Spezia vs Fiorentina

30 October 2022 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • M'Bala Nzola 35’
  • Nikola Milenkovic 14’
  • Arthur Cabral 90’

Match summary

Fiorentina beat Spezia 2-1 on the road, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nikola Milenkovic put Fiorentina ahead with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Cristiano Biraghi, M'Bala Nzola equalised in the 35th minute, set up by Albin Ekdal, and Arthur Cabral won it in the 90th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Spezia created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Fiorentina 1.59 from 27. Spezia had a player sent off.

Match stats

Spezia Fiorentina
10 Shots 27
6 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
5 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
1.61 xG 1.53
1.61 Non-penalty xG 1.53
8 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Spezia Fiorentina
Kick-off
14’
Nikola Milenkovic
Assist: Cristiano Biraghi0-1 (Fiorentina)
M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Albin Ekdal1-1 (Spezia)
35’
Half-time1-1
90’
Arthur Cabral1-2 (Fiorentina)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Dimitris Nikolaou
  • Albin Ekdal
  • M'Bala Nzola
  • Emmanuel Gyasi
  • Kelvin Adou
Fiorentina
  • Sofyan Amrabat
  • Jonathan Ikone
  • Youssef Maleh

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 1.61 1.59 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), 0-1 14’ 35’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 1-1 35’ 90’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), 1-2 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.61 1.59 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), 0-1 Milenkovic 14’ 35’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 1-1 Nzola 35’ 90’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), 1-2 Cabral 90’
Spezia 1.61 xGFiorentina 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Spezia attacking 
35’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.52 xG, goal 2’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 23’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.23 xG, saved 54’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 90’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 90’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 33’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 18’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Albin Ekdal (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 7’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 45’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+7’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 76’ David Strelec (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 88’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 38’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 66’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Dimitris Nikolaou (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.52 xG, goal 2’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 23’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.23 xG, saved 54’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 90’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 90’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 33’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 18’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Albin Ekdal (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 7’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 45’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+7’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 76’ David Strelec (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 88’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 66’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Dimitris Nikolaou (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Rolando Mandragora (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bartlomiej Dragowski GK900 0.000.000
Jakub Kiwior DEF900 0.000.000
Ethan Ampadu DEF900 0.000.011
Dimitris Nikolaou DEF821 0.010.000
Emil Holm MID680 0.000.000
Arkadiusz Reca MID600 0.000.021
Kevin Agudelo MID901 0.070.462
Mehdi Bourabia MID900 0.000.231
Albin Ekdal MID9011 0.090.521
M'Bala Nzola FWD9013 0.880.000
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD843 0.510.131
Kelvin Adou Sub300 0.000.000
David Strelec Sub221 0.040.000
Petko Hristov Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 23% Avg odds 4.12
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57
Fiorentina win 50% Avg odds 1.91

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

Form going into the game

Spezia WLLDL
Fiorentina WLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 1-2 Fiorentina, 14 Feb 22 Next meeting: Fiorentina 1-1 Spezia, 08 Apr 23  All Spezia vs Fiorentina 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.