REGGIO EMILIA. Reggiana defeats Catanzaro 1-0 after N. Girma scored just 1 goal (41′). Catanzaro was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia on Tuesday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Giacomo Camplone with the support of Matteo Bottegoni and Thomas Miniutti. The 4th official was Niccolò Turrini. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.17 degrees Celsius or 52.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Catanzaro had a superior ball possession 61% while Reggiana was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Catanzaro had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Reggiana was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Reggiana shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Catanzaro shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Reggiana received 3 yellow cards (Alessandro Bianco, Alessandro Nesta and Edoardo Pieragnolo). On the other side, Catanzaro received 5 yellow cards (Giuseppe Ambrosino, Matteo Stoppa, Andrea Ghion, Dimitrios Sounas and Stefano Scognamillo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Reggiana has 23 points like Sampdoria and Bari 1908 to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Catanzaro will stays with 30 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggiana will play away with Pisa on the 13th of January with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (4 draws).
Catanzaro will host Lecco on the 13th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).
Reggiana – Formation
Reggiana
46'
27'
41'
Reggiana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Alessandro Nesta decided to play with the following team: Francesco Bardi , Mario Sampirisi , Przemyslaw Szyminski , Alessandro Marcandalli , Riccardo Fiamozzi , Elvis Kabashi , Alessandro Bianco , Edoardo Pieragnolo , Domen Črnigoj , Natan Girma and Cedric Gondo .
The home team had on the bench: Alex Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca, Eric Lanini, Giacomo Satalino, Lorenzo Libutti , Filippo Romagna, Filippo Nardi, Janis Antiste , Marko Pajač, Filippo Melegoni and Manolo Portanova .
Substitutions
Reggiana made 4 changes: Edoardo Pieragnolo for Lorenzo Libutti (46′), Domen Črnigoj for Manolo Portanova (66′), Natan Girma for Filippo Melegoni (90′) and Cedric Gondo for Janis Antiste (74′).
Player of the match: Francesco Bardi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was the goalkeeper: Francesco Bardi. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.
Catanzaro – Formation
Catanzaro
Catanzaro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Vincenzo Vivarini played with: Andrea Fulignati , Mario Šitum , Dimo Krastev , Nicolò Brighenti , Stefano Scognamillo , Luca D’Andrea , Luca Verna , Simone Pontisso , Jari Vandeputte , Giuseppe Ambrosino and Dimitrios Sounas .
These were the players on the bench: Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola, Andrea Ghion , Matteo Stoppa , Marco Pompetti, Edoardo Borrelli, Tommaso Biasci , Luka Krajnc , Andrea Oliveri , Kevin Miranda and Panos Katseris.
Substitutions
Catanzaro made 5 changes: Dimitrios Sounas for Tommaso Biasci (46′), Luca Verna for Andrea Ghion (46′), Dimo Krastev for Luka Krajnc (62′), Simone Pontisso for Matteo Stoppa (83′) and Luca D’Andrea for Andrea Oliveri (81′).
Player of the match: Simone Pontisso
The most impressive player for Catanzaro was Simone Pontisso.
His rating is with 70 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Sampdoria – Bari 1908 – 1-1
- Brescia – Parma – 0-2
- Ternana – Pisa – 1-1
- Spezia – Modena – 1-1
- Reggiana – Catanzaro – 1-0
- Palermo – Cremonese – 3-2
- Lecco – Südtirol – 2-1
- FeralpiSalò – Venezia – 2-2
- Cosenza – Como – 1-2
- Ascoli – Cittadella – 0-0
