Spezia vs Verona

3 January 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mattia Zaccagni 75’

Match summary

Verona took a 1-0 win at Spezia. It was goalless at half-time.

Mattia Zaccagni put Verona ahead in the 75th minute, set up by Marco Faraoni.

The chances backed that up: Verona created 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Spezia's 0.45 from 7. Spezia had a player sent off.

Match stats

Spezia Verona
6 Shots 9
1 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 5
6 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
0.45 xG 1.55
0.45 Non-penalty xG 1.55
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Spezia Verona
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
75’
Mattia Zaccagni
Assist: Marco Faraoni0-1 (Verona)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Julian Chabot
  • Martin Erlic
  • Nahuel Estévez
  • Lucien Agoume
  • Tommaso Pobega

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 0.45 1.55 75’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), 0-1 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.45 1.55 75’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), 0-1 Zaccagni 75’
Spezia 0.45 xGVerona 1.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Verona attacking Spezia attacking 
70’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), set piece, 0.49 xG, off target 24’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 52’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 72’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 75’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90+4’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+1’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 29’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 10’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 61’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Julian Chabot (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Ebrima Colley (Verona), set piece, 0.49 xG, off target 24’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 52’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 72’ Marco Faraoni (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 75’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90+4’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+1’ Antonin Barak (Verona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 29’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 10’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Nikola Kalinic (Verona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ M'Bala Nzola (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Darko Lazovic (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Julian Chabot (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Mattia Zaccagni (Verona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ivan Provedel GK900 0.000.000
Luca Vignali DEF900 0.000.071
Martin Erlic DEF902 0.230.000
Julian Chabot DEF681 0.020.000
Riccardo Marchizza DEF890 0.000.143
Lucien Agoume MID900 0.000.000
Nahuel Estévez MID890 0.000.182
Tommaso Pobega MID671 0.030.000
Kevin Agudelo FWD671 0.070.000
M'Bala Nzola FWD902 0.100.000
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD700 0.000.000
Roberto Piccoli Sub230 0.000.000
Giulio Maggiore Sub230 0.000.000
Ardian Ismajli Sub200 0.000.000
Diego Farias Sub10 0.000.000
Alessandro Deiola Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 28% Avg odds 3.35
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Verona win 44% Avg odds 2.19

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

Form going into the game

Spezia LLDLL
Verona DWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Verona 1-1 Spezia, 01 May 21  All Spezia vs Verona 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.