CATANZARO. Catanzaro conquers Lecco 5-3 after playing a incredible match.

The match was played at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo stadium in Catanzaro on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca who had the assistance of Marco Trinchieri and Marco Belsanti. The 4th official was Valerio Vogliaco. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 9.94 degrees Celsius or 49.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

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

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Catanzaro was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Lecco that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Catanzaro was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Catanzaro won the match​.

Catanzaro shot 20 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Lecco shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Catanzaro received 3 yellow cards (Dimitrios Sounas, Luka Krajnc and Stefano Scognamillo). Talking about the opposition, Lecco received 2 yellow cards (Giovanni Crociata and Mats Lemmens).

Standings

After playing this match, Catanzaro has 33 points like Cittadella to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Lecco will stays with 20 points like Südtirol to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will play away with FeralpiSalò on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Lecco will host Pisa on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Lecco (0 draws).

Catanzaro – Formation

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

The manager Vincenzo Vivarini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Fulignati (6.1), Panos Katseris (6.4), Stefano Scognamillo (6.6), Nicolò Brighenti (6.6), Luka Krajnc (6.4), Dimitrios Sounas (8.9), Luca Verna (7.7), Simone Pontisso (7.0), Jari Vandeputte (8.4), Pietro Iemmello (8.5) and Tommaso Biasci (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Dimo Krastev (6.8), Luca D’Andrea, Andrea Sala, Matteo Stoppa (6.7), Marco Pompetti (6.8), Edoardo Borrelli, Cristiano Belpanno, Andrea Oliveri, Giuseppe Ambrosino (6.4), Davide Veroli, Mario Šitum (6.4) and Alfredo Donnarumma.

Catanzaro could not rely on the presence of Marco Pompetti (injured).

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 5 changes: Panos Katseris for Mario Šitum (61′), Simone Pontisso for Marco Pompetti (61′), Luka Krajnc for Dimo Krastev (74′), Pietro Iemmello for Giuseppe Ambrosino (75′) and Jari Vandeputte for Matteo Stoppa (86′).

Player of the match: Dimitrios Sounas​

The most impressive player for Catanzaro was Dimitrios Sounas.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Lecco – Formation

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

Emiliano Bonazzoli played with: Riccardo Melgrati (6.6), Mats Lemmens (6.8), Luca Marrone (5.8), Alessandro Bianconi (6.4), Franco Lepore (6.3), Giovanni Crociata (7.0), Alessandro Sersanti (7.0), Artur Ioniță (7.3), Lorenzo Di Stefano (7.9), Andrija Novakovich (7.7) and Nicolò Buso (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Vedran Celjak, Luca Giudici (6.6), Umberto Eusepi, Eddie Salcedo (6.4), Henri Salomaa, Luca Bonadeo, Matteo Battistini, Umberto Saracco, Corentin Louakima, Davide Guglielmotti and Giorgio Galli.

Substitutions

Lecco made 3 changes: Lorenzo Di Stefano for Luca Giudici (46′), Franco Lepore for Davide Guglielmotti (90′) and Mats Lemmens for Eddie Salcedo (79′).

Player of the match: Lorenzo Di Stefano​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lecco was Lorenzo Di Stefano.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 13 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Catanzaro – Lecco – 5-3