CITTADELLA. Parma beat Cittadella to win 2-1. It was Parma to strike first with a goal of F. Vazquez at the 23′. Then A. Benedyczak scored again for Parma in the 59′ minute with a goal. Eventually, E. Baldini reduced the distance for Cittadella with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
M. Antonucci missed a decisive penalty (12′). That would have allowed Cittadella to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Thursday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi with the assistance of Marco Bresmes and Andrea Zingarelli. The 4th official was Stefano Nicolini. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 13 Total 6
- 4 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 128 Attack 90
- 57 Dangerous attack 38
- 73 Ball safe 89
- 2 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 26 Total 8
- 5 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was similar. Cittadella was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Parma that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Parma managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Cittadella shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Parma shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 5 yellow cards (E. Kastrati, S. Branca, D. Frare, C. D’Urso and T. Cassandro). On the other side, Parma received 1 yellow card (E. Cobbaut).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cittadella will stay with 13 points like SPAL, Parma, Ternana and Como to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Parma will have 13 points like SPAL, Ternana, Como and Cittadella to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away with Reggina on the 1st of November with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Cittadella (4 draws).
Parma will host Vicenza on the 1st of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Parma (1 draw).
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
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78'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 , Tommaso Cassandro , Domenico Frare , Davide Adorni , Daniele Donnarumma , Davide Mazzocco , Andrea Danzi , Simone Branca , Mirko Antonucci , Orji Okwonkwo and Giacomo Beretta .
The home team had on the bench: Romano Perticone , Luigi Cuppone, Valerio Mastrantonio, Alessandro Mattioli, Alessio Vita , Amedeo Benedetti, Vincenzo Ciriello, Enrico Baldini , Simone Icardi, Luca Maniero, Christian D’Urso and Camillo Tavernelli .
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: A. Danzi for A. Vita (62′), G. Beretta for E. Baldini (62′), D. Mazzocco for C. D’Urso (79′), D. Frare for R. Perticone (85′) and M. Antonucci for C. Tavernelli (85′).
Best player: Enrico Baldini
The player that probably impressed the most for Cittadella was Enrico Baldini.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.
Parma – Formation
Parma
Parma started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
On the other side, Enzo Maresca played with: Gianluigi Buffon , Enrico Del Prato , Yordan Osorio , Danilo , Elias Cobbaut , Woyo Coulibaly , Franco Vázquez , Stanko Jurić , Juan Brunetta , Adrian Benedyczak and Gennaro Tutino .
These were the players on the bench: Daniele Iacoponi, Simon Sohm, Félix Correia, Aliou Badara Traore, Ange Yohan Bonny, Roberto Inglese , Martin Turk, Simone Colombi, Valentin Mihăilă , Maxime Busi , Botond Balogh and Dennis Man.
Parma could not rely on the presence of V. Mihaila (injured) and S. Sohm (injured).
Substitutions
Parma made 4 changes: A. Benedyczak for V. Mihaila (71′), G. Tutino for R. Inglese (87′), W. Coulibaly for M. Busi (87′) and F. Vazquez for S. Sohm (90′).
Best player: Franco Vázquez
The player that probably impressed the most for Parma was Franco Vázquez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Alessandria – Frosinone – 1-1
- Ascoli – SPAL – 0-1
- Brescia – Lecce – 1-1
- Cittadella – Parma – 1-2
- Como – Pordenone – 1-0
- Cremonese – Pisa – 1-1
- Crotone – Benevento – 0-2
- Perugia – Reggina – 0-2
