COMO. Como defeats Cittadella with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Arrigoni (4′) and a goal from L. Mancuso (73′). Cittadella lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida with the support of Damiano Di Iorio and Filippo Valeriani. The 4th official was Matteo Gariglio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 11 Total 18
- 5 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 17
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 89 Attack 137
- 33 Dangerous attack 63
- 95 Ball safe 100
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 8
Fouls
- 15 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Cittadella had a strong ball possession 57% while Como was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Como succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Como shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cittadella shot 18 times, 1 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Como received 1 yellow card (Simone Ghidotti). Talking about the opposition, Cittadella received 2 yellow cards (Santiago Visentin and Alessandro Mattioli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Como will have 22 points like Benevento to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Cittadella will stay with 19 points like Perugia to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Como will play away with Bari 1908 on the 15th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Bari 1908 (2 draws).
Cittadella will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).
Como – Formation
Como
56'
86'
4'
Como started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Moreno Longo decided to play with the following team: Simone Ghidotti , Cas Odenthal , Filippo Scaglia , Luis Binks , Luca Vignali , Tommaso Arrigoni , Alessandro Bellemo , Nicholas Ioannou , Álex Blanco , Alberto Cerri and Patrick Cutrone .
The home team had on the bench: Racine Ba, Cesc Fàbregas, Jacopo Da Riva , Leonardo Mancuso , Andrea Cagnano, Paolo Faragò, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Mauro Vigorito, Vittorio Parigini, Filippo Delli Carri, Alessandro Gabrielloni and Enrico Celeghin.
Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Alberto Cerri for Leonardo Mancuso (58′), Álex Blanco for Jacopo Da Riva (58′), Patrick Cutrone for Alessandro Gabrielloni (82′), Luca Vignali for Cesc Fàbregas (86′) and Tommaso Arrigoni for Paolo Faragò (86′).
Best player: Nicholas Ioannou
The player that probably impressed the most for Como was Nicholas Ioannou even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 20 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati , Tommaso Cassandro , Domenico Frare , Santiago Visentin , Daniele Donnarumma , Giuseppe Carriero , Nicola Pavan , Simone Branca , Mirko Antonucci , Carlos Embalo and Raúl Asencio .
These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Mattioli, Gian Filippo Felicioli, Luca Maniero, Vincenzo Ciriello, Alessio Vita, Giacomo Beretta , Davide Mazzocco , Filippo Manfrin, Valerio Mastrantonio, Dario Del Fabro and Ignacio Lores Varela.
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: Carlos Embalo for Giacomo Beretta (61′), Giuseppe Carriero for Davide Mazzocco (61′), Nicola Pavan for Ignacio Lores Varela (78′), Simone Branca for Valerio Mastrantonio (86′) and Tommaso Cassandro for Alessandro Mattioli (86′).
Best player: Giuseppe Carriero
The most impressive player for Cittadella was Giuseppe Carriero.
His rating is with 22 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Genoa – 1-2
- Frosinone – Ternana – 3-0
- Brescia – Palermo – 1-1
- Venezia – Parma – 2-2
- Südtirol – Modena – 0-2
- SPAL – Pisa – 0-1
- Como – Cittadella – 2-0
- Cagliari – Cosenza – 2-0
- Benevento – Perugia – 0-2
- Ascoli – Reggina – 0-1
