Venezia vs Spezia

19 September 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Pietro Ceccaroni 59’
  • Simone Bastoni 13’
  • Mehdi Bourabia 90+4’

Match summary

Spezia beat Venezia 2-1 on the road, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Spezia led 1-0 at half-time.

Simone Bastoni put Spezia ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Giulio Maggiore, Pietro Ceccaroni equalised with a header in the 59th minute, set up by Gianluca Busio, and Mehdi Bourabia won it in stoppage time.

Venezia can feel hard done by, creating 0.81 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Spezia's 0.48 from 12.

Match stats

Venezia Spezia
14 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 10
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.81 xG 0.48
0.81 Non-penalty xG 0.48
4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Venezia Spezia
Kick-off
13’
Simone Bastoni
Assist: Giulio Maggiore0-1 (Spezia)
Half-time0-1
Pietro Ceccaroni
Assist: Gianluca Busio1-1 (Venezia)
59’
90+4’
Mehdi Bourabia1-2 (Spezia)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Venezia
  • Pasquale Mazzocchi
  • Antonio Vacca
  • Gianluca Busio
  • Daan Heymans
Spezia
  • Salvador Ferrer

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.81 0.48 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), 0-1 13’ 59’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), 1-1 59’ 90+4’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), 1-2 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.81 0.48 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), 0-1 Bastoni 13’ 59’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), 1-1 Ceccaroni 59’ 90+4’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), 1-2 Bourabia 90+4’
Venezia 0.81 xGSpezia 0.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Venezia attacking 
68’ Francesco Forte (Venezia), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 67’ Mattia Aramu (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Henry (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 22’ David Okereke (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ David Okereke (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 58’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 30’ Thomas Henry (Venezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 88’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 19’ Janis Antiste (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 70’ Dennis Johnsen (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Domen Crnigoj (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Mattia Caldara (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Sofian Kiyine (Venezia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Francesco Forte (Venezia), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 67’ Mattia Aramu (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Henry (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 22’ David Okereke (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ David Okereke (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 58’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 62’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Thomas Henry (Venezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 88’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 19’ Janis Antiste (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 55’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Dennis Johnsen (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Domen Crnigoj (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Mattia Caldara (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Sofian Kiyine (Venezia), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Niki Mäenpää GK900 0.000.000
Pasquale Mazzocchi DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Caldara DEF901 0.020.000
Pietro Ceccaroni DEF9012 0.110.000
Cristian Molinaro DEF900 0.000.000
Domen Crnigoj MID571 0.030.000
Antonio Vacca MID780 0.000.000
Gianluca Busio MID7812 0.090.092
Dennis Johnsen MID901 0.040.456
Thomas Henry FWD652 0.150.000
David Okereke FWD652 0.140.031
Dor Peretz Sub330 0.000.000
Francesco Forte Sub251 0.110.000
Mattia Aramu Sub251 0.100.000
Daan Heymans Sub120 0.000.000
Sofian Kiyine Sub121 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Venezia win 41% Avg odds 2.34
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Spezia win 30% Avg odds 3.21

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

Form going into the game

Venezia LLW
Spezia WDDLL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.