LECCO. Palermo tops Lecco 1-0 after I. Nedelcearu scored just 1 goal (36′). Lecco lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi stadium in Lecco on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Ivano Pezzuto who was helped by Marco Trinchieri and Marco Belsanti. The 4th official was Erminio Cerbasi. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 7.82 degrees Celsius or 46.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lecco had a strong ball possession 56% while Palermo was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecco was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Palermo managed to find the solution to win this match.
Lecco shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Palermo shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Lecco received 1 yellow card (Giorgio Galli). On the opposite side, Palermo didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lecco stays with 21 points to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Palermo will has 49 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Lecco will play away against Ascoli on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Ascoli (0 draws).
Palermo will host Venezia on the 16th of March with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Venezia (4 draws).
Lecco – Formation
Lecco started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Alfredo Aglietti decided to play with the following team: Riccardo Melgrati
, Mats Lemmens , Mario Ierardi , Elio Capradossi , Alessandro Caporale , Vittorio Parigini , Giorgio Galli , Duccio Degli Innocenti , Artur Ioniță , Andrija Novakovich and Roberto Inglese .The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Bianconi, Gabriel Lunetta
, Eddie Salcedo , Henri Salomaa, Giovanni Crociata , Umberto Saracco, Marco Frigerio, Marcin Listkowski , Franco Lepore, Davide Guglielmotti, Giacomo Beretta and Nicolò Buso.Substitutions
Lecco made 5 changes: Artur Ioniță for Giovanni Crociata (64′), Roberto Inglese for Eddie Salcedo (65′), Duccio Degli Innocenti for Marcin Listkowski (74′), Vittorio Parigini for Gabriel Lunetta (74′) and Andrija Novakovich for Giacomo Beretta (79′).
Player of the match: Duccio Degli Innocenti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecco was Duccio Degli Innocenti.
His rating is
with 44 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 11.Palermo – Formation
Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli
, Salim Diakité , Ionuț Nedelcearu , Pietro Ceccaroni , Kristoffer Lund , Claudio Gomes , Jacopo Segre , Francesco Di Mariano , Filippo Ranocchia , Federico Di Francesco and Matteo Brunori .The following players were sitting on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, Leonardo Mancuso, Roberto Insigne, Adnan Kanurić, Aljosa Vasic
, Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri , Giuseppe Aurelio, Liam Henderson , Chaka Traorè and Mamadou Coulibaly .Substitutions
Palermo made 5 changes: Filippo Ranocchia for Mamadou Coulibaly (59′), Federico Di Francesco for Chaka Traorè (69′), Francesco Di Mariano for Aljosa Vasic (69′), Jacopo Segre for Liam Henderson (82′) and Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (82′).
Player of the match: Jacopo Segre
The most impressive player for Palermo was Jacopo Segre even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 35 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.