Spezia starting XI (3-4-2-1): Dragowski, Gelashvili (subbed for Elia), Muhl (subbed for Cassata), Nikolaou, Amian, Ekdal (subbed for Esposito), Bandinelli, Moutinho, Zurkowski (subbed for Kouda), Antonucci, Esposito (subbed for Krollis)

Bench: Zoet, Zovko, Cipot, Pietra, Hristov, Bertola, Verde

Como starting XI (4-4-2): Semper, Curto, Odhental, Barba, Ioannou (subbed for Mustapha), Iovine, Bellemo, Kone, Da Cunha, Cutrone (subbed for Verdi), Gabrielloni (subbed for Cassandro)

Bench: Vigorito, Sala, Solini, Chaja, Baselli, Kerrigan, Arrigoni, Scaglia, Vignali

Goals: Barba 24’

The home side had 64 per cent of the ball but were unable to conjure more than one shot on target, while Como had five.

The only goal came in the 24th minute when Federico Barba picked up the crumbs from a Bartlomiej Dragowski save to finish from a tight angle.

Spezia head into the international break sitting in the relegation zone after just one point from their opening three games.

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