Spezia vs Cremonese

16 October 2022 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

M'Bala Nzola 19’
Emil Holm 22’

Cyriel Dessers 2’
Charles Pickel 52’

Match summary

The points were shared as Spezia and Cremonese drew 2-2. Spezia led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Cyriel Dessers put Cremonese ahead from a corner in the 2nd minute, set up by Luka Lochoshvili, M'Bala Nzola equalised in the 19th minute, and Emil Holm put Spezia in front from a corner in the 22nd minute, set up by Kelvin Adou. In the second half, Charles Pickel equalised with a header in the 52nd minute, set up by Leonardo Sernicola.

Cremonese had the better of the chances, with 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Spezia's 1.11 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 24

6 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.09 xG 2.46

1.09 Non-penalty xG 2.46

6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Spezia Cremonese

Kick-off

2’

Cyriel Dessers
Assist: Luka Lochoshvili

0-1

M'Bala Nzola1-1

19’

Emil Holm
Assist: Kelvin Adou2-1

22’

Half-time2-1

52’

Charles Pickel
Assist: Leonardo Sernicola

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Spezia

Mattia Caldara
Kevin Agudelo

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 1.11 xGCremonese 2.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cremonese 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
Bartlomiej Dragowski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90		1	2	0.13	0.49	2
Mattia Caldara	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ethan Ampadu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.10	1
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Jakub Kiwior	MID	74			0	0.00	0.03	1
Kevin Agudelo	MID	65			2	0.08	0.00	0
Emil Holm	FWD	81	1		1	0.12	0.16	2
M'Bala Nzola	FWD	90	1		2	0.07	0.00	0
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	90			1	0.11	0.10	2
Daniel Maldini	Sub	25			2	0.41	0.00	0
Albin Ekdal	Sub	16			1	0.03	0.00	0
Daniele Verde	Sub	9			2	0.07	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marco Carnesecchi	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Sernicola	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.32	1
Matteo Bianchetti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.39	1
Luka Lochoshvili	DEF	79		1	2	0.29	0.92	1
Emanuele Valeri	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.02	1
Michele Castagnetti	MID	90			1	0.02	0.17	4
Soualiho Meité	MID	47			1	0.07	0.00	0
Luca Zanimacchia	MID	59			1	0.03	0.00	0
Charles Pickel	MID	59	1		3	0.73	0.28	1
David Okereke	MID	90			3	0.16	0.09	3
Cyriel Dessers	FWD	73	1		3	1.05	0.00	0
Santiago Ascacibar	Sub	43			2	0.03	0.02	1
Felix Afena-Gyan	Sub	31			2	0.11	0.00	0
Giacomo Quagliata	Sub	31			2	0.12	0.06	1
Daniel Ciofani	Sub	17			1	0.02	0.02	1
Johan Vásquez	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 39% Avg odds 2.48

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20

Cremonese win 31% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Spezia D L W L L

Cremonese D D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

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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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