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 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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · A. Piu
- 29'Goal · Federico Macheda
- 33'Goal · Pablo Granoche
- 45+1'Goal · Andrey Galabinov
- 68'Yellow card · Andrea Mantovani
- 71'Yellow card · David Da Costa
Head-to-head
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