REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Reggiana overcomes Venezia 1-0 after C. Gondo scored just 1 goal (47′). Venezia lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
Joel Pohjanpalo missed a decisive penalty (39′). That would have allowed Venezia to draw the match.
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Rutella who was helped by Marco Bresmes and Federico Fontani. The 4th official was Aleksandar Djurdjevic. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.65 degrees Celsius or 70.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Venezia had a strong ball possession 58% while Reggiana was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Venezia had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Reggiana was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Reggiana shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Venezia shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Reggiana received 3 yellow cards (Luca Cigarini, Domen Črnigoj and Manolo Portanova). On the opposite side, Venezia received 4 yellow cards (Giorgio Altare, Tanner Tessmann, Mikael Ellertsson and Francesco Zampano).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Reggiana will have 11 points like Bari 1908 to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Venezia will stay with 18 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggiana will play away with Bari 1908 on the 27th of January with a 0-0 head to head.
Venezia will host Bari 1908 on the 9th of March with a 2-2 head to head.
Reggiana – Formation
Reggiana
70'
41'
47'
Reggiana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Alessandro Nesta decided to play with the following team: Francesco Bardi , Przemyslaw Szyminski , Paolo Rozzio , Alessandro Marcandalli , Manolo Portanova , Luca Cigarini , Domen Črnigoj , Edoardo Pieragnolo , Janis Antiste , Natan Girma and Cedric Gondo .
The home team had on the bench: Alex Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca, Eric Lanini, Giacomo Satalino, Shaibu Nuhu, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Lorenzo Libutti, Jacopo Da Riva, Filippo Nardi , Marko Pajač and Filippo Melegoni .
Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Filippo Nardi (injured).
Substitutions
Reggiana made 5 changes: Edoardo Pieragnolo for Marko Pajač (70′), Luca Cigarini for Jacopo Da Riva (90′), Cedric Gondo for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (90′), Domen Črnigoj for Filippo Nardi (70′) and Natan Girma for Filippo Melegoni (80′).
Best player: Francesco Bardi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was the goalkeeper: Francesco Bardi. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Venezia – Formation
Venezia
Venezia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Paolo Vanoli played with: Bruno Bertinato , Antonio Candela , Giorgio Altare , Marco Modolo , Francesco Zampano , Nunzio Lella , Magnus Kofod Andersen , Gianluca Busio , Mikael Ellertsson , Joel Pohjanpalo and Nicholas Pierini .
These were the players on the bench: Tanner Tessmann , Christian Gytkjær , Dennis Johnsen , Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé, Maximilian Ullmann, Marin Šverko , Lorenzo Busato, Gregor Pürg and Marco Olivieri .
Venezia could not rely on the presence of Marin Šverko (injured).
Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: Marco Modolo for Marin Šverko (71′), Nunzio Lella for Marco Olivieri (77′), Joel Pohjanpalo for Christian Gytkjær (78′), Magnus Kofod Andersen for Tanner Tessmann (71′) and Nicholas Pierini for Dennis Johnsen (71′).
Best player: Nicholas Pierini
The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Nicholas Pierini.
His rating is with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
