Spezia 1-2 Cesena: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 18 October 2025
Result
Spezia 1-2 Cesena
Serie B · Saturday 18 October 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Spezia 1-2 Cesena: match report
Spezia were beaten by Cesena 1-2 in Serie B on Saturday 18 October 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Spezia's goal came from Gianluca Lapadula (4'). Cesena scored through Gianluca Frabotta (38') and Gianluca Frabotta (45+1').
Discipline: Spezia received 1 yellow card; Cesena received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Spezia were 20th on 3 points from 7 and Cesena 10th on 11 points from 7. Spezia went on to finish that season 20th with 35 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.
Spezia lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cesena in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluca Frabotta of Cesena (8.8), ahead of Salvatore Esposito (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Spezia wins, 1 draw and 4 for Cesena.
Going into the match Spezia's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Cesena's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Gianluca Lapadula
- 17'Yellow card · Matteo Francesconi
- 38'Goal · Gianluca Frabotta
- 45+1'Goal · Gianluca Frabotta
- 48'Yellow card · Michele Castagnetti
- 77'Yellow card · Jonathan Klinsmann
- 79'Yellow card · Massimiliano Mangraviti
- 90+5'Yellow card · Salvatore Esposito
Head-to-head
Team news
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Spezia line-up (4-3-1-2)
Mouhamadou Sarr, Ales Mateju, Petko Hristov, Przemysław Wiśniewski, Giuseppe Aurelio, Rachid Kouda, Ádám Nagy, Francesco Cassata, Salvatore Esposito, Gianluca Lapadula, Edoardo Soleri
Cesena line-up (3-5-2)
Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Massimiliano Mangraviti, Riccardo Ciervo, Tommaso Berti, Michele Castagnetti, Matteo Francesconi, Gianluca Frabotta, Cristian Shpendi, Jalen Blesa