REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina defeats Crotone 1-0 after A. Montalto scored just 1 goal (21′). Crotone lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Gariglio who was helped by Damiano Margani and Paolo Laudato. The 4th official was Alessandro Di Graci. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crotone had a strong ball possession 60% while Reggina was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crotone had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Reggina managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Reggina shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Crotone shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Reggina received 1 yellow card (P. Hetemaj). Talking about the opposition, Crotone received 2 yellow cards (N. Estevez and V. Golemic).

Standings

After this match, Reggina will have 26 points to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Crotone will stay with 14 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away against SPAL on the 15th of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Reggina (0 draws).

Crotone will host Brescia on the 16th of February with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Brescia (7 draws).

Reggina – Formation

Reggina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Roberto Stellone decided to play with the following team: Stefano Turati (7.4), Giuseppe Loiacono (7.0), Thiago Cionek (7.1), Dimitrios Stavropoulos (6.7), Gianluca Di Chiara (7.4), Përparim Hetemaj (7.4), Lorenzo Crisetig (7.0), Tomasz Kupisz (7.3), Jérémy Ménez (6.5), Michael Folorunsho (6.6) and Adriano Montalto (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: A. Micai, F. Giraudo, R. Aya, A. Galabinov, Marco Tumminello (6.1), Bruno Amione (6.8), Nicolò Bianchi (6.8), G. Denis, C. Lombardi, C. Adjapong, D. Franco and Alessandro Cortinovis.

Reggina could not rely on the presence of B. Amione (injured).

Substitutions

Reggina made 4 changes: D. Stavropoulos for B. Amione (46′), A. Montalto for N. Bianchi (62′), J. Menez for M. Tumminello (62′) and P. Hetemaj for A. Cortinovis (89′).

Best player: Përparim Hetemaj​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggina was Përparim Hetemaj even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 17.

Crotone – Formation

Crotone started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Francesco Modesto played with: Gianluca Saro (6.4), Ionuț Nedelcearu (6.4), Vladimir Golemić (6.5), Giuseppe Cuomo (6.9), Luca Calapai (6.7), Nahuel Estévez (6.7), Theophilus Awua (6.8), Marco Sala (7.0), Mirko Marić (7.0), Augustus Kargbo (6.7) and Samuele Mulattieri (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ben Lhassine Kone (6.4), V. Mogoș, L. Serpe, D. Mondonico, M. Vulić, M. Festa, Gianmarco Cangiano (6.2), M. Nicoletti, Giuseppe Borello (6.2), P. Tornaghi, David Schnegg (6.6) and T. Schirò.

Substitutions

Crotone made 4 changes: T. Awua for B. L. Kone (73′), M. Sala for D. Schnegg (74′), S. Mulattieri for G. Borello (74′) and V. Golemic for G. Cangiano (84′).

Best player: Marco Sala​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crotone was Marco Sala.

His rating is (7.0) with 34 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

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