CITTADELLA. Cittadella beat Südtirol to win 2-1. It was Cittadella to strike first with a goal of Luca Pandolfi at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Filippo Pittarello gave the win to Cittadella in the 66′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau who had the assistance of Claudio Barone and . The 4th official was Edoardo Gianquinto. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9.76 degrees Celsius or 49.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 14 Total 5
- 6 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 127 Attack 86
- 61 Dangerous attack 29
- 71 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cittadella was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Südtirol that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cittadella won the match.
Cittadella shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Südtirol shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (Enrico Baldini, Luca Pandolfi and Lorenzo Carissoni). On the other side, Südtirol received 5 yellow cards (Giacomo Poluzzi, Andrea Masiello, Daouda Peeters, Daniele Casiraghi and Fabian Tait).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cittadella will have 22 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Südtirol will stay with 16 points like Sampdoria and Reggiana to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of May with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (8 draws).
Südtirol will host Bari 1908 on the 24th of February with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (1 draw).
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati
, Alessandro Salvi , Nicola Pavan , Stefano Negro , Lorenzo Carissoni , Alessio Vita , Andrea Danzi , Giuseppe Carriero , Claudio Cassano , Luca Pandolfi and Tommy Maistrello .The home team had on the bench: Matteo Angeli, Valerio Mastrantonio, Francesco Amatucci
, Andrea Magrassi , Filippo Pittarello , Domenico Frare , Emil Kornvig, Andrea Tessiore, Alessio Rizza, Luca Maniero, Enrico Baldini and Federico Giraudo.Cittadella could not rely on the presence of Enrico Baldini (injured) and Francesco Amatucci (injured).
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: Tommy Maistrello for Filippo Pittarello (63′), Claudio Cassano for Andrea Magrassi (81′), Andrea Danzi for Domenico Frare (81′), Luca Pandolfi for Enrico Baldini (70′) and Giuseppe Carriero for Francesco Amatucci (63′).
Player of the match: Luca Pandolfi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Luca Pandolfi.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 18 passes (56% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 20.Südtirol – Formation
Südtirol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pierpaolo Bisoli played with: Giacomo Poluzzi
, Luca Ghiringhelli , Andrea Giorgini , Andrea Masiello , Simone Davì , Fabian Tait , Daouda Peeters , Jérémie Broh , Daniele Casiraghi , Emanuele Pecorino and Silvio Merkaj .The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrea Cagnano
, Gabriel Lunetta , Riccardo Ciervo , Giacomo Drago, Giuseppe Cuomo, Nicola Rauti, Andrea Cisco , Cristian Shiba, Jonas Arlanch, Lorenzo Lonardi and Raphael Odogwu .Substitutions
Südtirol made 5 changes: Emanuele Pecorino for Raphael Odogwu (67′), Daouda Peeters for Riccardo Ciervo (46′), Simone Davì for Andrea Cagnano (46′), Jérémie Broh for Gabriel Lunetta (83′) and Luca Ghiringhelli for Andrea Cisco (83′).
Player of the match: Daniele Casiraghi
The player that probably impressed the most for Südtirol was Daniele Casiraghi.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 37 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Venezia – 0-3
- Pisa – Brescia – 1-1
- Reggiana – Ascoli – 1-1
- Parma – Modena – 1-1
- Cremonese – Lecco – 1-0
- Como – FeralpiSalò – 2-1
- Cittadella – Südtirol – 2-1