CITTADELLA. Cittadella and Venezia didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Venezia was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Monaldi with the support of Giovanni Baccini and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Matteo Canci.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 8 Total 10
- 4 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 102 Attack 124
- 44 Dangerous attack 55
- 76 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Venezia had a superior ball possession 56% while Cittadella was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Venezia was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Venezia to win the match.
Cittadella shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Venezia shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (Simone Branca, Domenico Frare and Filippo Pittarello). Regarding the opposition, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Marin Šverko and Antonio Candela).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Cittadella will have 5 points like Cremonese to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Venezia will have 8 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati , Alessandro Salvi , Nicola Pavan , Domenico Frare , Lorenzo Carissoni , Giuseppe Carriero , Simone Branca , Francesco Amatucci , Andrea Tessiore , Filippo Pittarello and Luca Pandolfi .
The home team had on the bench: Matteo Angeli, Valerio Mastrantonio , Andrea Magrassi , Claudio Cassano , Alessio Vita , Emil Kornvig, Nicholas Saggionetto, Andrea Danzi , Alessio Rizza, Tommy Maistrello, Luca Maniero and Federico Giraudo.
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: Simone Branca for Andrea Danzi (78′), Francesco Amatucci for Valerio Mastrantonio (77′), Andrea Tessiore for Alessio Vita (57′), Luca Pandolfi for Andrea Magrassi (58′) and Giuseppe Carriero for Claudio Cassano (67′).
Best player: Alessandro Salvi
The player that probably impressed the most for Cittadella was Alessandro Salvi.
His rating is with 40 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Venezia – Formation
Venezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen , Antonio Candela , Giorgio Altare , Jay Idzes , Marin Šverko , Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason , Tanner Tessmann , Magnus Kofod Andersen , Nunzio Lella , Joel Pohjanpalo and Nicholas Pierini .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Gianluca Busio, Francesco Zampano , Christian Gytkjær , Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Dennis Johnsen , Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé, Maximilian Ullmann and Mikael Ellertsson .
Venezia could not rely on the presence of Mikael Ellertsson (injured).
Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: Nicholas Pierini for Christian Gytkjær (72′), Magnus Kofod Andersen for Dennis Johnsen (63′), Nunzio Lella for Mikael Ellertsson (71′), Tanner Tessmann for Gianluca Busio (90′) and Antonio Candela for Francesco Zampano (63′).
Best player: Nunzio Lella
The most impressive player for Venezia was Nunzio Lella.
His rating is with 20 passes (45% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Ternana – Bari 1908 – 0-0
- Brescia – Cosenza – 1-0
- Spezia – Como – 0-1
- Lecco – Catanzaro – 3-4
- Cremonese – Sampdoria – 1-1
- Cittadella – Venezia – 0-0