Spezia 1-2 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020

Result

Spezia 1-2 Genoa

Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Spezia 1-2 Genoa: match report

Spezia were beaten by Genoa 1-2 in Serie A on Wednesday 23 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

M'Bala Nzola opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Spezia's goal came from M'Bala Nzola (10'). Genoa scored through Mattia Destro (15') and Domenico Criscito (73', penalty).

Discipline: Spezia received 4 yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Spezia were 17th on 11 points from 13 and Genoa 20th on 7 points from 13. Spezia went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Genoa 11th with 42.

Spezia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Gyasi of Spezia (8.1), ahead of M'Bala Nzola (7.5).

Going into the match Spezia's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Genoa's L-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Yellow card · Martin ErlicSpezia
5'Yellow card · Julian ChabotSpezia
10'Goal · M'Bala NzolaSpezia · 1-0
15'Goal · Mattia DestroGenoa · 1-1
33'Yellow card · Goran PandevGenoa
43'Yellow card · Paolo GhiglioneGenoa
70'Yellow card · Mattia DestroGenoa
72'Yellow card · Claudio TerziSpezia
72'Yellow card · Claudio TerziSpezia
73'Penalty goal · Domenico CriscitoGenoa · 1-2
75'Yellow card · Miha ZajcGenoa

Team news

Unavailable

Andrey GălăbinovSpezia · injury (Leg Injury)
Stefano SturaroGenoa · injury (Unknown Injury)
Elio CapradossiSpezia · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Léo SenaSpezia · injury (Calf Injury)
Raúl AsencioGenoa · injury (Muscle Injury)
Daniele VerdeSpezia · injury (Unknown Injury)
Juan RamosSpezia · injury (Unknown Injury)
Francesco CassataGenoa · injury (Muscle Injury)
Federico MarchettiGenoa · injury (Thigh Problems)
Davide BiraschiGenoa · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Luca PellegriniGenoa · injury (Adductor problems)
Cristián ZapataGenoa · injury (Muscular problems)
Vittorio PariginiGenoa · injury (Muscular problems)
Jeroen ZoetSpezia · injury (Groin Injury)
Federico MattielloSpezia · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)
Cristian Dell'OrcoSpezia · injury (Bruise)

Spezia line-up (4-3-3)

Ivan Provedel, Luca Vignali, Martin Erlić, Jeff Chabot, Riccardo Marchizza, Giulio Maggiore, Matteo Ricci, Nahuel Estévez, Emmanuel Gyasi, M'Bala Nzola, Diego Farias

Genoa line-up (3-5-2)

Mattia Perin, Andrea Masiello, Ivan Radovanović, Domenico Criscito, Paolo Ghiglione, Valon Behrami, M. Badelj, Lukas Lerager, Lennart Czyborra, Goran Pandev, Mattia Destro