Spezia vs Atalanta

4 January 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Emmanuel Gyasi 8’
M'Bala Nzola 31’

Rasmus Højlund 77’
Mario Pasalic 90+2’

Match summary

The points were shared as Spezia and Atalanta drew 2-2. Spezia led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Emmanuel Gyasi put Spezia ahead in the 8th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola and M'Bala Nzola made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, set up by Mehdi Bourabia. In the second half, Rasmus Højlund pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 77th minute, set up by Davide Zappacosta and Mario Pasalic equalised in stoppage time, set up by Teun Koopmeiners.

Atalanta had the better of the chances, with 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Spezia's 1.39 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 19

3 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.39 xG 1.81

1.39 Non-penalty xG 1.81

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Spezia Atalanta

Kick-off

Emmanuel Gyasi
Assist: M'Bala Nzola1-0

8’

M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Mehdi Bourabia2-0

31’

Half-time2-0

77’

Rasmus Højlund
Assist: Davide Zappacosta

2-1

90+2’

Mario Pasalic
Assist: Teun Koopmeiners

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Spezia

Dimitris Nikolaou
Jakub Kiwior
Ethan Ampadu

Atalanta

Teun Koopmeiners
Ademola Lookman
Davide Zappacosta

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.

Spezia 1.39 xGAtalanta 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Atalanta attacking Spezia 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
Jeroen Zoet	GK	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Holm	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Arkadiusz Reca	MID	73			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.64	3
Simone Bastoni	MID	84			2	0.10	0.00	0
Ethan Ampadu	MID	84			1	0.02	0.00	0
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	90	1		1	0.55	0.00	0
M'Bala Nzola	FWD	73	1	1	2	0.59	0.55	1
Petar Zovko	Sub	73			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Maldini	Sub	17			1	0.13	0.00	0
João Moutinho	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.02	1
Albin Ekdal	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Viktor Kovalenko	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.13	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marco Sportiello	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Luis Palomino	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rafael Toloi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Giorgio Scalvini	DEF	88			1	0.12	0.00	0
Joakim Maehle	MID	63			0	0.00	0.18	2
Marten de Roon	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Éderson	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Ruggeri	MID	90			2	0.09	0.11	2
Teun Koopmeiners	MID	90		1	2	0.07	1.15	8
Ademola Lookman	FWD	63			2	0.21	0.02	1
Duván Zapata	FWD	28			2	0.14	0.00	0
Rasmus Højlund	Sub	62	1		3	0.16	0.00	0
Luis Muriel	Sub	27			3	0.14	0.10	2
Mario Pasalic	Sub	27	1		1	0.69	0.00	0
Davide Zappacosta	Sub	27		1	1	0.06	0.07	1
Ruslan Malinovskiy	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 21% Avg odds 4.63

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92

Atalanta win 55% Avg odds 1.73

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

Form going into the game

Spezia L L L D W

Atalanta L W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Spezia 1-3 Atalanta, 08 May 22 Next meeting: Atalanta 3-2 Spezia, 03 May 23 All Spezia vs Atalanta meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

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