Venezia conquers Catanzaro 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

VENEZIA. Venezia beat Catanzaro to win 2-1.

November 11, 2023

VENEZIA. Venezia topped Catanzaro to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Venezia to strike first with a penalty of Joel Pohjanpalo at the 25′. Then it was a goal in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Dennis Johnsen gave the win to Venezia in the 45′ minute with a goal. Catanzaro was decisively better in terms of ball possession (72%).

Venezia remained with 10 players after Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason received a red card in the 89′.

The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Santoro with the support of Pietro Dei Giudici and Mario Davide Arace. The 4th official was Bogdan Nicolae Sfira. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 11.74 degrees Celsius or 53.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.

Match Statistics

Venezia

2 - 1

Catanzaro

! 28 Ball Possession 72

Shots

10 Total 7
5 On Target 3
1 Off Target 2
4 Shots blocked 2

89 Attack 163
17 Dangerous attack 59
42 Ball safe 50

1 Penalties 0
1 Corners 3

Fouls

12 Total 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Catanzaro was in firm control of the ball 72% while Venezia was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Catanzaro was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Venezia succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.

Venezia shot 10 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Catanzaro shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Giorgio Altare and Christian Gytkjær). Talking about the opposition, Catanzaro received 1 yellow card (Mario Šitum).

(Venezia) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (89′).

Match Timeline

M. Šitum- Yellow

Joel Pohjanpalo(penalty)

25'

40'

A. Ghion(goal)Jari Vandeputte

45'

Giorgio Altare- Yellow

58'

Bjarki Bjarkason- sub ->Mikael Ellertsson

65'

Francesco Zampano- sub ->Nicholas Pierini

65'

67'

E. Brignola- sub ->Dimitrios Sounas

68'

G. Ambrosino- sub ->Matteo Stoppa

Ali Dembélé- sub ->Marin Šverko

74'

K. Miranda- sub ->Davide Veroli

Christian Gytkjaer- sub ->Joel Pohjanpalo

75'

Bjarki Bjarkason- Red

89'

T. Biasci- sub ->Luka Krajnc

Bjarki Bjarkason(VAR_CARD)

88'

Nunzio Lella- sub ->Dennis Johnsen

89'

Christian Gytkjaer- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Venezia will have 27 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Catanzaro will stay with 21 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Venezia will host Bari 1908 on the 9th of March with a 2-2 head to head record.

Catanzaro will host Bari 1908 on the 27th of February with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (2 draws).

Venezia – Formation

Venezia

Bruno Bertinato 12.Brazil

6.7

Marco Modolo 13.Italy

6.7

Giorgio Altare 15.Italy

6.6

58'

Antonio Candela 27.Italy

7.1

Marin Šverko 33.Croatia

6.6

74'

G. Busio 6.United States

7.5

T. Tessmann 8.United States

7.0

Nicholas Pierini 10.Italy

6.4

65'

Dennis Johnsen 17.Norway

7.8

89'

45'

Mikael Egill Ellertsson 77.Iceland

7.3

65'

Joel Pohjanpalo 20.Finland

7.8

75'

25'

Substitutes

M. Grandi 23.Italy

Francesco Zampano 7.Italy

6.8

65'

Ali Dembélé 25.France

6.8

74'

Maximilian Ullmann 31.Austria

Mato Jajalo 18.Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bjarki Bjarkason 19.Iceland

6.1

65'

89'

Denis Cheryshev 21.Russia

Nunzio Lella 24.Italy

6.4

89'

Magnus Kofod Andersen 38.Denmark

Christian Gytkjaer 9.Denmark

6.8

75'

90'

Marco Olivieri 99.Italy

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

The manager Paolo Vanoli decided to play with the following team: Bruno Bertinato (6.7), Antonio Candela (7.1), Giorgio Altare (6.6), Marco Modolo (6.7), Marin Šverko (6.6), Nicholas Pierini (6.4), Tanner Tessmann (7.0), Gianluca Busio (7.5), Mikael Ellertsson (7.3), Joel Pohjanpalo (7.8) and Dennis Johnsen (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Francesco Zampano (6.8), Christian Gytkjær (6.8), Mato Jajalo, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (6.1), Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Nunzio Lella (6.4), Ali Dembélé (6.8), Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen, Gregor Pürg and Marco Olivieri.

Venezia could not rely on the presence of Ali Dembélé (injured).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: Mikael Ellertsson for Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (65′), Nicholas Pierini for Francesco Zampano (65′), Marin Šverko for Ali Dembélé (74′), Joel Pohjanpalo for Christian Gytkjær (75′) and Dennis Johnsen for Nunzio Lella (89′).

Best player: Dennis Johnsen

The most impressive player for Venezia was Dennis Johnsen.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 17 passes (53% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Catanzaro – Formation

Catanzaro

A. Fulignati 1.Italy

6.7

D. Veroli 72.Italy

6.8

74'

M. Šitum 92.Croatia

7.1

74'

N. Brighenti 23.Italy

6.7

L. Krajnc 32.Slovenia

6.6

89'

A. Ghion 18.Italy

7.9

40'

M. Pompetti 21.Italy

7.3

D. Sounas 24.Greece

7.3

67'

J. Vandeputte 27.Belgium

7.5

P. Iemmello 9.Italy

6.7

M. Stoppa 19.Italy

7.1

68'

Substitutes

A. Sala 16.Italy

E. Borrelli 22.Italy

K. Miranda 44.Italy

7.1

74'

D. Krastev 5.Bulgaria

Panos Katseris 77.Greece

7.0

74'

S. Pontisso 20.Italy

A. Oliveri 33.Italy

G. Ambrosino 70.Italy

6.7

68'

L. D'Andrea 7.Italy

E. Brignola 17.Italy

6.8

67'

T. Biasci 28.Italy

6.7

89'

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

Vincenzo Vivarini played with: Andrea Fulignati (6.7), Mario Šitum (7.1), Nicolò Brighenti (6.7), Luka Krajnc (6.6), Davide Veroli (6.8), Dimitrios Sounas (7.3), Andrea Ghion (7.9), Marco Pompetti (7.3), Jari Vandeputte (7.5), Matteo Stoppa (7.1) and Pietro Iemmello (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dimo Krastev, Luca D’Andrea, Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola (6.8), Simone Pontisso, Edoardo Borrelli, Tommaso Biasci (6.7), Andrea Oliveri, Kevin Miranda (7.1), Giuseppe Ambrosino (6.7) and Panos Katseris (7.0).

Catanzaro could not rely on the presence of Enrico Brignola (injured).

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 5 changes: Dimitrios Sounas for Enrico Brignola (67′), Davide Veroli for Kevin Miranda (74′), Mario Šitum for Panos Katseris (74′), Matteo Stoppa for Giuseppe Ambrosino (68′) and Luka Krajnc for Tommaso Biasci (89′).