Spezia vs Sassuolo

5 December 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Fabio Maresca

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Rey Manaj 35’
Emmanuel Gyasi 47’

Giacomo Raspadori 66’, 79’

Match summary

Spezia and Sassuolo drew 2-2. Spezia led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rey Manaj put Spezia ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Arkadiusz Reca. In the second half, Emmanuel Gyasi made it 2-0 in the 47th minute, set up by M'Bala Nzola, Giacomo Raspadori pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 66th minute, and Raspadori equalised in the 79th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi.

Spezia had the better of the chances, with 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Sassuolo's 1.45 from 20.

Match stats

9 Shots 20

4 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 5

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.36 xG 1.45

2.36 Non-penalty xG 1.45

5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Spezia Sassuolo

Kick-off

Rey Manaj
Assist: Arkadiusz Reca1-0

35’

Half-time1-0

Emmanuel Gyasi
Assist: M'Bala Nzola2-0

47’

66’

Giacomo Raspadori

2-1

79’

Giacomo Raspadori
Assist: Domenico Berardi

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Spezia

Arkadiusz Reca
Jacopo Sala
Giulio Maggiore
Petko Hristov

Sassuolo

Georgios Kyriakopoulos
Davide Frattesi
Domenico Berardi

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 2.36 xGSassuolo 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sassuolo 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
Ivan Provedel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kelvin Adou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Erlic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.29	1
Dimitris Nikolaou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Reca	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.86	2
Emmanuel Gyasi	MID	78	1		1	0.96	0.00	0
Jacopo Sala	MID	69			0	0.00	0.06	1
Viktor Kovalenko	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giulio Maggiore	MID	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Rey Manaj	FWD	90	1		4	0.95	0.04	1
M'Bala Nzola	FWD	90		1	3	0.36	0.96	1
Daniele Verde	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.12	2
Mehdi Bourabia	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Petko Hristov	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ebrima Colley	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simone Bastoni	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.03	1
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			2	0.19	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Maxime Lopez	MID	90			0	0.00	0.27	4
Davide Frattesi	MID	88			0	0.00	0.03	1
Matheus Henrique	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	FWD	90		1	4	0.24	0.21	3
Gianluca Scamacca	FWD	90			4	0.15	0.00	0
Gregoire Defrel	FWD	71			1	0.03	0.10	1
Jeremy Toljan	Sub	42			1	0.01	0.03	1
Giacomo Raspadori	Sub	42	2		5	0.73	0.07	3
Jeremie Boga	Sub	19			2	0.05	0.00	0
Abdou Harroui	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 32% Avg odds 3.02

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48

Sassuolo win 41% Avg odds 2.32

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

Form going into the game

Spezia L W L L L

Sassuolo L L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-2 Spezia, 06 Feb 21 Next meeting: Sassuolo 4-1 Spezia, 18 Mar 22 All Spezia vs Sassuolo 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.

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