REGGIO CALABRIA. Cittadella defeats Reggina 1-0 after A. Vita scored just 1 goal (13′).
The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio Calabria on Monday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli who was helped by Stefano Liberti and Marco Della Croce. The 4th official was Alberto Arena. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 19 Total 13
- 3 On Target 4
- 16 Off Target 9
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 105 Attack 125
- 55 Dangerous attack 62
- 112 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 24
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Reggina was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Cittadella that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cittadella won the encounter.
Reggina shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cittadella shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Reggina received 3 yellow cards (F. Ricci, G. Loiacono and G. Di Chiara). On the opposite side, Cittadella received 4 yellow cards (S. Branca, M. Antonucci, A. Benedetti and G. Beretta).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Reggina will stay with 19 points like Benevento to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Cittadella will have 16 points like Parma and Como to stay in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away with Cosenza on the 5th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Cittadella will host Pisa on the 7th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Cittadella (2 draws).
Reggina – Formation
Reggina
83'
46'
Reggina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Alfredo Aglietti decided to play with the following team: Stefano Turati , Giuseppe Loiacono , Thiago Cionek , Dimitrios Stavropoulos , Gianluca Di Chiara , Rigoberto Rivas , Përparim Hetemaj , Alessandro Cortinovis , Nicola Bellomo , Andrey Gălăbinov and Jérémy Ménez .
The home team had on the bench: Marco Tumminello, Nicolò Bianchi , Federico Ricci , Bruno Amione, Karim Laribi , Ivan Lakićević, Lorenzo Gavioli, Alessandro Micai, Daniele Liotti, Germán Denis , Vasco Regini and Adriano Montalto .
Substitutions
Reggina made 5 changes: J. Menez for A. Montalto (46′), R. Rivas for F. Ricci (46′), A. Cortinovis for N. Bianchi (63′), N. Bellomo for K. Laribi (63′) and A. Galabinov for G. Denis (73′).
Best player: Thiago Cionek
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggina was Thiago Cionek.
His rating is with 53 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
13'
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Talking about the opposition, Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati , Alessandro Mattioli , Romano Perticone , Davide Adorni , Amedeo Benedetti , Alessio Vita , Nicola Pavan , Simone Branca , Mirko Antonucci , Enrico Baldini and Orji Okwonkwo .
They had on the bench: Christian D’Urso, Vincenzo Ciriello, Andrea Danzi, Davide Mazzocco , Camillo Tavernelli, Valerio Mastrantonio, Daniele Donnarumma, Luigi Cuppone , Domenico Frare, Luca Maniero, Simone Icardi and Giacomo Beretta .
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: O. Okwonkwo for G. Beretta (63′), M. Antonucci for L. Cuppone (63′), S. Branca for D. Mazzocco (72′), A. Benedetti for D. Donnarumma (90′) and A. Vita for S. Icardi (90′).
Best player: Elhan Kastrati
The player that probably impressed the most for Cittadella was the goalkeeper: Elhan Kastrati. His rating is 8.44. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Benevento – Brescia – 0-1
- Frosinone – Crotone – 2-1
- Monza – Alessandria – 1-0
- Parma – Vicenza – 1-0
- Reggina – Cittadella – 0-1
- SPAL – Perugia – 1-2
- Ternana – Como – 1-2
- Lecce – Cosenza – 3-1
- Pisa – Ascoli – 1-1
- Pordenone – Cremonese – 2-2
