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  15. 83' Goal! Spezia 2, Cagliari 1. Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Daniele Rugani with a headed pass following a corner.

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