CROTONE. Crotone was eventually too strong for Catania with the goal of Maxime Giron (33′), Guido Gomez (68′) and Vinicius Negro Di Stefano (85′).

The match was played at the Stadio Ezio Scida stadium in Crotone on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca De Angeli. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.48 degrees Celsius or 56.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Crotone was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Catania that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Catania was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, Crotone was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Crotone shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Catania shot 15 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Crotone received 4 yellow cards (Eugenio D’Ursi, Andrea Dini, Dardan Vuthaj and Federico Papini). On the other side, Catania received 2 yellow cards (Niccolò Zanellato and Alessandro Quaini).

Standings

After playing this match, Crotone has 35 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Catania will stays with 25 points like Foggia and SSC Giugliano to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Crotone will play away with Turris on the 14th of January with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Catania will host Brindisi on the 14th of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Catania (0 draws).

Crotone – Formation

Crotone started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Lamberto Zauli decided to play with the following team: Andrea Dini, Federico Papini, Giuseppe Loiacono, Guillaume Gigliotti, Vinicius Negro Di Stefano, Alessio Tribuzzi, Jacopo Petriccione, Maxime Giron, Dardan Vuthaj, Guido Gomez and Eugenio D’Ursi.

The home team had on the bench: Davide Bove, Lucas Felippe, Alberto Lucano, Giovanni Bruzzaniti, Luis Rojas, Daniel Leo, Francesco D’Alterio, Jurica Jurčec, Pasquale Giannotti, Andrea D’Errico, Mattia Vitale, Raffaele Cantisani, Riccardo Spaltro, Thomas Schirò, Orazio Pannitteri and Carlo Crialese.

Substitutions

Crotone made 3 changes: Jacopo Petriccione for Orazio Pannitteri (84′), Dardan Vuthaj for Mattia Vitale (66′) and Eugenio D’Ursi for Giovanni Bruzzaniti (80′).

Catania – Formation

Catania started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Cristiano Lucarelli played with: Alessandro Celli, Klavs Bethers, Filippo Lorenzini, Marcos Curado, Alessio Castellini, Francesco Rapisarda, Roberto Zammarini, Niccolò Zanellato, Alessandro Quaini, Rocco Costantino and Cosimo Chiricò.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Giuseppe De Luca, Michele Rocca, Edgaras Dubickas, Francesco Deli, Gabriel Popovic, Alessandro Livieri, Nana Welbeck, Emanuele Cicerelli, Marco Chiarella, Davide Marsura, Marco Albertoni, Mattia Maffei and Víctor Sánchez Lladò.

Substitutions

Catania made 4 changes: Niccolò Zanellato for Nana Welbeck (66′), Filippo Lorenzini for Emanuele Cicerelli (73′), Rocco Costantino for Víctor Sánchez Lladò (66′) and Niccolò Zanellato for Edgaras Dubickas (66′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone C.​

• ACR Messina – Audace Cerignola – 1-2
• Sorrento – SSC Giugliano – 2-0
• Crotone – Catania – 3-0
• Juve Stabia – Nuova Monterosi – 2-2
• Brindisi – Potenza Calcio – 0-4