VENEZIA. Venezia overcome FeralpiSalò to win 2-1. J. Pohjanpalo was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Venezia to strike first with a goal of Joel Pohjanpalo at the 60′. Then it was a goal in the 83′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Joel Pohjanpalo gave the win to Venezia in the 90′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Venezia took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the help of Alessandro Costanzo and Matteo Passeri. The 4th official was . The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.34 degrees Celsius or 70.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 13 Total 14
- 7 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 6
- 111 Attack 105
- 28 Dangerous attack 51
- 104 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 5 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Venezia had a strong ball possession 57% while FeralpiSalò was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FeralpiSalò was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Venezia was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Venezia shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, FeralpiSalò shot 14 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Venezia received 5 yellow cards (Nunzio Lella, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Ali Dembélé, Magnus Kofod Andersen and Michael Svoboda). On the opposite side, FeralpiSalò received 1 yellow card (A. La Mantia).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Venezia has 70 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, FeralpiSalò will stays with 33 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Venezia will play away with Spezia on the 10th of May with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Venezia (5 draws).
FeralpiSalò will host Ternana on the 10th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Venezia – Formation
Venezia adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Paolo Vanoli decided to play with the following team: Jesse Joronen
, Giorgio Altare , Michael Svoboda , Jay Idzes , Antonio Candela , Nunzio Lella , Mato Jajalo , G. Busio , Bjarki Bjarkason , Joel Pohjanpalo and Christian Gytkjaer .The home team had on the bench: T. Tessmann
, Nicholas Pierini , Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo , Denis Cheryshev, M. Grandi, Ali Dembélé , Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen , Mikael Egill Ellertsson and Marco Olivieri.Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: Bjarki Bjarkason for Mikael Egill Ellertsson (61′), G. Busio for Magnus Kofod Andersen (73′), Giorgio Altare for Ali Dembélé (73′), Nunzio Lella for Nicholas Pierini (46′) and Mato Jajalo for T. Tessmann (46′).
Player of the match: Joel Pohjanpalo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Joel Pohjanpalo.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.FeralpiSalò – Formation
Also FeralpiSalò adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Marco Zaffaroni played with: S. Pizzignacco
, A. Pilati , L. Ceppitelli , F. Bergonzi , G. Letizia , M. Zennaro , L. Fiordilino , C. Kourfalidis , M. Felici , E. Dubickas and A. La Mantia .The following players were sitting on the bench: L. Giudici
, D. Voltan, M. Compagnon , D. Krastev , L. Liverani, D. Hergheligiu, G. Volpe, C. Attys and A. Pietrelli .Substitutions
FeralpiSalò made 4 changes: E. Dubickas for M. Compagnon (64′), L. Ceppitelli for D. Krastev (79′), L. Fiordilino for A. Pietrelli (72′) and M. Zennaro for L. Giudici (73′).
Player of the match: G. Letizia
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FeralpiSalò was G. Letizia.
His rating is
with 47 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 10 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Cittadella – Bari 1908 – 1-1
- Brescia – Lecco – 4-1
- Venezia – FeralpiSalò – 2-1
- Ternana – Catanzaro – 1-0
- Sampdoria – Reggiana – 1-0
- Pisa – Südtirol – 2-2
- Parma – Cremonese – 1-1
- Palermo – Ascoli – 2-2
- Modena – Como – 0-0
- Cosenza – Spezia – 2-2