Spezia vs Fiorentina

18 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • Daniele Verde 39’
  • Diego Farias 75’
  • Germán Pezzella 2’
  • Cristiano Biraghi 4’

Match summary

Spezia and Fiorentina shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Fiorentina led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Germán Pezzella put Fiorentina ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, set up by Cristiano Biraghi, Cristiano Biraghi made it 0-2 in the 4th minute, set up by Pol Lirola, and Daniele Verde pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 39th minute, set up by Claudio Terzi. In the second half, Diego Farias equalised from a corner in the 75th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Spezia created 0.94 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Fiorentina 1.08 from 9.

Match stats

Spezia Fiorentina
6 Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.93 xG 1.08
0.93 Non-penalty xG 1.08
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Spezia Fiorentina
Kick-off
2’
Germán Pezzella
Assist: Cristiano Biraghi0-1 (Fiorentina)
4’
Cristiano Biraghi
Assist: Pol Lirola0-2 (Fiorentina)
Daniele Verde
Assist: Claudio Terzi1-2 (Spezia)
39’
Half-time1-2
Diego Farias2-2 (Spezia)
75’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Julian Chabot
  • Alessandro Deiola
Fiorentina
  • Pol Lirola
  • Giacomo Bonaventura

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.08 2’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), 0-1 2’ 4’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 0-2 4’ 39’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-2 39’ 75’ Diego Farias (Spezia), 2-2 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.08 2’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), 0-1 Pezzella 2’ 4’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 0-2 Biraghi 4’ 39’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-2 Verde 39’ 75’ Diego Farias (Spezia), 2-2 Farias 75’
Spezia 0.94 xGFiorentina 1.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Spezia attacking 
90+2’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 27’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 2’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.27 xG, goal 39’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.22 xG, goal 63’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 18’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Pol Lirola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 68’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 17’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 28’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 85’ José Callejón (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 28’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Salvador Ferrer (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 33’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 27’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 2’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.27 xG, goal 39’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.22 xG, goal 63’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 44’ Pol Lirola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 18’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 68’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 17’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 28’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 85’ José Callejón (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 28’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Salvador Ferrer (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 33’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ivan Provedel GK900 0.000.000
Jacopo Sala DEF650 0.000.000
Julian Chabot DEF900 0.000.000
Claudio Terzi DEF9010 0.000.221
Simone Bastoni DEF791 0.010.051
Matteo Ricci MID901 0.030.021
Gennaro Acampora MID902 0.030.000
Alessandro Deiola MID660 0.000.032
Daniele Verde FWD6613 0.280.031
Roberto Piccoli FWD560 0.000.011
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD900 0.000.000
M'Bala Nzola Sub341 0.400.112
Salvador Ferrer Sub251 0.020.000
Diego Farias Sub2412 0.130.000
Kevin Agudelo Sub241 0.030.000
Cristian Dell'Orco Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 14% Avg odds 6.65
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.52
Fiorentina win 65% Avg odds 1.48

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

Form going into the game

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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.