Spezia vs Inter

10 March 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Livio Marinelli

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Daniel Maldini 55’
  • M'Bala Nzola 87’ (pen)
  • Romelu Lukaku 83’ (pen)

Match summary

Spezia won 2-1 at home to Inter, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Daniel Maldini put Spezia ahead in the 55th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola, Romelu Lukaku equalised from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute, and M'Bala Nzola won it from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

Inter can feel hard done by, creating 3.48 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Spezia's 0.98 from 4. Lautaro Martínez had a penalty saved for Inter.

Match stats

Spezia Inter
4 Shots 28
2 Shots on Target 7
1 Corners 13
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.98 xG 3.47
0.22 Non-penalty xG 1.94
1 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Spezia Inter
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Daniel Maldini
Assist: M'Bala Nzola1-0 (Spezia)
55’
83’
Romelu Lukaku
Penalty1-1 (Inter)
M'Bala Nzola
Penalty2-1 (Spezia)
87’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Dimitris Nikolaou
  • Mattia Caldara
  • Emmanuel Gyasi

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.98 3.48 55’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), 1-0 55’ 83’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), 1-1 83’ 87’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-1 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.98 3.48 55’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), 1-0 Maldini 55’ 83’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), 1-1 Lukaku 83’ 87’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-1 Nzola 87’
Spezia 0.98 xGInter 3.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Inter attacking Spezia attacking 
14’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 83’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 50’ Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 18’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 20’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 55’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 20’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Robin Gosens (Inter), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 44’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 26’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 4’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 36’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Edin Dzeko (Inter), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Edin Dzeko (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+5’ Francesco Acerbi (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+3’ Denzel Dumfries (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Nicolò Barella (Inter), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 14’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 83’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 87’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 50’ Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 18’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 20’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 55’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 20’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 27’ Robin Gosens (Inter), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 44’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 26’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 4’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 36’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Edin Dzeko (Inter), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Robin Gosens (Inter), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Edin Dzeko (Inter), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+5’ Francesco Acerbi (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Daniel Maldini (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+3’ Denzel Dumfries (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Nicolò Barella (Inter), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bartlomiej Dragowski GK900 0.000.000
Dimitris Nikolaou DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Caldara DEF900 0.000.000
Ethan Ampadu DEF900 0.000.000
Kelvin Adou MID900 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi MID830 0.000.031
Mehdi Bourabia MID900 0.000.000
Kevin Agudelo MID691 0.090.000
Szymon Zurkowski MID480 0.000.000
M'Bala Nzola FWD90111 0.760.101
Eldor Shomurodov FWD480 0.000.000
Daniel Maldini Sub4212 0.130.000
Albin Ekdal Sub420 0.000.000
Viktor Kovalenko Sub210 0.000.000
Salvador Ferrer Sub70 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Wisniewski Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 12% Avg odds 7.93
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.68
Inter win 68% Avg odds 1.41

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

Form going into the game

Spezia LDLDD
Inter WDWLW

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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.