UDINE. Udinese and Lecce draw 1-1. F. Thauvin scored the first goal (49′) for Udinese. R. Piccoli made it even (83′). Lecce was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine on Monday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Paride Tremolada with the support of Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni. The 4th official was Daniele Orsato. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.69 degrees Celsius or 65.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lecce had a strong ball possession 56% while Udinese was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. However, that was not enough Lecce to win the encounter.
Udinese shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecce shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Udinese received 3 yellow cards (Festy Ebosele, Florian Thauvin and Christian Kabasele). On the opposite side, Lecce received 5 yellow cards (Valentin Gendrey, Marin Pongracic, Patrick Dorgu, Federico Baschirotto and Ylber Ramadani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Udinese will have 6 points to remain in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Lecce will have 13 points like Lazio to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Udinese will host Cagliari on the 18th of February with a 16-10 head to head in favor of Udinese (7 draws).
Lecce will play away agasint Torino on the 18th of February with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Torino (3 draws).
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
5'
46'
49'
Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Sandi Lovrić, Marco Silvestri , Nehuén Pérez , Jaka Bijol , Christian Kabasele , João Ferreira , Lazar Samardžić , Walace , Roberto Pereyra , Hassane Kamara , Florian Thauvin and Isaac Success .
The home team had on the bench: Festy Ebosele , Lorenzo Lucca , Axel Guessand, Oier Zarraga, Domingos Quina, Marley Aké, Antonio Tikvić, Etienne Camara, Martín Payero , Jordan Zemura, Maduka Okoye, Simone Pafundi and Daniele Padelli.
Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: João Ferreira for Festy Ebosele (46′), Roberto Pereyra for Martín Payero (76′), Hassane Kamara for Jordan Zemura (90′) and Isaac Success for Lorenzo Lucca (76′).
Best player: Florian Thauvin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Florian Thauvin.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Roberto D’Aversa played with: Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Marin Pongracic , Federico Baschirotto , Antonino Gallo , Mohamed Kaba , Ylber Ramadani , Rémi Oudin , Pontus Almqvist , Nikola Krstovic , Gabriel Strefezza .
These were the players on the bench: Hamza Rafia, Nicola Sansone , Lorenzo Venuti, Patrick Dorgu , Joan González , Medon Berisha, Marcin Listkowski, Federico Brancolini, Lameck Banda , Giacomo Faticanti, Jeppe Corfitzen, Zinedin Smajlovic, Jasper Samooja, Ahmed Touba and Roberto Piccoli .
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Antonino Gallo for Patrick Dorgu (67′), Rémi Oudin for Lameck Banda (67′), Gabriel Strefezza for Nicola Sansone (77′), Nikola Krstovic for Roberto Piccoli (77′) and Mohamed Kaba for Joan González (79′).
Best player: Nicola Sansone
The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Nicola Sansone.
His rating is with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 77′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
