Cesena 2-3 Spezia: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Cesena 2-3 Spezia
Serie B · Saturday 21 February 2026, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cesena 2-3 Spezia: match report
Cesena were beaten by Spezia 2-3 in Serie B on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cristian Shpendi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Cesena's goals came from Cristian Shpendi (4') and Tommaso Berti (53'). Spezia scored through Gabriele Artistico (17'), Giuseppe Aurelio (67') and Gabriele Artistico (75').
Discipline: Cesena received 1 yellow card; Spezia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cesena were 8th on 37 points from 25 and Spezia 18th on 22 points from 25. Cesena went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Spezia 20th with 35.
Cesena lined up in a 3-5-2 and Spezia in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriele Artistico of Spezia (8.7), ahead of Boris Radunović (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cesena wins, 1 draw and 4 for Spezia.
Going into the match Cesena's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Spezia's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Cristian Shpendi
- 15'Yellow card · Alessandro Bellemo
- 17'Goal · Gabriele Artistico
- 23'Yellow card · Massimiliano Mangraviti
- 53'Goal · Tommaso Berti
- 57'Yellow card · Laurs Skjellerup
- 67'Goal · Giuseppe Aurelio
- 75'Goal · Gabriele Artistico
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cesena line-up (3-5-2)
Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Peter Amoran, Massimiliano Mangraviti, Riccardo Ciervo, Tommaso Berti, Michele Castagnetti, Matteo Francesconi, Gianluca Frabotta, Alberto Cerri, Cristian Shpendi
Spezia line-up (3-5-2)
Boris Radunović, Marco Ruggero, Ales Mateju, Giovanni Bonfanti, Leonardo Sernicola, Alessandro Bellemo, Alessandro Romano, Emanuele Adamo, Pietro Beruatto, Gabriele Artistico, Laurs Skjellerup