Como 0 – SPAL 2: Visitors at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia secure victory
SPAL beats Como 2-0 on Saturday at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. With both teams drawing in their previous fixtures, they were keen to pick up points. Como arrived with the intention of increasing their league score after a 1-1 draw against US Alessandria. SPAL secured a point against Cittadella in their previous match. As things stand, Como are in 12th place on the table and has 36 points while SPAL sit in 15th with 31 points after 28 matches.
It was an impressive opening from The Little Swallows, with a goal from Vido in the 33rd minute and managed to see out the first half 0-1.
SPAL continued to apply pressure in the second and were rewarded, thanks to Melchiorri finding the net, 71 minutes in, leaving the final score at 2-0.
For Como, Gabrielloni, Kabashi and Iovine, came on for La Gumina, Vignali and Álex Blanco. SPAL replaced Meccariello, Pinato, Melchiorri, Esposito and Rossi with Vicari, Mancosu, Viviani, Vido and Colombo.
The referee booked Colombo and Meccariello for SPAL.
Como will next play Pordenone away, with SPAL facing Ascoli at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Como: | Facchin, Solini, Bertoncini, Ioannou, Vignali (Kabashi, min.77), Bellemo, Arrigoni, Gliozzi, Álex Blanco (Iovine, min.77), Ciciretti and La Gumina (Gabrielloni, min.58) |
| SPAL: | Thiam, Capradossi, Vicari (Meccariello, min.17), Raffaele Celia, Dickmann, Mancosu (Pinato, min.53), Viviani (Melchiorri, min.65), Zanellato, Jacopo Da Riva, Vido (Esposito, min.65) and Colombo (Rossi, min.65) |
| Stadium: | Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia |
| Goals: | Vido (0-1, min. 33) and Melchiorri (0-2, min. 71) |
