Catanzaro and Cittadella draw 1-1 on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS

CATANZARO. Cittadella and Catanzaro draw 1-1. L. Carissoni scored the first goal (3') for Cittadella. A. Donnarumma equalized (26') with a penalty.

Mark Hall

September 28, 2023

CATANZARO. Cittadella and Catanzaro draw 1-1. L. Carissoni scored the first goal (3′) for Cittadella. A. Donnarumma settled the score (26′) with a penalty. Catanzaro was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%)

Alfredo Donnarumma missed a decisive penalty (22′). That would have allowed Catanzaro to win the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo stadium in Catanzaro on Wednesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini who was helped by Alex Cavallina and . The 4th official was Mauro Gangi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 27.21 degrees Celsius or 80.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.

Match Statistics

Catanzaro

1 - 1

Cittadella

! 66 Ball Possession 34

Shots

14 Total 10
8 On Target 3
3 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 3

118 Attack 93
50 Dangerous attack 30
103 Ball safe 89

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 2

Fouls

13 Total 15
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Catanzaro had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Catanzaro to win the match.

Catanzaro shot 14 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cittadella shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Catanzaro didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (Filippo Pittarello, Alessandro Salvi and Simone Branca).

Match Timeline

Lorenzo Carissoni(goal)

A. Donnarumma- missed penaltyAlfredo Donnarumma

22'

A. Donnarumma(VAR)

25'

A. Donnarumma(penalty)

26'

45'

Alessandro Salvi- Yellow

54'

Andrea Danzi- sub ->Claudio Cassano

54'

Filippo Pittarello- sub ->Tommy Maistrello

P. Iemmello- sub ->Alfredo Donnarumma

59'

M. Stoppa- sub ->Dimitrios Sounas

59'

L. D'Andrea- sub ->Tommaso Biasci

72'

77'

Andrea Tessiore- sub ->Alessio Vita

A. Oliveri- sub ->Panos Katseris

83'

86'

Enrico Baldini- sub ->Andrea Magrassi

86'

88'

Simone Branca- Yellow

90'

Filippo Pittarello- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Catanzaro will have 12 points like Modena and Venezia to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Cittadella will have 9 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will host Bari 1908 on the 27th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (2 draws).

Cittadella will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of May with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (8 draws).

Catanzaro – Formation

Catanzaro

A. Fulignati 1.Italy

6.8

S. Scognamillo 14.Italy

7.1

N. Brighenti 23.Italy

7.5

D. Veroli 72.Italy

7.1

Panos Katseris 77.Greece

6.3

83'

L. Verna 8.Italy

7.0

A. Ghion 18.Italy

7.3

D. Sounas 24.Greece

7.0

59'

J. Vandeputte 27.Belgium

7.5

T. Biasci 28.Italy

7.5

72'

A. Donnarumma 99.Italy

7.5

59'

26'

Substitutes

A. Sala 16.Italy

E. Borrelli 22.Italy

D. Krastev 5.Bulgaria

L. Krajnc 32.Slovenia

S. Pontisso 20.Italy

A. Oliveri 33.Italy

6.4

83'

L. D'Andrea 7.Italy

6.7

72'

P. Iemmello 9.Italy

7.0

59'

E. Brignola 17.Italy

M. Stoppa 19.Italy

7.1

59'

C. Belpanno 30.Italy

G. Ambrosino 70.Italy

Catanzaro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Vincenzo Vivarini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Fulignati (6.8), Panos Katseris (6.3), Stefano Scognamillo (7.1), Nicolò Brighenti (7.5), Davide Veroli (7.1), Dimitrios Sounas (7.0), Andrea Ghion (7.3), Luca Verna (7.0), Jari Vandeputte (7.5), Alfredo Donnarumma (7.5) and Tommaso Biasci (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Dimo Krastev, Luca D’Andrea (6.7), Pietro Iemmello (7.0), Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola, Matteo Stoppa (7.1), Simone Pontisso, Edoardo Borrelli, Cristiano Belpanno, Luka Krajnc, Andrea Oliveri (6.4) and Giuseppe Ambrosino.

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 4 changes: Tommaso Biasci for Luca D’Andrea (72′), Dimitrios Sounas for Matteo Stoppa (59′), Alfredo Donnarumma for Pietro Iemmello (59′) and Panos Katseris for Andrea Oliveri (83′).

Best player: Nicolò Brighenti

The player that probably impressed the most for Catanzaro was Nicolò Brighenti.

His rating is (7.5) with 95 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella

Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania

8.7

Alessandro Salvi 2.Italy

7.3

45'

Matteo Angeli 4.Italy

7.5

Lorenzo Carissoni 24.Italy

7.5

Nicola Pavan 26.Italy

7.7

Claudio Cassano 10.Italy

6.3

54'

Alessio Vita 16.Italy

6.0

77'

Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy

7.0

86'

Simone Branca 23.Italy

7.3

88'

Andrea Magrassi 9.Italy

6.4

86'

Tommy Maistrello 32.Italy

7.0

54'

Substitutes

Luca Maniero 77.Italy

Domenico Frare 15.Italy

Alessio Rizza 28.Italy

Federico Giraudo 98.Italy

Valerio Mastrantonio 5.Italy

Emil Kornvig 17.Denmark

6.7

86'

Andrea Tessiore 18.Italy

6.4

77'

Nicholas Saggionetto 21.Italy

Andrea Danzi 27.Italy

6.4

54'

Filippo Pittarello 11.Italy

6.4

54'

90'

Enrico Baldini 92.Italy

6.4

86'

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

Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (8.7), Alessandro Salvi (7.3), Nicola Pavan (7.7), Matteo Angeli (7.5), Lorenzo Carissoni (7.5), Alessio Vita (6.0), Simone Branca (7.3), Giuseppe Carriero (7.0), Claudio Cassano (6.3), Andrea Magrassi (6.4) and Tommy Maistrello (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Valerio Mastrantonio, Filippo Pittarello (6.4), Domenico Frare, Emil Kornvig (6.7), Andrea Tessiore (6.4), Nicholas Saggionetto, Andrea Danzi (6.4), Alessio Rizza, Luca Maniero, Enrico Baldini (6.4) and Federico Giraudo.

Cittadella could not rely on the presence of Andrea Danzi (injured).

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: Tommy Maistrello for Filippo Pittarello (54′), Claudio Cassano for Andrea Danzi (54′), Andrea Magrassi for Enrico Baldini (86′), Alessio Vita for Andrea Tessiore (77′) and Giuseppe Carriero for Emil Kornvig (86′).