MODENA. Modena had a surprising win over Cosenza with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Gerli (83′) and a goal from R. Giovannini (85′). Modena made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Braglia stadium in Modena on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli with the support of Damiano Margani and Thomas Miniutti. The 4th official was Simone Galipò. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.2 degrees Celsius or 39.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Modena had a strong ball possession 59% while Cosenza was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Modena was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Modena won the match.
Modena shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Modena received 2 yellow cards (Davide Diaw and Francesco Renzetti). On the other side, Cosenza received 4 yellow cards (Salvatore Dario La Vardera, Alessandro Micai, Pietro Martino and Enrico Brignola).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Modena will have 28 points like Palermo to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Cosenza will stay with 18 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Modena will host Bari 1908 on the 6th of May with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).
Cosenza will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 12th of February with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).
Modena – Formation
Modena started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Attilio Tesser decided to play with the following team: Riccardo Gagno
, Shady Oukhadda , Giorgio Cittadini , Antonio Pergreffi , Francesco Renzetti , Marco Armellino , Fabio Gerli , Mario Gargiulo , Luca Tremolada , Diego Falcinelli and Davide Diaw .The home team had on the bench: Simone Panada, Nicola Mosti, Andrea Seculin, Edoardo Duca, Luca Magnino, Mauro Coppolaro, Nicholas Bonfanti
, Sebastian De Maio, Tommaso Silvestri, Romeo Giovannini , Andrea Poli and Luca Strizzolo .Substitutions
Modena made 5 changes: Diego Falcinelli for Nicholas Bonfanti (60′), Luca Tremolada for Romeo Giovannini (60′), Davide Diaw for Luca Strizzolo (60′), Marco Armellino for Luca Magnino (81′) and Francesco Renzetti for Mauro Coppolaro (90′).
Best player: Francesco Renzetti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Modena was Francesco Renzetti even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 55 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 8 crosses.Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
William Viali played with: Alessandro Micai
, Andrea Rispoli , Sauli Väisänen , Andrea Meroni , Salvatore Dario La Vardera , Marco Brescianini , Idriz Voca , Aldo Florenzi , Alessandro Cortinovis , Mattia Finotto and Massimo Zilli .These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Lai, Thomas Prestianni, Christian D’Urso
, Davide Merola, Manuel Marras, Pietro Martino , Leonardo Marson, Michele Rigione, Emil Kornvig, Enrico Brignola , Michael Venturi and Joaquín Larrivey .Cosenza could not rely on the presence of Joaquín Larrivey (injured).
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: Salvatore Dario La Vardera for Pietro Martino (66′), Massimo Zilli for Joaquín Larrivey (67′), A. Cortinovis for Enrico Brignola (73′), Mattia Finotto for Christian D’Urso (73′) and Andrea Rispoli for Michele Rigione (81′).
Best player: Aldo Florenzi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Aldo Florenzi.
His rating is
with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Venezia – Südtirol – 0-1
- SPAL – Ascoli – 1-1
- Reggina – Ternana – 2-1
- Parma – Perugia – 2-0
- Modena – Cosenza – 2-0
- Como – Pisa – 2-2
- Cittadella – Cagliari – 0-0
- Benevento – Genoa – 1-2