COMO. Como beats Sampdoria 1-0 after N. Ioannou scored just 1 goal (54′). Sampdoria lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como on Thursday and it started at 4:30 am local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi who was helped by Luca Mondin and Paolo Bitonti. The 4th official was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.73 degrees Celsius or 78.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sampdoria had a superior ball possession 59% while Como was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Como found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Como shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Como received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Da Cunha and Patrick Cutrone). On the other side, Sampdoria received 5 yellow cards (Estanis Pedrola, Nicola Murru, Petar Stojanovic, Fabio Borini and Antonio Barreca).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Como will have 13 points like Palermo to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria will stay with 3 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Como will host Bari 1908 on the 13th of April with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (3 draws).
Sampdoria will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 16th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Sampdoria (2 draws).
Como – Formation
Como
66'
78'
54'
Como started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Moreno Longo decided to play with the following team: Adrian Šemper , Marco Curto , Cas Odenthal , Federico Barba , Alessio Iovine , Alessandro Bellemo , Ben Lhassine Kone , Nicholas Ioannou , Lucas Da Cunha , Simone Verdi and Patrick Cutrone .
The home team had on the bench: Marco Sala , Matteo Solini, Moutir Chajia , Daniele Baselli, Alessandro Gabrielloni , Álex Blanco, Liam Kerrigan, Tommaso Arrigoni, Mauro Vigorito, Filippo Scaglia, Oliver Abildgaard and Tommaso Cassandro .
Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Nicholas Ioannou for Marco Sala (66′), Alessio Iovine for Tommaso Cassandro (66′), Simone Verdi for Alessandro Gabrielloni (74′), Lucas Da Cunha for Oliver Abildgaard (75′) and Patrick Cutrone for Moutir Chajia (85′).
Best player: Adrian Šemper
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Como was the goalkeeper: Adrian Šemper. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
Sampdoria started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Andrea Pirlo played with: Filip Stanković , Petar Stojanovic , Daniele Ghilardi , Nicola Murru , Antonio Barreca , Stefano Girelli , Gerard Yepes , Valerio Verre , Estanis Pedrola , Sebastiano Esposito and Fabio Borini .
They had on the bench: Ronaldo Vieira , Kristoffer Askildsen, Matteo Ricci , Manuel De Luca , Elia Tantalocchi, Pajtim Kasami, Lorenzo Malagrida, Antonino La Gumina, Simone Giordano, Nicola Ravaglia, Facundo González and Marco Delle Monache.
Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Ronaldo Vieira (injured).
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: Valerio Verre for Matteo Ricci (81′), Stefano Girelli for Manuel De Luca (68′), Gerard Yepes for Ronaldo Vieira (68′) and Sebastiano Esposito for Antonino La Gumina (90′).
Best player: Estanis Pedrola
The most impressive player for Sampdoria was Estanis Pedrola.
His rating is with 31 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
