COSENZA. Cosenza was capable to snatch a draw against Venezia with a late goal from C. D’Urso scored in the (90′) after Venezia got a lead with a goal from J. Pohjanpalo (34′).

The match was played at the Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla stadium in Cosenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Meraviglia who had the assistance of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Thomas Miniutti. The 4th official was Davide Di Marco. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Cosenza was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Venezia that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cosenza was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Cosenza to win the match​.

Cosenza shot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Venezia shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cosenza received 2 yellow cards (Giacomo Calò and Sauli Väisänen). Regarding the opposition, Venezia received 1 yellow card (Dennis Johnsen).

Standings

After this match, Cosenza will have 39 points to remain in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Venezia will have 46 points like Pisa and Ascoli to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cosenza will host Cagliari on the 19th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Cagliari (0 draws).

Venezia will play away agasint Parma on the 19th of May with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Parma (2 draws).

Cosenza – Formation

Cosenza started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager William Viali decided to play with the following team: Alessandro Micai (7.4), Sauli Väisänen (6.7), Andrea Meroni (6.8), Pietro Martino (7.4), Andrea Rispoli (6.3), Giacomo Calò (6.8), Marco Brescianini (6.8), Tommaso D’Orazio (7.0), Manuel Marras (7.1), Mattia Finotto (6.1) and Massimo Zilli (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Marco Nasti, Ivan Delić (6.8), Nick Salihamidžić, Mateusz Praszelik, Leonardo Marson, Alessandro Cortinovis, Emil Kornvig, Vittorio Agostinelli, Aldo Florenzi, Alessandro Lai, Christian D’Urso (7.1) and Michael Venturi.

Substitutions

Cosenza made 4 changes: Giacomo Calò for Christian D’Urso (57′), Andrea Rispoli for Christian D’Urso (56′), Massimo Zilli for Ivan Delić (73′) and Marco Brescianini for Alessandro Cortinovis (79′).

Best player: Alessandro Micai​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cosenza was the goalkeeper: Alessandro Micai. His rating is 7.40. He performed 4 saves.

Venezia – Formation

Venezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen (7.0), Petko Hristov (7.0), Luca Ceppitelli (7.4), Andrea Carboni (7.1), Antonio Candela (6.3), Magnus Kofod Andersen (7.3), Tanner Tessmann (7.1), Mikael Ellertsson (6.7), Francesco Zampano (6.5), Joel Pohjanpalo (7.6) and Dennis Johnsen (6.6).

They had on the bench: Denis Cheryshev (6.5), Gianluca Busio (6.6), Nicholas Pierini (6.1), Bruno Bertinato, Riccardo Ciervo, Marco Modolo, Marin Šverko, Filippo Neri, Andrija Novakovich and Tommaso Milanese.

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: Magnus Kofod Andersen for Gianluca Busio (62′), Dennis Johnsen for Nicholas Pierini (62′), M. Ellertsson for Denis Cheryshev (70′), Joel Pohjanpalo for Riccardo Ciervo (84′) and Francesco Zampano for Tommaso Milanese (85′).

Best player: Joel Pohjanpalo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Joel Pohjanpalo.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 19 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

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