BRESCIA. Modena beats Brescia 1-0 after D. Falcinelli scored a penalty (79′). Brescia lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Mario Rigamonti stadium in Brescia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Serra with the support of Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini. The 4th official was Fabrizio Ramondino. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.6 degrees Celsius or 40.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brescia was in firm control of the ball 58% while Modena was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Modena was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Modena won the match.​

Brescia shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Modena shot 12 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Brescia received 3 yellow cards (Marcin Listkowski, Andrea Papetti and Massimiliano Mangraviti). Regarding the opposition, Modena received 3 yellow cards (Shady Oukhadda, Andrea Poli and Tommaso Silvestri).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Brescia will host Bari 1908 on the 25th of February with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (12 draws).

Modena will host Bari 1908 on the 6th of May with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (5 draws).

Brescia – Formation

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

The manager Josep Clotet Ruiz decided to play with the following team: Lorenzo Andrenacci (6.3), Dimitri Bisoli (5.9), Andrea Papetti (6.2), Davide Adorni (6.4), Massimiliano Mangraviti (6.4), John Björkengren (6.7), Tom Van De Looi (6.6), Nicolas Galazzi (6.9), Marcin Listkowski (6.6), Flavio Bianchi (7.0) and Emanuele Ndoj (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jakub Łabojko (6.8), Manuel Scavone, Alexandre Coeff, Giacomo Olzer (6.4), Matthieu Huard, Reuven Niemeijer, Adryan, Florian Ayé (6.5), Alexander Jallow, Federico Pace and Luca Lezzerini.

Substitutions

Brescia made 4 changes: John Björkengren for Jakub Labojko (62′), Marcin Listkowski for G. Olzer (62′), Flavio Bianchi for Florian Aye (75′) and Nicolas Galazzi for Matthieu Huard (82′).

Best player: Flavio Bianchi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brescia was Flavio Bianchi.

His rating is (7.0) with 13 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Modena – Formation

Modena started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Attilio Tesser played with: Riccardo Gagno (6.9), Shady Oukhadda (6.8), Tommaso Silvestri (6.8), Giorgio Cittadini (7.2), Fabio Ponsi (7.1), Luca Magnino (7.0), Fabio Gerli (6.9), Andrea Poli (7.1), Luca Tremolada (6.5), Diego Falcinelli (6.5) and Davide Diaw (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Artur Ioniță (6.5), Nicholas Bonfanti (7.4), Simone Panada, Sebastien De Maio, Edoardo Duca, Marco Armellino, Francesco Renzetti, Romeo Giovannini (6.6), Luca Strizzolo, Andrea Seculin and Mauro Coppolaro.

Substitutions

Modena made 5 changes: Davide Diaw for Nicholas Bonfanti (13′), Luca Tremolada for Romeo Giovannini (57′), Andrea Poli for Artur Ioniță (57′), Diego Falcinelli for Marco Armellino (90′) and Nicholas Bonfanti for Luca Strizzolo (90′).

Best player: Nicholas Bonfanti​

The player that probably impressed the most for Modena was Nicholas Bonfanti even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 9 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 13′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Venezia – SPAL – 2-1
• Ternana – Parma – 1-1
• Südtirol – Como – 1-1
• Reggina – Pisa – 0-2
• Frosinone – Cittadella – 3-0
• Cagliari – Benevento – 1-0
• Brescia – Modena – 0-1
• Ascoli – Perugia – 1-0