PISA. Pisa finds its way back against Reggiana with a goal on the F. Melegoni 9′ and a goal on the J. Antiste 34′. Pisa was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%)
The match was played at the Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani stadium in Pisa on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Luca Zufferli who had the assistance of Gamal Mokhtar and Khaled Bahri. The 4th official was Andrea Bordin. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.88 degrees Celsius or 46.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pisa had a strong ball possession 64% while Reggiana was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pisa was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Pisa to win the match.
Pisa shot 17 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Reggiana shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Pisa received 7 yellow cards (Tomás Esteves, Marius Marin, Alessandro Arena, Mattia Valoti, Simone Canestrelli, Tommaso Barbieri and Marco D’Alessandro). On the other side, Reggiana received 2 yellow cards (Elvis Kabashi and Alessandro Bianco).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Pisa has 23 points like Südtirol and Sampdoria to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Reggiana will has 24 points to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Pisa will play away with Lecco on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Lecco (0 draws).
Reggiana will host Como on the 20th of January with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Como (2 draws).
Pisa – Formation
Pisa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Alberto Aquilani decided to play with the following team: Nicolas , Tommaso Barbieri , Antonio Caracciolo , Simone Canestrelli , Tomás Esteves , Marius Marin , Ádám Nagy , Lisandru Tramoni , Mattia Valoti , Stefano Moreo and Jan Mlakar .
The home team had on the bench: Hjörtur Hermannsson, Nicholas Bonfanti , Ernesto Torregrossa , Idrissa Touré, Leonardo Loria, Emanuel Vignato, Gaetano Masucci, Alessandro Arena , Alessandro De Vitis, Arturo Calabresi , Gabriele Piccinini and Marco D’Alessandro .
Substitutions
Pisa made 5 changes: Mattia Valoti for Alessandro Arena (46′), Stefano Moreo for Nicholas Bonfanti (69′), Ádám Nagy for Marco D’Alessandro (46′), Tommaso Barbieri for Arturo Calabresi (46′) and Lisandru Tramoni for Ernesto Torregrossa (81′).
Player of the match: Nicholas Bonfanti
The most impressive player for Pisa was Nicholas Bonfanti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 5 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.
His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 69′.
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 , Alessandro Marcandalli , Manolo Portanova , Elvis Kabashi , Alessandro Bianco , Riccardo Fiamozzi , Janis Antiste , Filippo Melegoni and Cedric Gondo .
These were the players on the bench: Alex Sposito, Paolo Rozzio, Muhamed Varela Djamanca , Luca Cigarini, Giacomo Satalino, Tobías Reinhart, Lorenzo Libutti , Filippo Nardi, Przemyslaw Szyminski, Marko Pajač, Domen Črnigoj and Natan Girma.
Substitutions
Reggiana made 3 changes: Manolo Portanova for Lorenzo Libutti (74′), Janis Antiste for Domen Črnigoj (75′) and Alessandro Bianco for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (75′).
Player of the match: Francesco Bardi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was the goalkeeper: Francesco Bardi. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Ternana – 3-1
- Modena – Brescia – 1-2
- Südtirol – FeralpiSalò – 1-0
- Pisa – Reggiana – 2-2
- Como – Spezia – 4-0
- Cittadella – Palermo – 2-0