REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sampdoria beat Reggiana to win 2-1. A goal from M. Portanova was decisive in the 90min. It was Sampdoria to strike first with a goal of Pajtim Kasami at the 44′. Then Manuel De Luca scored again for Sampdoria in the 46′ minute. Eventually, Manolo Portanova reduced the distance for Reggiana (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau assisted by Mattia Politi and . The 4th official was Fabrizio Ramondino. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 8.61 degrees Celsius or 47.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Reggiana

1 - 2

Sampdoria

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 8 Total 14
  • 3 On Target 6
  • 3 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 88 Attack 123
  • 35 Dangerous attack 52
  • 96 Ball safe 74
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 7
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 15 Total 17
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Reggiana was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sampdoria that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sampdoria was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sampdoria won the encounter.​

Reggiana shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Reggiana received 4 yellow cards (Edoardo Pieragnolo, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Alessandro Marcandalli and Manolo Portanova). On the opposite side, Sampdoria received 4 yellow cards (Fabio Depaoli, Antonino La Gumina, and Manuel De Luca).

Match Timeline

10'
Manuel De Luca- Yellow
Alessandro Marcandalli- Yellow
25'
Manolo Portanova- Yellow
38'
44'
Pajtim Kasami(goal)Sebastiano Esposito
Przemyslaw Szyminski- sub ->Alessandro Marcandalli
46'
46'
Manuel De Luca(goal)
Cedric Gondo- sub ->Janis Antiste
61'
Filippo Melegoni- sub ->Filippo Nardi
61'
66'
73'
Fabio Depaoli- Yellow
Edoardo Pieragnolo- Yellow
75'
Riccardo Fiamozzi- Yellow
79'
79'
83'
84'
Leonardo Benedetti- sub ->Valerio Verre
84'
Matteo Ricci- sub ->Gerard Yepes
89'
Kristoffer Askildsen- sub ->Sebastiano Esposito
89'
Stefano Girelli- sub ->Simone Giordano
Manolo Portanova(goal)Riccardo Fiamozzi
90'
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, Reggiana stays with 17 points to remain in the 15th place. On the other side, Sampdoria will has 22 points like Brescia to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Reggiana will play away against Südtirol on the 23rd of December with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Reggiana (6 draws).

Sampdoria will host FeralpiSalò on the 23rd of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).

Reggiana – Formation

Reggiana
G
Francesco Bardi 22.Italy
7.3
D
Filippo Romagna 19.Italy
7.3
D
Alessandro Marcandalli 27.Italy
6.3
46' 25'
D
Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy
7.1
83'
M
Edoardo Pieragnolo 3.Italy
7.0
75'
M
Riccardo Fiamozzi 15.Italy
7.3
79'
M
Filippo Nardi 24.Italy
6.4
61'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
7.0
F
Muhamed Varela Djamanca 7.Portugal
7.0
F
Janis Antiste 28.France
6.7
61'
F
Manolo Portanova 90.Italy
7.7
38' 90'
Substitutes
G
A. Sposito 1.Italy
G
Giacomo Satalino 12.Italy
D
Paolo Rozzio 4.Italy
D
Lorenzo Libutti 17.Italy
D
Przemyslaw Szyminski 25.Poland
7.0
46'
M
Nuhu Shaibu 14.Nigeria
M
Filippo Melegoni 72.Italy
6.8
61'
M
Elvis Kabashi 77.Albania
F
Eric Lanini 10.Italy
6.8
83'
F
Cedric Gondo 11.Ivory Coast
6.4
61'

Reggiana started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Alessandro Nesta decided to play with the following team: Francesco Bardi (7.3), Mario Sampirisi (7.1), Filippo Romagna (7.3), Alessandro Marcandalli (6.3), Riccardo Fiamozzi (7.3), Filippo Nardi (6.4), Alessandro Bianco (7.0), Edoardo Pieragnolo (7.0), Muhamed Varela Djamanca (7.0), Janis Antiste (6.7) and Manolo Portanova (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Alex Sposito, Paolo Rozzio, Eric Lanini (6.8), Cedric Gondo (6.4), Giacomo Satalino, Shaibu Nuhu, Lorenzo Libutti, Przemyslaw Szyminski (7.0), Filippo Melegoni (6.8) and Elvis Kabashi .

Substitutions

Reggiana made 4 changes: Alessandro Marcandalli for Przemyslaw Szyminski (46′), Janis Antiste for Cedric Gondo (61′), Filippo Nardi for Filippo Melegoni (61′) and Mario Sampirisi for Eric Lanini (83′).

Player of the match: Manolo Portanova​

The player that probably impressed the most for Reggiana was Manolo Portanova.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 20 passes (50% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.

Sampdoria – Formation

Sampdoria
G
Filip Stankovic 1.Serbia
6.4
D
F. González 33.Uruguay
7.0
D
D. Ghilardi 87.Italy
7.1
D
Fabio Depaoli 23.Italy
6.7
73'
D
Nicola Murru 29.Italy
7.1
M
Sebastiano Esposito 7.Italy
8.2
89'
M
Valerio Verre 10.Italy
7.7
84'
M
Pajtim Kasami 14.Switzerland
8.2
44'
M
Simone Giordano 21.Italy
7.5
89'
M
Gerard Yepes 28.Spain
7.0
84'
F
Manuel De Luca 9.Italy
7.1
66' 10' 46'
Substitutes
G
Nicola Ravaglia 22.Italy
D
Hugo Buyla 35.Equatorial Guinea
D
Petar Stojanović 40.Slovenia
D
Andrea Conti 13.Italy
M
Leonardo Benedetti 80.Italy
6.6
84'
M
Kristoffer Askildsen 5.Norway
6.3
89'
M
S. Panada 6.Italy
M
Matteo Ricci 8.Italy
6.6
84'
M
L. Malagrida 17.Italy
M
Stefano Girelli 32.Italy
6.3
89'
F
S. Ntanda 43.Belgium
F
Antonino La Gumina 20.Italy
6.1
66' 79'

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

Andrea Pirlo played with: Filip Stankovic (6.4), Fabio Depaoli (6.7), Daniele Ghilardi (7.1), Facundo González (7.0), Nicola Murru (7.1), Pajtim Kasami (8.2), Gerard Yepes (7.0), Simone Giordano (7.5), Sebastiano Esposito (8.2), Valerio Verre (7.7) and Manuel De Luca (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Kristoffer Askildsen (6.3), Simone Panada, Matteo Ricci (6.6), Andrea Conti, Lorenzo Malagrida, Antonino La Gumina (6.1), Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli (6.3), Hugo Buyla, Petar Stojanovic, Samuel Lukisa and Leonardo Benedetti (6.6).

Substitutions

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Manuel De Luca for Antonino La Gumina (66′), Simone Giordano for Stefano Girelli (89′), Gerard Yepes for Matteo Ricci (84′), Sebastiano Esposito for Kristoffer Askildsen (89′) and Valerio Verre for Leonardo Benedetti (84′).

Player of the match: Sebastiano Esposito​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Sebastiano Esposito even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 41 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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