GENOVA. Sampdoria tops Lecco 2-0 after S. Esposito scores a double.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Perenzoni assisted by Pasquale De Meo and . The 4th official was Francesco D’Eusanio. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.3 degrees Celsius or 66.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Timeline

30'
Alessandro Sersanti- Yellow
Sebastiano Esposito(goal)
39'
F. González- Yellow
42'
54'
56'
Alessandro Caporale- Yellow
63'
63'
Giorgio Galli- sub ->Franco Lepore
63'
Mats Lemmens- sub ->Artur Ioniță
Nicola Murru- Yellow
68'
Sebastiano Esposito(goal)Valerio Verre
71'
D. Ghilardi- Yellow
73'
Stefano Girelli- sub ->Nicola Murru
79'
80'
Valerio Verre- Yellow
83'
Kristoffer Askildsen- sub ->Valerio Verre
88'
Matteo Ricci- sub ->Gerard Yepes
89'
90'
Giovanni Crociata- Yellow
Pajtim Kasami- Yellow
90'
Andrea Conti- sub ->Petar Stojanovic
90'
S. Ntanda- sub ->Sebastiano Esposito
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After playing this match, Sampdoria has 19 points like Cosenza to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Lecco will stays with 16 points like Reggiana to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away against Reggiana on the 16th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

Lecco will host Ternana on the 16th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria
G
Filip Stankovic 1.Serbia
8.4
D
Nicola Murru 29.Italy
7.3
79' 68'
D
F. González 33.Uruguay
7.3
42'
D
Petar Stojanović 40.Slovenia
7.7
90'
D
D. Ghilardi 87.Italy
7.0
73'
M
Sebastiano Esposito 7.Italy
9.1
90' 39', 71'
M
Valerio Verre 10.Italy
7.8
88' 83'
M
Pajtim Kasami 14.Switzerland
7.9
90'
M
Simone Giordano 21.Italy
6.8
M
Gerard Yepes 28.Spain
7.8
89'
F
Manuel De Luca 9.Italy
7.3
Substitutes
G
Nicola Ravaglia 22.Italy
D
Andrea Conti 13.Italy
90'
D
Hugo Buyla 35.Equatorial Guinea
M
Kristoffer Askildsen 5.Norway
88'
M
S. Panada 6.Italy
M
Matteo Ricci 8.Italy
89'
M
L. Malagrida 17.Italy
M
Stefano Girelli 32.Italy
6.4
79'
F
S. Ntanda 43.Belgium
90'
F
Marco Delle Monache 77.Italy

Sampdoria started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stankovic (8.4), Petar Stojanovic (7.7), Daniele Ghilardi (7.0), Facundo González (7.3), Nicola Murru (7.3), Pajtim Kasami (7.9), Gerard Yepes (7.8), Simone Giordano (6.8), Valerio Verre (7.8), Sebastiano Esposito (9.1) and Manuel De Luca (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Kristoffer Askildsen, Simone Panada, Matteo Ricci, Andrea Conti, Lorenzo Malagrida, Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli (6.4), Hugo Buyla, Lorenzo Costantino, Francesco Conti, Samuel Lukisa and Marco Delle Monache.

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 4 changes: Gerard Yepes for Matteo Ricci (89′), Nicola Murru for Stefano Girelli (79′), Valerio Verre for Kristoffer Askildsen (88′) and Petar Stojanovic for Andrea Conti (90′).

Player of the match: Sebastiano Esposito​

The most impressive player for Sampdoria was Sebastiano Esposito.

His rating is 9.1 with 2 goals, 29 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.

Lecco – Formation

Lecco
G
Umberto Saracco 22.Italy
6.4
D
Vedran Celjak 2.Croatia
7.5
D
Alessandro Bianconi 6.Italy
7.0
D
Alessandro Caporale 17.Italy
6.7
56'
D
Franco Lepore 32.Italy
7.3
63'
M
D. Degli Innocenti 5.Italy
7.1
80'
M
Alessandro Sersanti 8.Italy
6.3
54' 30'
M
Artur Ioniță 27.Moldova
6.4
63'
F
Giovanni Crociata 21.Italy
7.5
90'
F
Andrija Novakovich 90.United States
6.7
63'
F
Nicolò Buso 99.Italy
7.3
Substitutes
G
Riccardo Melgrati 1.Italy
D
Matteo Battistini 13.Italy
D
F. Donati 20.Italy
D
Luca Marrone 34.Italy
D
B. Boci 68.Albania
D
Mats Lemmens 83.Belgium
7.1
63'
M
L. Giudici 7.Italy
M
V. Agostinelli 80.Italy
M
Giorgio Galli 96.Italy
7.0
63'
F
U. Eusepi 9.Italy
6.8
63'
F
M. Tordini 11.Italy
6.7
80'
F
Lorenzo Di Stefano 73.Italy
6.8
54'

Lecco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Emiliano Bonazzoli played with: Umberto Saracco (6.4), Franco Lepore (7.3), Vedran Celjak (7.5), Alessandro Bianconi (7.0), Alessandro Caporale (6.7), Duccio Degli Innocenti (7.1), Alessandro Sersanti (6.3), Artur Ioniță (6.4), Giovanni Crociata (7.5), Andrija Novakovich (6.7) and Nicolò Buso (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Riccardo Melgrati, Luca Giudici, Umberto Eusepi (6.8), Mattia Tordini (6.7), Matteo Battistini, Francesco Donati, Luca Marrone, Brayan Boci, Lorenzo Di Stefano (6.8), Vittorio Agostinelli, Mats Lemmens (7.1) and Giorgio Galli (7.0).

Substitutions

Lecco made 5 changes: Alessandro Sersanti for Lorenzo Di Stefano (54′), Andrija Novakovich for Umberto Eusepi (63′), Franco Lepore for Giorgio Galli (63′), Artur Ioniță for Mats Lemmens (63′) and Duccio Degli Innocenti for Mattia Tordini (80′).

Player of the match: Vedran Celjak​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecco was Vedran Celjak.

His rating is 7.5 with 48 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​