Spezia vs Torino

15 May 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Daniele Orsato

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Riccardo Saponara 19’
  • M'Bala Nzola 42’ (pen), 74’
  • Martin Erlic 84’
  • Andrea Belotti 55’ (pen)

Match summary

Spezia won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Torino. Spezia led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Riccardo Saponara put Spezia ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Kevin Agudelo and M'Bala Nzola made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Andrea Belotti pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 55th minute, Nzola made it 3-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Riccardo Marchizza, and Martin Erlic made it 4-1 with a header in the 84th minute, set up by Diego Farias.

The chances backed that up: Spezia created 2.76 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Torino's 0.94 from 6.

Match stats

Spezia Torino
14 Shots 6
11 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
2.73 xG 0.94
1.97 Non-penalty xG 0.18
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Spezia Torino
Kick-off
Riccardo Saponara
Assist: Kevin Agudelo1-0 (Spezia)
19’
M'Bala Nzola
Penalty2-0 (Spezia)
42’
Half-time2-0
55’
Andrea Belotti
Penalty2-1 (Torino)
M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Riccardo Marchizza3-1 (Spezia)
74’
Martin Erlic
Assist: Diego Farias4-1 (Spezia)
84’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Tommaso Pobega
  • Kevin Agudelo
  • Diego Farias
Torino
  • Bremer
  • Mergim Vojvoda
  • Tomás Rincón
  • Simone Verdi
  • Alessandro Buongiorno

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.76 0.94 19’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), 1-0 19’ 42’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-0 42’ 55’ Andrea Belotti (Torino), 2-1 55’ 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 3-1 74’ 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 4-1 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.76 0.94 19’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), 1-0 Saponara 19’ 42’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 2-0 Nzola 42’ 55’ Andrea Belotti (Torino), 2-1 Belotti 55’ 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), 3-1 Nzola 74’ 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 4-1 Erlic 84’
Spezia 2.76 xGTorino 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Torino attacking Spezia attacking 
42’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Andrea Belotti (Torino), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.38 xG, goal 90+2’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 18’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, hit the woodwork 39’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.21 xG, blocked 49’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Nahuel Estévez (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 4’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 47’ Rolando Mandragora (Torino), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Cristian Ansaldi (Torino), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Claudio Terzi (Spezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 44’ Tomás Rincón (Torino), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 19’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+5’ Simone Verdi (Torino), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Bremer (Torino), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Andrea Belotti (Torino), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.38 xG, goal 90+2’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 18’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.30 xG, hit the woodwork 39’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.21 xG, blocked 49’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 84’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Nahuel Estévez (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 4’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 47’ Rolando Mandragora (Torino), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Cristian Ansaldi (Torino), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Claudio Terzi (Spezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 2’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Tomás Rincón (Torino), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 19’ Riccardo Saponara (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+5’ Simone Verdi (Torino), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Bremer (Torino), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jeroen Zoet GK900 0.000.000
Salvador Ferrer DEF900 0.000.091
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Claudio Terzi DEF901 0.050.000
Riccardo Marchizza DEF9010 0.000.222
Giulio Maggiore MID901 0.360.000
Tommaso Pobega MID711 0.040.000
Matteo Ricci MID590 0.000.092
Kevin Agudelo FWD6011 0.060.041
M'Bala Nzola FWD9023 1.030.000
Riccardo Saponara FWD7914 0.630.171
Léo Sena Sub310 0.000.000
Diego Farias Sub3010 0.000.381
Nahuel Estévez Sub191 0.090.000
Martin Erlic Sub1112 0.500.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 30% Avg odds 3.18
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.98
Torino win 38% Avg odds 2.51

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

Form going into the game

Spezia DLDLD
Torino DLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Torino 0-0 Spezia, 16 Jan 21 Next meeting: Spezia 1-0 Torino, 06 Nov 21  All Spezia vs Torino 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.