Catanzaro vs Spezia, 2024-25 Italian Serie B, Promotion Semifinals

· 1st Leg

Catanzaro

FT
0 - 2
1st Leg

Spezia

49': Giuseppe Di Serio
61': Pio Esposito

About

Catanzaro are hosting Spezia at Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

18': Salvatore Elia (Spezia) Yellow Card at 18'
22': Giuseppe Aurelio (Spezia) Yellow Card at 22'
26': Giacomo Quagliata (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 26'
40': Niccolò Brighenti (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 40'
47': Francesco Esposito (Spezia) Yellow Card at 47'
49': Giuseppe Di Serio (Spezia) Goal at 49'
56': Filippo Pittarello (Catanzaro) Substitution at 56'
56': Marco Pompetti (Catanzaro) Substitution at 56'
61': Francesco Esposito (Spezia) Goal at 61'
70': Filippo Bandinelli (Spezia) Substitution at 70'
71': Luca Vignali (Spezia) Substitution at 71'
71': Marco D'Alessandro (Catanzaro) Substitution at 71'
80': Nicoló Buso (Catanzaro) Substitution at 80'
80': Andrea La Mantia (Catanzaro) Substitution at 80'
81': Diego Falcinelli (Spezia) Substitution at 81'
90'+1': Pietro Candelari (Spezia) Substitution at 91'
90'+2': Antonio-Mirko Colak (Spezia) Substitution at 92'
90'+5': Petko Hristov (Spezia) Yellow Card at 95'

Statistics

SPE		CAT
22	Fouls	17
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	2
45.8	Possession	54.2
9	SHOTS	8
5	ON GOAL	1
0.6	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	2
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Nicola Ceravolo
Location: Catanzaro, Italy
Attendance: 12,256

Line-Ups

Catanzaro (3-5-2)

No.	Name
22	Mirko Pigliacelli (GK)
14	Stefano Scognamillo
6	Federico Bonini
23	Niccolò Brighenti
8	Rares Ilie
20	Simone Pontisso
10	Jacopo Petriccione
3	Giacomo Quagliata
84	Tommaso Cassandro
28	Tommaso Biasci
9	Pietro Iemmello

Catanzaro Substitutes:

Andrea La Mantia, Mamadou Coulibaly, Ludovico Gelmi, Edoardo Borrelli, Filippo Pittarello, Riccardo Pagano, Matias Antonini Lui, Nicoló Buso, Marco D'Alessandro, Christian Corradi, Marco Pompetti.

Spezia (3-5-2)

No.	Name
66	Stefano Gori (GK)
55	Petko Hristov
37	Ales Mateju
2	Przemyslaw Wisniewski
80	Rachid Kouda
29	Francesco Cassata
8	Ádám Nagy
31	Giuseppe Aurelio
7	Salvatore Elia
9	Pio Esposito
20	Giuseppe Di Serio

Spezia Substitutes:

Diego Mascardi, Salvador Ferrer, Arkadiusz Reca, Diego Falcinelli, Halid Djankpata, Antonio-Mirko Colak, Leandro Chichizola, Mattia Benvenuto, Simone Giorgeschi, Filippo Bandinelli, Pietro Candelari, Luca Vignali.

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