REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina conquered Como to win 2-1. D. Strelec was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Reggina to strike first with a goal of D. Strelec at the 22′. Then D. Strelec scored again for Reggina in the 52′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Patrick Cutrone reduced the distance for Como (89′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Como lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
Reggina remained in players after Jérémy Ménez received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi who had the assistance of Marcello Rossi and Alessandro Cipressa. The 4th official was Fabio Pirrotta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Como had a strong ball possession 57% while Reggina was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Como had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Reggina found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Reggina shot 17 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Como shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Reggina received 2 yellow cards (Zan Majer and Alberto Cerri). Regarding the opposition, Como received 2 yellow cards (Luca Vignali and Alessandro Bellemo).
(Reggina) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Reggina will have 45 points like Modena to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Como will stay with 43 points like Ternana to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away with Bari 1908 on the 13th of May with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Reggina (2 draws).
Como will play away agasint Cittadella on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head.
Reggina – Formation
Reggina
67'
83'
22', 52'
90'
Reggina started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Nikita Contini , Giuseppe Loiacono , Michele Camporese , Riccardo Gagliolo , Niccolò Pierozzi , Giovanni Fabbian , Žan Majer , Hernani Jr. , Gianluca Di Chiara , David Strelec and Rigoberto Rivas .
The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Lombardi, Emanuele Terranova , Lorenzo Crisetig, Federico Ricci, Simone Colombi, Devid Eugene Bouah, Gabriele Gori, Luigi Canotto , Warren Bondo, Daniele Liotti , Jérémy Ménez and Andrey Galabinov.
Substitutions
Reggina made 5 changes: R. Rivas for Luigi Canotto (67′), Riccardo Gagliolo for Emanuele Terranova (67′), Gianluca Di Chiara for Daniele Liotti (68′), D. Strelec for Jérémy Ménez (74′) and Zan Majer for Lorenzo Crisetig (86′).
Best player: David Strelec
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggina was David Strelec.
His rating is with 2 goals, 6 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Como – Formation
Como
Como started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Moreno Longo played with: Alfred Gomis , Cas Odenthal , Filippo Scaglia , Luis Binks , Luca Vignali , Tommaso Arrigoni , Alessandro Bellemo , Alessio Iovine , Patrick Cutrone , Alessandro Gabrielloni and Leonardo Mancuso .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolas Ioannou, Simone Canestrelli , Andrea Cagnano, Francesc Fàbregas i Soler, Alejandro Blanco Sánchez, Alberto Cerri , Jacopo Da Riva, Daniele Baselli , Mauro Vigorito, Paolo Pancrazio Faragò, Moutir Chajia and Lucas Da Cunha .
Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Filippo Scaglia for Simone Canestrelli (46′), Alessandro Gabrielloni for Alberto Cerri (56′), Leonardo Mancuso for Moutir Chajia (56′), Luis Binks for Daniele Baselli (69′) and Tommaso Arrigoni for Lucas Da Cunha (69′).
Best player: Patrick Cutrone
The most impressive player for Como was Patrick Cutrone.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Modena – Bari 1908 – 1-1
- Ternana – Südtirol – 0-1
- Reggina – Como – 2-1
- Pisa – Frosinone – 1-3
- Palermo – SPAL – 2-1
- Genoa – Ascoli – 2-1
- Cosenza – Venezia – 1-1
- Cittadella – Benevento – 3-1
