CATANZARO. Catanzaro and Palermo draw 1-1. T. Biasci scored the first goal (29′) for Catanzaro. J. Segre equalized (48′). Catanzaro was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%)​

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 Niccolò Baroni who had the assistance of Dario Cecconi and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Gianluca Grasso. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 15.28 degrees Celsius or 59.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Catanzaro was in firm control of the ball 63% while Palermo was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Palermo had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Palermo to win the match​.

Catanzaro shot 12 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Palermo shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Catanzaro received 1 yellow card (Nicolò Brighenti). Talking about the opposition, Palermo received 1 yellow card (Filippo Ranocchia).

Standings

After this match, Catanzaro has 34 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Palermo will has 36 points like Cittadella to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will play away with Spezia on the 3rd of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 3rd of February with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Palermo (10 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 (7.1), Mario Šitum (7.3), Stefano Scognamillo (7.1), Nicolò Brighenti (7.0), Davide Veroli (6.7), Dimitrios Sounas (6.0), Luca Verna (6.8), Marco Pompetti (7.5), Jari Vandeputte (7.1), Pietro Iemmello (6.4) and Tommaso Biasci (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Matias Antonini Lui (6.7), Luca D’Andrea, Jacopo Petriccione (6.8), Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola, Matteo Stoppa (6.3), Simone Pontisso, Edoardo Borrelli, Andrea Oliveri (6.6), Kevin Miranda, Giuseppe Ambrosino (6.7) and Alfredo Donnarumma.

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 5 changes: Pietro Iemmello for Giuseppe Ambrosino (64′), Luca Verna for Jacopo Petriccione (78′), Mario Šitum for Andrea Oliveri (78′), Davide Veroli for Matias Antonini Lui (86′) and Tommaso Biasci for Matteo Stoppa (86′).

Player of the match: Marco Pompetti​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Catanzaro was Marco Pompetti.

His rating is 7.5 with 65 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Palermo – Formation

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

Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli (6.7), Simon Graves Jensen (6.4), Ionuț Nedelcearu (7.0), Pietro Ceccaroni (6.8), Kristoffer Lund (7.3), Filippo Ranocchia (7.0), Claudio Gomes (7.5), Jacopo Segre (7.8), Francesco Di Mariano (7.5), Edoardo Soleri (6.3) and Federico Di Francesco (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Leo Štulac, Leonardo Mancuso (7.3), Roberto Insigne (7.5), Adnan Kanurić, Ivan Marconi, Aljosa Vasic (6.7), Salim Diakité, Alessio Buttaro, Nicola Valente, Giuseppe Aurelio (6.6), Liam Henderson and Mamadou Coulibaly (6.4).

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Federico Di Francesco for Roberto Insigne (73′), Edoardo Soleri for Leonardo Mancuso (73′), Filippo Ranocchia for Mamadou Coulibaly (79′), Kristoffer Lund for Giuseppe Aurelio (87′) and Francesco Di Mariano for Aljosa Vasic (87′).

Player of the match: Jacopo Segre​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Palermo was Jacopo Segre.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 29 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Catanzaro – Palermo – 1-1