CITTADELLA. Cittadella prevails over Pisa with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Antonucci (47′) and a goal from E. Baldini (90′). Cittadella was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) was among the factors of its victory.​

Also, Pisa had 3 players sent off: A. Nagy (39′ for a red card), I. Toure (59′ for a red card) and L. Lucca (68′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Meraviglia who had the assistance of Sergio Ranghetti and Emanuele Prenna. The 4th official was Francesco Burlando. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cittadella had a superior ball possession 66% while Pisa was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cittadella was was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cittadella won the match​.

Cittadella shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pisa shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (E. Baldini, A. Benedetti and R. Perticone). Talking about the opposition, Pisa received 2 yellow cards (P. Beruatto and L. Lucca).

Also, Pisa didn’t end the match with 11 players after L. Lucca (Pisa) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (68′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Cittadella will have 19 points like Benevento, Como and Cremonese to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Pisa will stay with 22 points like Reggina to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away against Ternana on the 20th of November with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Ternana (5 draws).

Pisa will host Benevento on the 21st of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Benevento (2 draws).

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati (7.4), Alessandro Mattioli (6.6), Romano Perticone (7.4), Davide Adorni (7.6), Amedeo Benedetti (6.8), Alessio Vita (7.6), Nicola Pavan (7.2), Simone Branca (7.1), Mirko Antonucci (7.2), Orji Okwonkwo (6.4) and Enrico Baldini (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Vincenzo Ciriello, Luigi Cuppone, Valerio Mastrantonio, Camillo Tavernelli, Giacomo Beretta (6.4), Daniele Donnarumma (6.8), Davide Mazzocco (6.5), Domenico Frare, Andrea Danzi, Tommaso Cassandro, Simone Icardi and Luca Maniero.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: M. Antonucci for G. Beretta (70′), A. Vita for D. Mazzocco (77′), A. Benedetti for D. Donnarumma (77′), O. Okwonkwo for C. Tavernelli (88′) and S. Branca for V. Mastrantonio (88′).

Best player: Enrico Baldini​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cittadella was Enrico Baldini.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 42 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Pisa – Formation

Also Pisa adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

On the opposite side, Luca D\’Angelo played with: Nicolas (6.2), Hjörtur Hermannsson (7.0), Antonio Caracciolo (6.5), Maxime Leverbe (6.8), Pietro Beruatto (6.6), Idrissa Toure (5.8), Ádám Nagy (5.7), Marius Marin (6.8), Giuseppe Mastinu (6.2), Lorenzo Lucca (6.1) and Davide Marsura (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Davide Di Quinzio, Vladan Đekić, Gaetano Masucci (6.3), Giuseppe Sibilli (6.7), Samuele Birindelli (6.7), Alessandro Quaini, Gabriele Piccinini (6.6), Alessandro De Vitis (6.8), Yonatan Cohen, Alessandro Livieri and Robert Gucher.

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: D. Marsura for A. De Vitis (64′), P. Beruatto for S. Birindelli (65′), G. Mastinu for G. Sibilli (77′), M. Marin for G. Piccinini (86′) and H. Hermannsson for G. Masucci (86′).

Best player: Hjörtur Hermannsson​

The most impressive player for Pisa was Hjörtur Hermannsson.

His rating is (7.0) with 31 passes (48% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Lecce – Parma – 4-0
• Crotone – Monza – 1-1
• Cittadella – Pisa – 2-0