CITTADELLA. Cittadella had a striking comeback against Reggina. Cittadella was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Giovanni Fabbian received a red card (45′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Reggina lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello with the assistance of Damiano Margani and Davide Moro. The 4th official was Simone Gauzolino. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 14 Total 8
- 5 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 3
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 125 Attack 92
- 58 Dangerous attack 49
- 144 Ball safe 127
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Cittadella had a superior ball possession 65% while Reggina was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cittadella won the match.
Cittadella shot 14 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Reggina shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 5 yellow cards (Simone Branca, Simone Branca, Luca Maniero, Giuseppe Carriero and Luca Maniero). On the opposite side, Reggina received 4 yellow cards (Zan Majer, Giovanni Fabbian, Lorenzo Crisetig and Thiago Cionek).
Also, Reggina didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Giovanni Fabbian (Reggina) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Cittadella will have 30 points to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Reggina will stay with 39 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away with Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).
Reggina will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 13th of May with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Reggina (2 draws).
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
46'
9'
46', 67'
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati , Alessandro Mattioli , Nicola Pavan , Domenico Frare , Federico Giraudo , Alessio Vita , Simone Branca , Valerio Mastrantonio , Giovanni Crociata , Mirko Antonucci and Tommaso Maistrello .
The home team had on the bench: Filippo Manfrin, Carlos Embalo, Giuseppe Carriero , Luca Maniero, Raúl Asencio , Giuseppe Ambrosino , Andrea Magrassi , Daniele Donnarumma, Vincenzo Ciriello and Gian Filippo Felicioli.
Substitutions
Cittadella made 4 changes: Alessandro Mattioli for Giuseppe Ambrosino (46′), Valerio Mastrantonio for Andrea Magrassi (46′), Simone Branca for Giuseppe Carriero (63′) and T. Maistrello for Raúl Asencio (63′).
Best player: Giovanni Crociata
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Giovanni Crociata.
His rating is with 2 goals, 65 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.
Reggina – Formation
Reggina
45'
Reggina started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Filippo Inzaghi played with: Nikita Contini , Niccolò Pierozzi , Thiago Cionek , Emanuele Terranova , Gianluca Di Chiara , Giovanni Fabbian , Žan Majer , Hernani , Luigi Canotto , Rigoberto Rivas and Jérémy Ménez .
These were the players on the bench: Emanuele Cicerelli, Lorenzo Crisetig , Alessandro Lombardi , Giuseppe Loiacono , Daniele Liotti , Tommaso Aglietti, Gabriele Gori , Simone Colombi, Warren Bondo and David Strelec.
Substitutions
Reggina made 5 changes: Zan Majer for Lorenzo Crisetig (55′), Luigi Canotto for Daniele Liotti (55′), Jérémy Ménez for Gabriele Gori (56′), R. Rivas for Giuseppe Loiacono (59′) and Hernani for Alessandro Lombardi (72′).
Best player: Giovanni Fabbian
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggina was Giovanni Fabbian.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Cagliari – 1-1
- SPAL – Como – 1-1
- Perugia – Ternana – 3-0
- Parma – Ascoli – 0-1
- Palermo – Frosinone – 1-1
- Cosenza – Südtirol – 0-0
- Cittadella – Reggina – 3-2
- Benevento – Brescia – 1-0
