Spezia 1-2 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020
Result
Spezia 1-2 Genoa
Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Spezia 1-2 Genoa: match report
Spezia were beaten by Genoa 1-2 in Serie A on Wednesday 23 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
M'Bala Nzola opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Spezia's goal came from M'Bala Nzola (10'). Genoa scored through Mattia Destro (15') and Domenico Criscito (73', penalty).
Discipline: Spezia received 4 yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Spezia were 17th on 11 points from 13 and Genoa 20th on 7 points from 13. Spezia went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Genoa 11th with 42.
Spezia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Gyasi of Spezia (8.1), ahead of M'Bala Nzola (7.5).
Going into the match Spezia's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Genoa's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Martin Erlic
- 5'Yellow card · Julian Chabot
- 10'Goal · M'Bala Nzola
- 15'Goal · Mattia Destro
- 33'Yellow card · Goran Pandev
- 43'Yellow card · Paolo Ghiglione
- 70'Yellow card · Mattia Destro
- 72'Yellow card · Claudio Terzi
- 72'Yellow card · Claudio Terzi
- 73'Penalty goal · Domenico Criscito
- 75'Yellow card · Miha Zajc
Team news
Unavailable
- Andrey Gălăbinov
- Stefano Sturaro
- Elio Capradossi
- Léo Sena
- Raúl Asencio
- Daniele Verde
- Juan Ramos
- Francesco Cassata
- Federico Marchetti
- Davide Biraschi
- Luca Pellegrini
- Cristián Zapata
- Vittorio Parigini
- Jeroen Zoet
- Federico Mattiello
- Cristian Dell'Orco
Spezia line-up (4-3-3)
Ivan Provedel, Luca Vignali, Martin Erlić, Jeff Chabot, Riccardo Marchizza, Giulio Maggiore, Matteo Ricci, Nahuel Estévez, Emmanuel Gyasi, M'Bala Nzola, Diego Farias
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Mattia Perin, Andrea Masiello, Ivan Radovanović, Domenico Criscito, Paolo Ghiglione, Valon Behrami, M. Badelj, Lukas Lerager, Lennart Czyborra, Goran Pandev, Mattia Destro