Crotone vs Spezia

12 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Junior Messias 7’, 90+6’
Arkadiusz Reca 49’
Eduardo Henrique 56’

Diego Farias 18’

Match summary

Crotone won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Spezia. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Junior Messias put Crotone ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Salvatore Molina and Diego Farias equalised in the 18th minute. In the second half, Arkadiusz Reca put Crotone back in front in the 49th minute, set up by Salvatore Molina, Eduardo Henrique made it 3-1 in the 56th minute, set up by Pedro Pereira, and Messias made it 4-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Crotone created 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Spezia's 0.82 from 10.

Match stats

7 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.69 xG 0.82

1.69 Non-penalty xG 0.82

2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Crotone Spezia

Kick-off

Junior Messias
Assist: Salvatore Molina1-0

7’

18’

Diego Farias1-1

Half-time1-1

Arkadiusz Reca
Assist: Salvatore Molina2-1

49’

Eduardo Henrique
Assist: Pedro Pereira3-1

56’

Junior Messias4-1

90+6’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Crotone

Lisandro Magallán
Eduardo Henrique
Junior Messias

Spezia

Salvador Ferrer
Julian Chabot
Giulio Maggiore

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Crotone 1.69 xGSpezia 0.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Spezia attacking Crotone attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Cordaz	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Marrone	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lisandro Magallán	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Pereira	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.62	1
Arkadiusz Reca	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.11	2
Salvatore Molina	MID	90		2	1	0.08	0.12	2
Niccolò Zanellato	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eduardo Henrique	MID	83	1		2	0.69	0.00	0
Simy	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Messias	FWD	90	2		4	0.80	0.00	0
Giuseppe Cuomo	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Vulic	Sub	7			1	0.08	0.00	0
Emmanuel Rivière	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivan Provedel	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Salvador Ferrer	DEF	46		0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Claudio Terzi	DEF	90		1	0.06	0.01	1
Simone Bastoni	DEF	83		0	0.00	0.05	1
Nahuel Estévez	MID	90		1	0.09	0.05	1
Matteo Ricci	MID	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Tommaso Pobega	MID	58		1	0.10	0.00	0
Kevin Agudelo	FWD	58		1	0.05	0.33	1
Roberto Piccoli	FWD	90		1	0.33	0.00	0
Diego Farias	FWD	83	1	2	0.11	0.19	2
Jacopo Sala	Sub	44		0	0.00	0.00	0
Emmanuel Gyasi	Sub	32		0	0.00	0.00	0
Giulio Maggiore	Sub	32		1	0.05	0.00	0
Daniele Verde	Sub	7		1	0.01	0.00	0
Riccardo Marchizza	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.06	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crotone win 38% Avg odds 2.51

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27

Spezia win 33% Avg odds 2.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crotone L D L L L

Spezia L W D D L

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Previous and next meeting

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