Brescia overcomes Catanzaro after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CATANZARO. Brescia had a remarkable comeback against Catanzaro.

By
Luke Meyer
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Brescia overcomes Catanzaro after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CATANZARO. Brescia had a spectacular comeback against Catanzaro. Catanzaro was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo stadium in Catanzaro on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Piccinini with the assistance of Vittorio Di Gioia and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Antonio Di Reda. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.87 degrees Celsius or 58.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Catanzaro

2 - 3

Team 1

Brescia

  • ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
  • 10 Total 8
  • 5 On Target 6
  • 2 Off Target 2
  • 3 Shots blocked 0
  • 94 Attack 94
  • 40 Dangerous attack 23
  • 148 Ball safe 109
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 12 Total 18
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Catanzaro was in firm control of the ball 68% while Brescia was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Catanzaro was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Brescia was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Catanzaro shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Brescia shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Catanzaro received 1 yellow card (Matteo Stoppa). Regarding the opposition, Brescia received 3 yellow cards (Giacomo Olzer, Lorenzo Dickmann and Dimitri Bisoli).

Match Timeline

G. Ambrosino(goal)Jari Vandeputte
10'
J. Vandeputte(goal)Tommaso Biasci
13'
46'
Gabriele Moncini- sub ->Nicolas Galazzi
46'
Fabrizio Paghera- sub ->Massimiliano Mangraviti
47'
Birkir Bjarnason(goal)Lorenzo Dickmann
48'
Birkir Bjarnason(VAR)
50'
Lorenzo Dickmann- Yellow
58'
Dimitri Bisoli (goal)Gennaro Borrelli
E. Brignola- sub ->Dimitrios Sounas
63'
M. Stoppa- sub ->Giuseppe Ambrosino
64'
M. Šitum- sub ->Panos Katseris
64'
M. Stoppa- Yellow
72'
L. D'Andrea- sub ->Tommaso Biasci
76'
81'
Giacomo Olzer- sub ->Birkir Bjarnason
85'
Flavio Bianchi- sub ->Gennaro Borrelli
S. Pontisso- sub ->Luca Verna
85'
90'
Flavio Bianchi(goal)
90'
Giacomo Olzer- Yellow
90'
Andrea Papetti- sub ->Lorenzo Dickmann
90'
Dimitri Bisoli - Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
70
34
Venezia
67
35
Como
67
34
Cremonese
60
35
Catanzaro
57
35
Palermo
52
34
Brescia
46
34
Sampdoria
45
34
Pisa
45
35
Cittadella
44
34
Südtirol
43
34
Modena
40
34
Reggiana
40
34
Cosenza
39
34
Ternana
37
34
Bari 1908
36
34
Spezia
36
34
Ascoli
34
34
FeralpiSalò
31
34
Lecco
26
34

After playing this contest, Catanzaro stays with 30 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Brescia will has 25 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will play away against Reggiana on the 26th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Brescia will host Parma on the 26th of December with a 5-5 head to head.

Catanzaro – Formation

Catanzaro
G
A. Fulignati 1.Italy
6.3
D
S. Scognamillo 14.Italy
7.0
D
N. Brighenti 23.Italy
6.3
D
L. Krajnc 32.Slovenia
6.3
M
L. Verna 8.Italy
6.4
85'
M
A. Ghion 18.Italy
7.3
M
D. Sounas 24.Greece
6.7
63'
M
J. Vandeputte 27.Belgium
8.5
Goals13'
M
T. Biasci 28.Italy
7.1
76'
M
Panos Katseris 77.Greece
6.7
64'
F
G. Ambrosino 70.Italy
7.7
64' Goals10'
Substitutes
G
A. Sala 16.Italy
G
E. Borrelli 22.Italy
D
D. Krastev 5.Bulgaria
D
K. Miranda 44.Italy
D
M. Šitum 92.Croatia
6.6
64'
M
S. Pontisso 20.Italy
6.4
85'
M
M. Pompetti 21.Italy
M
A. Oliveri 33.Italy
F
L. D'Andrea 7.Italy
6.8
76'
F
E. Brignola 17.Italy
6.6
63'
F
M. Stoppa 19.Italy
6.4
64' 72'

Catanzaro adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Vincenzo Vivarini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Fulignati (6.3), Stefano Scognamillo (7.0), Nicolò Brighenti (6.3), Luka Krajnc (6.3), Panos Katseris (6.7), Luca Verna (6.4), Andrea Ghion (7.3), Jari Vandeputte (8.5), Dimitrios Sounas (6.7), Tommaso Biasci (7.1) and Giuseppe Ambrosino (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Dimo Krastev, Luca D’Andrea (6.8), Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola (6.6), Matteo Stoppa (6.4), Simone Pontisso (6.4), Marco Pompetti, Edoardo Borrelli, Andrea Oliveri, Kevin Miranda and Mario Šitum (6.6).

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 5 changes: Giuseppe Ambrosino for Matteo Stoppa (64′), Panos Katseris for Mario Šitum (64′), Luca Verna for Simone Pontisso (85′), Tommaso Biasci for Luca D’Andrea (76′) and Dimitrios Sounas for Enrico Brignola (63′).

Player of the match: Jari Vandeputte​

The player that probably impressed the most for Catanzaro was Jari Vandeputte.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 36 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 15 crosses.

Brescia – Formation

Brescia
G
Lorenzo Andrenacci 22.Italy
7.0
D
Massimiliano Mangraviti 14.Italy
6.8
46'
D
Andrea Cistana 15.Italy
6.7
D
Davide Adorni 28.Italy
6.4
M
Birkir Bjarnason 7.Iceland
7.8
81' Goals47'
M
Alexander Jallow 18.Sweden
6.7
M
Nicolas Galazzi 23.Italy
6.4
46'
M
Lorenzo Dickmann 24.Italy
7.1
90' 50'
M
Dimitri Bisoli  25.Italy
7.5
90' Goals58'
M
Massimo Bertagnoli 26.Italy
6.4
F
Gennaro Borrelli 29.Italy
6.4
85'
Substitutes
G
Simone Cortese 12.Italy
D
Matthieu Huard 3.France
D
Andrea Papetti 32.Italy
90'
M
Fabrizio Paghera 4.Italy
6.4
46'
M
Riccardo Fogliata 21.Italy
M
Giacomo Olzer 27.Italy
6.6
81' 90'
M
Michele Besaggio  39.Italy
F
Flavio Bianchi 9.Italy
7.3
85' Goals90'
F
Gabriele Moncini 11.Italy
6.8
46'
F
Matteo Ferro 31.Italy

Also Brescia adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Rolando Maran played with: Lorenzo Andrenacci (7.0), Davide Adorni (6.4), Andrea Cistana (6.7), Massimiliano Mangraviti (6.8), Lorenzo Dickmann (7.1), Massimo Bertagnoli (6.4), Dimitri Bisoli (7.5), Alexander Jallow (6.7), Nicolas Galazzi (6.4), Birkir Bjarnason (7.8) and Gennaro Borrelli (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Matthieu Huard, Fabrizio Paghera (6.4), Flavio Bianchi (7.3), Gabriele Moncini (6.8), Simone Cortese, Riccardo Fogliata, Giacomo Olzer (6.6), Matteo Ferro, Andrea Papetti and Michele Besaggio.

Substitutions

Brescia made 5 changes: Lorenzo Dickmann for Andrea Papetti (90′), Birkir Bjarnason for Giacomo Olzer (81′), Gennaro Borrelli for Flavio Bianchi (85′), Nicolas Galazzi for Gabriele Moncini (46′) and Massimiliano Mangraviti for Fabrizio Paghera (46′).

Player of the match: Birkir Bjarnason​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brescia was Birkir Bjarnason.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 21 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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