LECCE. Lecce defeats Cosenza 3-1. Lecce was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with G. Strefezza (30′), M. Coda (45′) and J. Bjorkengren (46′). Cosenza reduced the distance with a goal (67′) by G. Caso, but there was not much to do for them. Lecce took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Monday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Santoro with the help of Davide Moro and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was . The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lecce was in firm control of the ball 58% while Cosenza was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match.
Lecce shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Cosenza shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Lecce received 2 yellow cards (B. Meccariello and A. Blin). On the other side, Cosenza received 2 yellow cards (A. Minelli and G. Gori).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lecce will have 20 points to stay in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza will stay with 14 points to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Cosenza will host Reggina on the 5th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
19'
90'
46'
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Marco Bleve , Arturo Calabresi , Fabio Lucioni , Biagio Meccariello , Antonino Gallo , Žan Majer , John Bjorkengren , Alexis Blin , Gabriel Strefezza , Massimo Coda and Francesco Di Mariano .
The home team had on the bench: Brayan Vera, Pablo Rodríguez , Morten Hjulmand, Marcin Listkowski , Gabriel, Valentin Gendrey, Luca Paganini, Mattia Felici, Antonio Barreca, Joan Gonzàlez, Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason and Catalin Vulturar.
Substitutions
Lecce made 4 changes: G. Strefezza for P. Rodriguez (63′), F. Di Mariano for V. Gendrey (79′), A. Blin for M. Hjulmand (90′) and Z. Majer for A. Barreca (90′).
Best player: Massimo Coda
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Massimo Coda.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
Cosenza started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Marco Zaffaroni played with: Mauro Vigorito , Andrea Tiritiello , Michele Rigione , Roberto Pirrello , Mario Šitum , Marco Carraro , Luca Palmiero , Djavan Anderson , Luca Bittante , Giuseppe Caso and Gabriele Gori .
These were the players on the bench: Julian Kristoffersen, Angelo Corsi , Luca Pandolfi , Umberto Saracco, Aldo Florenzi , Vincenzo Millico, Alberto Gerbo , Michael Venturi, Kristijan Matosevic, Alessandro Minelli , Ciro Panico and Andrea Vallocchia.
Cosenza could not rely on the presence of A. Minelli (injured).
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: A. Tiritiello for A. Minelli (15′), D. Anderson for A. Florenzi (64′), L. Palmiero for A. Gerbo (64′), L. Bittante for A. Corsi (64′) and G. Caso for L. Pandolfi (78′).
Best player: Marco Carraro
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Marco Carraro.
His rating is with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
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
