VICENZA. Vicenza and Cosenza didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Vicenza was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the Stadio Romeo Menti stadium in Vicenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Lorenzo Maggioni with the support of Giuseppe Maccaddino and Marco Della Croce. The 4th official was Andrea Zanotti. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.4 degrees Celsius or 52.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vicenza had a superior ball possession 64% while Cosenza was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vicenza was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Vicenza to win the match​.

Vicenza shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Vicenza received 3 yellow cards (S. De Maio, J. Bikel and N. Contini). Talking about the opposition, Cosenza received 2 yellow cards (J. Larrivey and K. Matosevic).

Standings

After playing this match, Vicenza will have 12 points like Pordenone to sit in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will have 19 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Cosenza will host Perugia on the 15th of February with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Cosenza (3 draws).

Vicenza – Formation

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

The manager Cristian Brocchi decided to play with the following team: Nikita Contini (7.0), Matteo Bruscagin (7.2), Nicola Pasini (7.0), Sebastien De Maio (7.1), Luca Crecco (7.4), Loris Zonta (6.8), Janio Bikel (6.5), Filippo Ranocchia (7.3), Davide Diaw (7.2), Riccardo Meggiorini (6.9) and Alessio Da Cruz (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Malik Djibril, Stefano Giacomelli, Łukasz Teodorczyk (6.4), Riccardo Brosco, Thomas Sandon, Emanuele Padella, Michele Cavion (6.8), Charles Boli (6.8), Jordan Lukaku, Matteo Grandi, Tommaso Mancini and Nicola Dalmonte.

Substitutions

Vicenza made 3 changes: R. Meggiorini for L. Teodorczyk (62′), L. Zonta for C. Boli (68′) and M. Bruscagin for M. Cavion (81′).

Best player: Luca Crecco​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vicenza was Luca Crecco.

His rating is (7.4) with 65 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 8 crosses.

Cosenza – Formation

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

Roberto Occhiuzzi played with: Kristjan Matošević (7.2), Andrea Hristov (7.1), Michele Rigione (7.4), Sauli Väisänen (7.1), Alessandro Di Pardo (6.8), Rodney Kongolo (7.0), Luca Palmiero (6.5), Reda Boultam (6.2), Daniele Liotti (7.1), Giuseppe Caso (6.8) and Gaëtan Laura (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Luca Bittante (6.8), Michael Venturi, Joaquín Larrivey (7.0), Edoardo Sarri, Mauro Vigorito, Aldo Florenzi (7.0), Mario Šitum (7.2), Idriz Voca (6.6), Michele Camporese, Roberto Pirrello, Vincenzo Millico and Luca Pandolfi.

Cosenza could not rely on the presence of M. Situm (injured).

Substitutions

Cosenza made 5 changes: A. Di Pardo for M. Situm (38′), R. Boultam for I. Voca (46′), G. Caso for J. Larrivey (46′), L. Palmiero for A. Florenzi (73′) and D. Liotti for L. Bittante (79′).

Best player: Michele Rigione​

The most impressive player for Cosenza was Michele Rigione.

His rating is (7.4) with 19 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Cittadella – Cremonese – 0-2
• Reggina – Crotone – 1-0
• Perugia – Frosinone – 3-0
• Parma – Pordenone – 4-1
• Monza – SPAL – 4-0
• Pisa – Ternana – 0-0
• Vicenza – Cosenza – 0-0