On Friday Mar 18th, in week 30, Spezia will travel to Reggio nell’Emilia to battle Sassuolo in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. In their last match, 10th placed Sassuolo, recorded a 2-2 draw against Salernitana. Federico Bonazzoli struck first for Salernitana in the 8th minute, then Gianluca Scamacca got the equalizer for Sassuolo in the 20th minute on a feed from Giorgos Kyriakopoulos . Sassuolo is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while spezia is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Martin Erlić struck first for Spezia in the 55th minute on a feed from Daniele Verde, then Rey Manaj added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Viktor Kovalenko At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cagliari couldn’t manage to score, and Spezia took the shutout win. Spezia is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 5th, Spezia hosted Sassuolo at the Stadio Alberto Picco in their last match together. Spezia and Sassuolo battled to a 2-2 draw. Rey Manaj struck first for Spezia in the 35th minute on a feed from Arkadiusz Reca, then Gyasi added another in the 48th minute on a feed from M’Bala Nzola.
Spezia’s most prolific scorer has been Rey Manaj. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. For Sassuolo, their top scorers are Hamed Junior Traorè and Gianluca Scamacca, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches.