BOZEN. Reggiana beat Südtirol. Südtirol was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
Reggiana remained with 10 players after Luca Cigarini received a red card in the 53′. Even so, Reggiana still was able to win this match playing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Stadio Marco Druso stadium in Bozen on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello who was helped by Giorgio Peretti and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Matteo Canci. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 7.14 degrees Celsius or 44.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Südtirol had a superior ball possession 63% while Reggiana was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Südtirol was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Reggiana was able to find the solution to win this match.
Südtirol shot 13 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Reggiana shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Südtirol received 3 yellow cards (Andrea Cisco, Daniele Casiraghi and Andrea Masiello). Regarding the opposition, Reggiana received 3 yellow cards (Elvis Kabashi , Alessandro Bianco and Francesco Bardi).
Also, Reggiana didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Luca Cigarini (Reggiana) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (53′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Südtirol stays with 20 points like Reggiana to remain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Reggiana will has 20 points like Südtirol to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Südtirol will play away with Lecco on the 26th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Südtirol (1 draw).
Reggiana will host Catanzaro on the 26th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Südtirol – Formation
Südtirol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Federico Valente decided to play with the following team: Giacomo Poluzzi
, Andrea Giorgini , Kévin Vinetot , Andrea Masiello , Andrea Cagnano , Riccardo Ciervo , Fabian Tait , Daouda Peeters , Daniele Casiraghi , Nicola Rauti and Silvio Merkaj .The home team had on the bench: Luca Ghiringhelli, Gabriel Lunetta
, Emanuele Pecorino , Giacomo Drago, Giuseppe Cuomo, Jérémie Broh, Andrea Cisco , Raphael Kofler , Jakob Tschöll, Amney Moutassime and Lorenzo Lonardi.Substitutions
Südtirol made 5 changes: Andrea Cagnano for Gabriel Lunetta (70′), Riccardo Ciervo for Andrea Cisco (71′), Silvio Merkaj for Amney Moutassime (88′), Andrea Giorgini for Raphael Kofler (88′) and Nicola Rauti for Emanuele Pecorino (77′).
Player of the match: Fabian Tait
The player that probably impressed the most for Südtirol was Fabian Tait .
His rating is
with 76 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.Reggiana – Formation
Reggiana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Alessandro Nesta played with: Francesco Bardi
, Mario Sampirisi , Filippo Romagna , Przemyslaw Szyminski , Riccardo Fiamozzi , Elvis Kabashi , Alessandro Bianco , Edoardo Pieragnolo , Natan Girma , Manolo Portanova and Cedric Gondo .The following players were sitting on the bench: Alex Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca, Luca Cigarini, Eric Lanini, Giacomo Satalino, Lorenzo Libutti
, Filippo Nardi, Alessandro Marcandalli, Janis Antiste , Domen Črnigoj and Filippo Melegoni.Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Domen Črnigoj (injured).
Substitutions
Reggiana made 4 changes: Manolo Portanova for Janis Antiste (60′), Natan Girma for Domen Črnigoj (72′), Edoardo Pieragnolo for Lorenzo Libutti (73′) and Cedric Gondo for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (90′).
Player of the match: Natan Girma
The most impressive player for Reggiana was Natan Girma.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 28 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.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