LECCO. Lecco managed to find the solution against Südtirol to win 2-1. A. Novakovich was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Südtirol to strike first with a penalty of Daniele Casiraghi at the 52′. Then it was a goal in the 63′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Andrija Novakovich gave the win to Lecco in the 75′ minute scoring a double.

The match was played at the Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi stadium in Lecco on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Monaldi assisted by Alessandro Costanzo and Matteo Passeri. The 4th official was Alberto Poli. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.08 degrees Celsius or 51.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Lecco was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Südtirol that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lecco had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecco won the match​.

Lecco shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Südtirol shot 12 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Lecco received 5 yellow cards (Duccio Degli Innocenti, Alessandro Sersanti, Franco Lepore, Luca Marrone and Matteo Battistini). Talking about the opposition, Südtirol received 3 yellow cards (Daouda Peeters, Nicola Rauti and Emanuele Pecorino).

Standings

After playing this match, Lecco has 20 points like Südtirol to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Südtirol will stays with 20 points like Lecco to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Lecco will play away with Catanzaro on the 13th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Südtirol will host FeralpiSalò on the 13th of January with a 11-7 head to head in favor of FeralpiSalò (5 draws).

Lecco – Formation

Lecco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Emiliano Bonazzoli decided to play with the following team: Riccardo Melgrati (7.3), Matteo Battistini (6.7), Vedran Celjak (6.8), Alessandro Bianconi (6.7), Franco Lepore (6.4), Giovanni Crociata (6.8), Alessandro Sersanti (6.8), Artur Ioniță (7.1), Lorenzo Di Stefano (6.4), Andrija Novakovich (9.1) and Nicolò Buso (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Duccio Degli Innocenti (7.1), Luca Giudici (6.4), Umberto Eusepi, Mattia Tordini, Luca Bonadeo, Lorenzo Pinzauti, Umberto Saracco, Luca Marrone (7.0), Davide Guglielmotti (6.4), Brayan Boci, Vittorio Agostinelli and Giorgio Galli (6.8).

Substitutions

Lecco made 5 changes: Vedran Celjak for Luca Marrone (46′), Matteo Battistini for Luca Giudici (77′), Lorenzo Di Stefano for Duccio Degli Innocenti (57′), Franco Lepore for Davide Guglielmotti (85′) and Nicolò Buso for Giorgio Galli (86′).

Player of the match: Andrija Novakovich​

The most impressive player for Lecco was Andrija Novakovich.

His rating is 9.1 with 2 goals, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 21.

Südtirol – Formation

Südtirol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Federico Valente played with: Giacomo Poluzzi (6.6), Raphael Kofler (6.7), Kévin Vinetot (7.0), Andrea Giorgini (6.8), Simone Davi (6.8), Gabriel Lunetta (7.7), Fabian Tait  (6.6), Daouda Peeters (7.1), Daniele Casiraghi (7.9), Nicola Rauti (7.0) and Emanuele Pecorino (7.3).

They had on the bench: Andrea Cagnano, Riccardo Ciervo (6.4), Giacomo Drago, Giuseppe Cuomo, Jérémie Broh, Andrea Cisco, Cristian Shiba, Silvio Merkaj (6.8), Jakob Tschöll, Amney Moutassime, Benedikt Rottensteiner and Lorenzo Lonardi (6.6).

Substitutions

Südtirol made 3 changes: Nicola Rauti for Silvio Merkaj (70′), Gabriel Lunetta for Riccardo Ciervo (70′) and Daouda Peeters for Lorenzo Lonardi (81′).

Player of the match: Daniele Casiraghi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Südtirol was Daniele Casiraghi.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 28 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 4 crosses.

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