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Italian Soccer Serie A
42% Ball Possession SPEZIA and 58% Ball Possession SASSUOLO
Spezia 2 – 2 Sassuolo 
27′ Davide Frattesi 30′ Simone Bastoni
45+3 M’Bala Nzola (pen) 49′ Andrea Pinamonti
🟥 81′ Albin Ekdal
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 10th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Spezia, 10th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Spezia and Sassuolo having same points ended the Serie A Week 3 game with a draw on Saturday 27 August 2022 at the Alberto Picco Stadium in Spezia, Italy. Davide Frattesi breaks the balance in the 27th minute, Bastoni responds in the 30th minute, Nzola converted a penalty. In the second half Pinamonti signs the final 2-2. Ekdal sent off in the 81st minute after 2 yellow cards. Spezia has not drawn a Serie A home game since 19 December 2021: since then for the Ligurians four home wins and seven defeats.
In the next round, Spezia will play the away game against Juventus, Sassuolo will play at home against Milan.
Sassuolo opened the score in the 27th minute. Davide Frattesi defeated Spezia goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
👉 Spezia 0 – 1 Sassuolo, 26th minute, goal by ⚽️ Davide Frattesi for @SassuoloENG with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Giorgos Kyriakopoulos. https://t.co/rRxO11Acff
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
Spezia equalized for the 1-1 in the 30th minute. Simone Bastoni defeated Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
👉 Spezia 1 – 1 Sassuolo, 30th minute, goal by ⚽️ Simone Bastoni for @acspezia with a left footed shot to the top left corner. https://t.co/ExN8w5tGSr
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
Spezia taking the lead for the 2-1 before ending the first half in the 45+3′ minute. M’Bala Nzola converted a penalty with a left footed shot to the center. The penalty is conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
👉 Spezia 2 – 1 Sassuolo, 45+3′ minute, goal by ⚽️ M’Bala Nzola giving the lead to @acspezia_en converting a penalty with a left footed shot to the center. The penalty is conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari. https://t.co/rVe2Fd4fGe
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
Sassuolo equalized for the 2-2 in the 49th minute. The equalizer goal scored by Andrea Pinamonti with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Jeremy Toljan. Pinamonti has become the first player born since 1999 to have scored at least one Serie A goal for five different teams (Frosinone, Genoa, Inter, Empoli and Sassuolo)
👉 Spezia 2 – 2 Sassuolo, 49th minute, goal by ⚽️ Andrea Pinamonti equalized for @SassuoloENG with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Jeremy Toljan. https://t.co/DGso7XL2kr
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
✅ Stats before the game: Spezia and Sassuolo have met six times between Serie A and Serie B, all from 2010 onwards: the balance is favorable to the neroverdi with four wins against just one Ligurian success (1N). The match against Sassuolo was the first match in La Spezia’s history in Serie A (the neroverdi win 4-1 away from home on 27 September 2020, at the Manuzzi stadium in Cesena in that case). In the four previous Serie A games between Spezia and Sassuolo both teams have always found the way to scoring. Among the teams currently in the top flight, Spezia has scored in all their games also against Sampdoria, Lazio and Salernitana. Spezia have earned three points in the first two games of this championship, they have never done better after the first three games of the season in Serie A (1W, 2P in 2020/21 and 1N, 2P in 2021/22).
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📺 Click the video to watch Spezia 2 – 2 Sassuolo highlights including all goals on Saturday 27 August 2022
🇮🇹 Referee Francesco Cosso from the section of Reggio Calabria will be assisted by Francesco Fiore from the section of Barletta and Giuseppe Marco Macaddino from the section of Pesaro. The Fourth Official will be Manuel Volpi from the section of Arezzo. The VAR will be Federico Dionisi from the section of L’Aquila. The AVAR will be Alessandro Giallatini from the section of Roma 2.
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🏟️ The Alberto Picco Stadium ready for Spezia vs Sassuolo. Who will win? https://t.co/T8yETJQiw3
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/acspezia_en
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
👉🇮🇹 Spezia vs Sassuolo, Match Officials
Serie A Week 3🗓️ Saturday 27 August 2022
🏟️ Alberto Picco Stadium
⏲️ 20:45🙍♂️Referee: COSSO
🚩Assistants: FIORE – MACADDINO
4⃣ Fourth Official: VOLPI
🥅 VAR: DIONISI
AVAR: GIALLATINIhttps://t.co/L60NLe2Sl0@acspezia @SassuoloUS pic.twitter.com/2Vk0K6YZmi— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 25, 2022
👉 First half is over. Spezia 2 – 1 Sassuolo
⚽️ Goals: 27′ Davide Frattesi (Sa),30′ Simone Bastoni (Sp), 45+3′ M’Bala Nzola (pen)(Sp)
🟨 Yellows: 45+2′ Gian Marco Ferrari (Sa)
✍️ Ball Possession 51% @acspezia_en and 49% @SassuoloENG
✅ https://t.co/zM2Aah2dVA@TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/6YFSawG1oQ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
👉 Result Spezia 2 – 2 Sassuolo
⚽️ Goals: 27′ Davide Frattesi (Sa),30′ Simone Bastoni (Sp), 45+3′ M’Bala Nzola (pen)(Sp), 50′ Pinamonti (Sa)
🟥 Red Card: 81′ Albin Ekdal (Sp)
✍️ Ball Possession 42% @acspezia_en and 58% @SassuoloENG
✅ https://t.co/zM2Aah2dVA@acspezia_br https://t.co/BoDUJcprcE
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 27, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 3
Spezia 2 – 2 Sassuolo
Saturday 27 August 2022
Alberto Picco Stadium
Spezia, Italy
20:45
Referee: COSSO
Assistants: FIORE – MACADDINO
Fourth Official: VOLPI
VAR: DIONISI
AVAR: GIALLATINI
Goals: 27′ Davide Frattesi (Sa), 30′ Simone Bastoni (Sp), 45+3 M’Bala Nzola (pen)(Sp), 49′ Andrea Pinamonti (Sa)
🟥 Red Card: 81′ Albin Ekdal (Sp)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup Spezia (3-5-2): Dragowski, Hristov (46′ Caldara), Kiwior, Nikolaou, Gyasi, Agudelo (66′ Verde), Bourabia (66′ Ekdal), Bastoni (78′ Sala), Nzola, Strelec (58′ Kovalenko).
Subs.: Zoet, Zovko, Holm, Beck, Podgoreanu, Ellertsson, Sanca.
Coach: Gotti
👉 Lineup Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli, Toljan, Erlic, Ferrari, Rogerio, Frattesi (69′ Thorstvedt), Lopez, Henrique, Berardi, Pinamonti (77′ Defrel), Kyriakopoulo (77′ Obiang).
Subs.: Pegolo, Alvarez, Ayhan, Marchizza, Harroui, Russo, Ceide, Pegolo, Ruan.
Coach: Alessio Dionisi