Frosinone beats Cittadella 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

FROSINONE. Frosinone was after all too good for Cittadella.

February 14, 2023

FROSINONE. Frosinone was finally too good for Cittadella with the goal of Luca Moro (27′), Roberto Insigne (49′) and Samuele Mulattieri (80′). Frosinone was much better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Stadio Benito Stirpe stadium in Frosinone on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianpiero Miele with the assistance of Orlando Pagnotta and Claudio Barone. The 4th official was Luca Cherchi. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.

Match Statistics

Frosinone

3 - 0

Cittadella

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

20 Total 8
10 On Target 1
8 Off Target 6
1 Shots blocked 0

109 Attack 83
35 Dangerous attack 30
66 Ball safe 49

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

17 Total 17
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Frosinone was in firm control of the ball 69% while Cittadella was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Frosinone was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Frosinone won the match.

Frosinone shot 20 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Cittadella shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Frosinone received 2 yellow cards (Luca Garritano and Fabio Lucioni). On the other side, Cittadella received 2 yellow cards (Federico Giraudo and Giovanni Crociata).

Also, Cittadella didn’t end the match with 11 players after Romano Perticone (Cittadella) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (29′).

Match Timeline

26'

Federico Giraudo- Yellow

27'

29'

35'

38'

42'

Luca Garritano- Yellow

45'

49'

58'

Tommy Maistrello- sub ->Ignacio Lores Varela

58'

Nicola Pavan- sub ->Giovanni Crociata

59'

Andrea Magrassi- sub ->Giuseppe Ambrosino

61'

Jaime Báez- sub ->Giuseppe Caso

62'

73'

Soufiane Bidaoui- sub ->Roberto Insigne

78'

80'

84'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Frosinone will play away with Bari 1908 on the 11th of March with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Frosinone (3 draws).

Cittadella will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).

Frosinone – Formation

Frosinone

Stefano Turati 22.Italy

6.8

Fabio Lucioni 5.Italy

7.3

73'

Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy

6.8

Luca Ravanelli 20.Italy

7.1

Matteo Cotali 29.Italy

7.0

Luca Garritano 16.Italy

7.0

62'

45'

K. Lulić 8.Croatia

6.8

42'

Luca Mazzitelli 36.Italy

6.9

Roberto Insigne 94.Italy

8.6

78'

49'

Giuseppe Caso 10.Italy

7.1

62'

Luca Moro 24.Italy

7.3

61'

27'

Substitutes

Giuseppe Marcianò 12.Italy

Sergio Kalaj 23.Albania

Przemyslaw Szyminski 25.Poland

Gianluca Frabotta 99.Italy

Ilario Monterisi 30.Italy

Ben Lhassine Kone 4.Ivory Coast

7.1

62'

Francesco Gelli 14.Italy

Marcus Rohdén 7.Sweden

6.6

42'

Jaime Báez 32.Uruguay

7.4

62'

Gennaro Borrelli 90.Italy

Soufiane Bidaoui 26.Morocco

78'

Samuele Mulattieri 9.Italy

7.1

61'

80'

Frosinone started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Fabio Grosso decided to play with the following team: Stefano Turati (6.8), Mario Sampirisi (6.8), Fabio Lucioni (7.3), Luca Ravanelli (7.1), Matteo Cotali (7.0), Luca Garritano (7.0), Luca Mazzitelli (6.9), Karlo Lulić (6.8), Roberto Insigne (8.6), Luca Moro (7.3) and Giuseppe Caso (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jaime Báez (7.4), Ben Lhassine Kone (7.1), Gennaro Borrelli, Sergio Kalaj, Soufiane Bidaoui, Samuele Mulattieri (7.1), Przemysław Szymiński, Gianluca Frabotta, Francesco Gelli, Ilario Monterisi, Marcus Rohdén (6.6) and Giuseppe Marcianò.

Substitutions

Frosinone made 5 changes: Karlo Lulic for Marcus Rohdén (42′), Luca Moro for Samuele Mulattieri (61′), Giuseppe Caso for Jaime Báez (62′), Luca Garritano for Ben Lhassine Kone (62′) and Roberto Insigne for Soufiane Bidaoui (78′).

Best player: Roberto Insigne

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Frosinone was Roberto Insigne.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 35 passes (94% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella

Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania

7.5

Romano Perticone 2.Italy

6.7

29'

Alessandro Salvi 14.Italy

6.1

84'

Federico Giraudo 98.Italy

6.1

26'

Domenico Frare 15.Italy

6.4

Simone Branca 23.Italy

6.6

Alessio Vita 16.Italy

6.8

Giovanni Crociata 21.Italy

6.6

58'

38'

Valerio Mastrantonio 29.Italy

6.6

35'

I. Lores 30.Uruguay

6.7

58'

G. Ambrosino 70.Italy

6.6

59'

Substitutes

Luca Maniero 77.Italy

D. Donnarumma 17.Italy

A. Mattioli 18.Italy

84'

Dario Del Fabro 5.Italy

6.2

35'

Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy

Nicola Pavan 26.Italy

6.5

58'

Andrea Magrassi 99.Italy

6.9

59'

Carlos Embalo 7.Guinea-Bissau

Tommy Maistrello 32.Italy

6.2

58'

Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (7.5), Alessandro Salvi (6.1), Romano Perticone (6.7), Domenico Frare (6.4), Federico Giraudo (6.1), Alessio Vita (6.8), Simone Branca (6.6), Valerio Mastrantonio (6.6), Giovanni Crociata (6.6), Ignacio Lores Varela (6.7) and Giuseppe Ambrosino (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Giuseppe Carriero, Andrea Magrassi (6.9), Carlos Embalo, Luca Maniero, Tommaso Maistrello (6.2), Daniele Donnarumma, Alessandro Mattioli, Nicola Pavan (6.5) and Dario Del Fabro (6.2).

Cittadella could not rely on the presence of Alessandro Mattioli (injured).

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: Valerio Mastrantonio for Dario Del Fabro (35′), Ignacio Lores Varela for Tommy Maistrello (58′), Giovanni Crociata for Nicola Pavan (58′), Giuseppe Ambrosino for Andrea Magrassi (59′) and Alessandro Salvi for Alessandro Mattioli (84′).