Spezia vs Crotone

10 April 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Daniele Verde 63’
  • Giulio Maggiore 89’
  • Martin Erlic 90+2’
  • Koffi Djidji 40’
  • Simy 78’

Match summary

Spezia came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Crotone, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Crotone led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Koffi Djidji put Crotone ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Lisandro Magallán. In the second half, Daniele Verde equalised in the 63rd minute, set up by Riccardo Marchizza, Simy put Crotone back in front in the 78th minute, set up by Niccolò Zanellato, Giulio Maggiore equalised in the 89th minute, set up by Martin Erlic, and Martin Erlic won it with a header in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Spezia created 1.46 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Crotone 1.44 from 9.

Match stats

Spezia Crotone
9 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.39 xG 1.44
1.39 Non-penalty xG 1.44
7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Spezia Crotone
Kick-off
40’
Koffi Djidji
Assist: Lisandro Magallán0-1 (Crotone)
Half-time0-1
Daniele Verde
Assist: Riccardo Marchizza1-1 (Spezia)
63’
78’
Simy
Assist: Niccolò Zanellato1-2 (Crotone)
Giulio Maggiore
Assist: Martin Erlic2-2 (Spezia)
89’
Martin Erlic3-2 (Spezia)
90+2’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Ardian Ismajli
Crotone
  • Arkadiusz Reca

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.46 1.44 40’ Koffi Djidji (Crotone), 0-1 40’ 63’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-1 63’ 78’ Simy (Crotone), 1-2 78’ 89’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), 2-2 89’ 90+2’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 3-2 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.46 1.44 40’ Koffi Djidji (Crotone), 0-1 Djidji 40’ 63’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-1 Verde 63’ 78’ Simy (Crotone), 1-2 Simy 78’ 89’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), 2-2 Maggiore 89’ 90+2’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 3-2 Erlic 90+2’
Spezia 1.46 xGCrotone 1.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crotone attacking Spezia attacking 
90+2’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 78’ Simy (Crotone), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 89’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.49 xG, goal 18’ Adam Ounas (Crotone), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 60’ Simy (Crotone), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 80’ Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 76’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 12’ Ahmed Benali (Crotone), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90+2’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 80’ Adam Ounas (Crotone), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Koffi Djidji (Crotone), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 87’ Junior Messias (Crotone), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 47’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 78’ Simy (Crotone), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 89’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.49 xG, goal 18’ Adam Ounas (Crotone), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 60’ Simy (Crotone), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 80’ Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 76’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 12’ Ahmed Benali (Crotone), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90+2’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), from a corner, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 80’ Adam Ounas (Crotone), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Koffi Djidji (Crotone), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 87’ Junior Messias (Crotone), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 47’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Sebastiano Luperto (Crotone), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ivan Provedel GK900 0.000.000
Salvador Ferrer DEF730 0.000.021
Ardian Ismajli DEF901 0.110.000
Martin Erlic DEF90111 0.610.491
Riccardo Marchizza DEF9010 0.000.162
Giulio Maggiore MID9011 0.490.000
Tommaso Pobega MID871 0.020.000
Matteo Ricci MID490 0.000.000
Daniele Verde FWD7312 0.120.000
M'Bala Nzola FWD900 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD490 0.000.071
Diego Farias Sub411 0.120.111
Léo Sena Sub410 0.000.000
Kevin Agudelo Sub170 0.000.000
Luca Vignali Sub170 0.000.000
Andrej Galabinov Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 51% Avg odds 1.87
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79
Crotone win 24% Avg odds 4.04

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

Form going into the game

Spezia LDLWL
Crotone LWLLL

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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.