PIACENZA. FeralpiSalò defeats Cremonese 1-0 after C. Kourfalidis scored just 1 goal (28′). Cremonese was much superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Stadio Leonardo Garilli stadium in Piacenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Monaldi who had the assistance of Domenico Palermo and Francesco Cortese. The 4th official was Andrea Zanotti. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.59 degrees Celsius or 45.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
- 7 Total 18
- 4 On Target 6
- 1 Off Target 10
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 97 Attack 123
- 42 Dangerous attack 73
- 72 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Cremonese was in firm control of the ball 68% while FeralpiSalò was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, FeralpiSalò succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
FeralpiSalò shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese shot 18 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
FeralpiSalò didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cremonese received 4 yellow cards (Giacomo Quagliata, Luka Lochoshvili, Leonardo Sernicola and David Okereke).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, FeralpiSalò has 10 points to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Cremonese will stays with 29 points like Cittadella to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, FeralpiSalò will play away with Sampdoria on the 23rd of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).
Cremonese will host Modena on the 23rd of December with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Modena (1 draw).
FeralpiSalò – Formation
FeralpiSalò
82'
28'
FeralpiSalò adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Marco Zaffaroni decided to play with the following team: Semuel Pizzignacco , Davide Balestrero , Luca Ceppitelli , Bruno Martella , Federico Bergonzi , Christos Kourfalidis , Luca Fiordilino , Davide Di Molfetta , Mattia Felici , Mattia Compagnon and Karlo Butić .
The home team had on the bench: Mattia Tonetto, Loris Bacchetti, Mattia Zennaro , Marco Sau, Denis Hergheligiu , Mauro Verzelletti, Stefano Minelli, Giacomo Volpe, Vittorio Parigini, Andrea La Mantia and Alessandro Pietrelli .
FeralpiSalò could not rely on the presence of Mattia Zennaro (injured).
Substitutions
FeralpiSalò made 4 changes: Mattia Compagnon for Denis Hergheligiu (69′), Christos Kourfalidis for Mattia Zennaro (63′), Karlo Butić for Andrea La Mantia (82′) and Davide Di Molfetta for Alessandro Pietrelli (82′).
Player of the match: Semuel Pizzignacco
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FeralpiSalò was the goalkeeper: Semuel Pizzignacco. His rating is 9.08. He performed 6 saves.
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
54'
Also Cremonese adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Giovanni Stroppa played with: Andreas Jungdal , Alessandro Tuia , Luca Ravanelli , Luka Lochoshvili , Leonardo Sernicola , Michele Collocolo , Michele Castagnetti , Žan Majer , Luca Zanimacchia , Franco Vázquez and David Okereke .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Charles Pickel, Daniel Ciofani , Cristian Buonaiuto , Felix Afena-Gyan , Luca Valzania , Paolo Ghiglione, Gianluca Saro, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Giacomo Quagliata , Massimo Coda and Andrea Bertolacci.
Cremonese could not rely on the presence of Giacomo Quagliata (injured).
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Žan Majer for Massimo Coda (46′), Luca Zanimacchia for Giacomo Quagliata (44′), David Okereke for Daniel Ciofani (63′), Alessandro Tuia for Felix Afena-Gyan (75′) and Michele Collocolo for Cristian Buonaiuto (75′).
Player of the match: Alessandro Tuia
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was Alessandro Tuia.
His rating is with 54 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Brescia – Como – 2-0
- Venezia – Südtirol – 2-3
- Reggiana – Sampdoria – 1-2
- Palermo – Pisa – 3-2
- Modena – Cittadella – 1-1
- FeralpiSalò – Cremonese – 1-0
- Cosenza – Parma – 0-0
- Ascoli – Catanzaro – 1-0
