Novara 2-1 Spezia: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 25 February 2017

Result

Novara 2-1 Spezia

Serie B · Saturday 25 February 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Novara · Spezia · Serie B predictions

Novara 2-1 Spezia: match report

Novara defeated Spezia 2-1 in Serie B on Saturday 25 February 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Federico Macheda opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Novara's goals came from Federico Macheda (29') and Andrey Galabinov (45+1'). Spezia scored through Pablo Granoche (33').

Discipline: Novara received 2 yellow cards; Spezia received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Novara were 12th on 34 points from 26 and Spezia 8th on 38 points from 26. Novara went on to finish that season 9th with 56 points, and Spezia 8th with 60.

Novara lined up in a 3-4-3 and Spezia in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Novara wins, 2 draws and 1 for Spezia.

Going into the match Novara's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Spezia's D-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · A. PiuSpezia
  • 29'Goal · Federico MachedaNovara · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Pablo GranocheSpezia · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Andrey GalabinovNovara · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Andrea MantovaniNovara
  • 71'Yellow card · David Da CostaNovara

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Novara 0, draws 2, Spezia 1.

Team news

Novara line-up (3-4-3)

David Da Costa, Andrea Mantovani, Gennaro Scognamiglio, Marco Chiosa, Edoardo Lancini, Lorenzo Dickmann, Federico Casarini, Antonio Cinelli, Andrea Orlandi, Federico Macheda, Andrey Gălăbinov

Spezia line-up (4-3-3)

Leandro Chichizola, Nahuel Valentini, Filippo De Col, Pietro Ceccaroni, Claudio Terzi, Daniele Sciaudone, Damjan Djokovic, Jon Errasti, Giuseppe Mastinu, Alessandro Piu, Pablo Granoche