VENEZIA. Venezia manages to recover against Lecco with a penalty kick on the F. Lepore 21′ and a goal on the A. Ioniță 71′. Venezia was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Cosso with the assistance of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Marco Ceccon. The 4th official was Aleksandar Djurdjevic. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 9.65 degrees Celsius or 49.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Venezia was in firm control of the ball 61% while Lecco was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Venezia had a more offensive attitude with 76 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Venezia to win the match.
Venezia shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecco shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Tanner Tessmann and Dennis Johnsen). On the other side, Lecco received 2 yellow cards (Mats Lemmens and Umberto Eusepi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Venezia has 34 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Lecco will has 17 points like Ternana to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Venezia will play away against FeralpiSalò on the 26th of December with a 3-3 head to head record.
Lecco will host Südtirol on the 26th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Südtirol (1 draw).
Venezia – Formation
Venezia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Paolo Vanoli decided to play with the following team: Jesse Joronen , Antonio Candela , Giorgio Altare , Marin Šverko , Francesco Zampano , Nunzio Lella , Tanner Tessmann , Magnus Kofod Andersen , Dennis Johnsen , Christian Gytkjær and Nicholas Pierini .
The home team had on the bench: Gianluca Busio, Bruno Bertinato, Mato Jajalo, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason , Joel Pohjanpalo , Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé , Michael Svoboda, Maximilian Ullmann, Lorenzo Busato and Mikael Ellertsson .
Venezia could not rely on the presence of Ali Dembélé (injured).
Substitutions
Venezia made 4 changes: Nunzio Lella for Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (74′), Nicholas Pierini for Mikael Ellertsson (64′), Christian Gytkjær for Joel Pohjanpalo (64′) and Magnus Kofod Andersen for Ali Dembélé (81′).
Player of the match: Tanner Tessmann
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Tanner Tessmann.
His rating is with 1 goal, 92 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Lecco – Formation
Also Lecco adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Emiliano Bonazzoli played with: Riccardo Melgrati , Mats Lemmens , Vedran Celjak , Alessandro Bianconi , Alessandro Caporale , Giovanni Crociata , Alessandro Sersanti , Artur Ioniță , Franco Lepore , Andrija Novakovich and Nicolò Buso .
These were the players on the bench: Duccio Degli Innocenti , Luca Giudici , Umberto Eusepi , Mattia Tordini, Matteo Battistini , Lorenzo Pinzauti, Umberto Saracco, Luca Marrone, Brayan Boci, Lorenzo Di Stefano, Vittorio Agostinelli and Giorgio Galli .
Substitutions
Lecco made 5 changes: Franco Lepore for Luca Giudici (58′), Artur Ioniță for Giorgio Galli (73′), Andrija Novakovich for Umberto Eusepi (83′), Giovanni Crociata for Duccio Degli Innocenti (83′) and Nicolò Buso for Matteo Battistini (83′).
Player of the match: Alessandro Sersanti
The most impressive player for Lecco was Alessandro Sersanti.
His rating is with 44 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 19 duels out of 22.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Cosenza – 0-0
- Catanzaro – Brescia – 2-3
- Venezia – Lecco – 2-2
- Südtirol – Reggiana – 2-3
- Sampdoria – FeralpiSalò – 2-3
- Pisa – Ascoli – 1-0
- Parma – Ternana – 3-1
- Cremonese – Modena – 4-0
- Como – Palermo – 3-3
- Cittadella – Spezia – 4-1