BOZEN. Venezia was finally too good for Südtirol with the goal of J. Pohjanpalo was the star player of the match after he scored in the 12th and 90th minute. Joel Pohjanpalo (12′), Francesco Zampano (81′) and Joel Pohjanpalo (90′).

The match was played at the Stadio Marco Druso stadium in Bozen on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli assisted by Gamal Mokhtar and Khaled Bahri. The 4th official was Francesco D’Eusanio. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 8.41 degrees Celsius or 47.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Südtirol

0 - 3

Venezia

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 12 Total 14
  • 2 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 6
  • 3 Shots blocked 4
  • 109 Attack 82
  • 46 Dangerous attack 38
  • 64 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 20 Total 14
  • 6 Yellow Cards 2
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was 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. Südtirol was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Venezia that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Südtirol had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Venezia was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Südtirol shot 12 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Venezia shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Südtirol received 6 yellow cards (Nicola Rauti, Andrea Cagnano, Emanuele Pecorino, Andrea Masiello, Silvio Merkaj and Fabian Tait ). Regarding the opposition, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Giorgio Altare and Jesse Joronen).

Match Timeline

12'
Joel Pohjanpalo(goal)Francesco Zampano
Andrea Masiello- Yellow
18'
Silvio Merkaj- Yellow
20'
Fabian Tait - Yellow
57'
Jasmin Kurtic- sub ->Tommaso Arrigoni
59'
Salvatore Molina- sub ->Riccardo Ciervo
59'
59'
Nicholas Pierini- sub ->Christian Gytkjær
65'
Jesse Joronen- Yellow
72'
Giorgio Altare- sub ->Magnus Kofod Andersen
72'
Mikael Egill Ellertsson- sub ->Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
Andrea Masiello(yellowredcard)
75'
81'
Francesco Zampano(goal)Mikael Ellertsson
Andrea Cagnano- sub ->Simone Davi
82'
Emanuele Pecorino - Yellow
84'
85'
Giorgio Altare- Yellow
Andrea Cagnano- Yellow
87'
88'
Marco Olivieri- sub ->Gianluca Busio
Nicola Rauti- sub ->Emanuele Pecorino
88'
Nicola Rauti- Yellow
89'
90'
Joel Pohjanpalo(goal)Nicholas Pierini
Raphael Odogwu- sub ->Daniele Casiraghi
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After this match, Südtirol stays with 27 points like Sampdoria to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Venezia will has 44 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Südtirol will play away against Catanzaro on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Venezia will host Modena on the 17th of February with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Venezia (1 draw).

Südtirol – Formation

Südtirol
G
Giacomo Poluzzi 1.Italy
6.1
D
Filippo Scaglia 2.Italy
7.0
D
Andrea Giorgini 30.Italy
6.4
D
Andrea Masiello 55.Italy
6.4
18'
M
Tommaso Arrigoni 4.Italy
7.3
59'
M
Riccardo Ciervo 11.Italy
6.8
59'
M
Daniele Casiraghi 17.Italy
7.3
82'
M
Fabian Tait 21.Italy
6.8
57'
M
Simone Davi 24.Italy
7.0
82'
F
Emanuele Pecorino 9.Italy
7.5
88' 84'
F
Silvio Merkaj 33.Albania
7.0
20'
Substitutes
G
Giacomo Drago 12.Italy
D
Andrea Cagnano 3.Italy
6.4
82' 87'
D
Lorenzo Lonardi 77.Italy
M
Jérémie Broh 15.Italy
M
Jasmin Kurtic 27.Slovenia
6.4
59'
M
Raphael Kofler 28.Italy
M
Daouda Peeters 42.Belgium
M
Salvatore Molina 79.Italy
6.3
59'
M
Alessandro Mallamo 8.Italy
F
Nicola Rauti 23.Italy
88' 89'
F
Andrea Cisco 26.Italy
F
Raphael Odogwu 90.Italy
6.3
82'

Südtirol adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Federico Valente decided to play with the following team: Giacomo Poluzzi (6.1), Andrea Giorgini (6.4), Filippo Scaglia (7.0), Andrea Masiello (6.4), Riccardo Ciervo (6.8), Fabian Tait  (6.8), Tommaso Arrigoni (7.3), Daniele Casiraghi (7.3), Simone Davi (7.0), Silvio Merkaj (7.0) and Emanuele Pecorino (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Cagnano (6.4), Giacomo Drago, Jérémie Broh, Nicola Rauti, Andrea Cisco, Jasmin Kurtic (6.4), Raphael Kofler, Daouda Peeters, Lorenzo Lonardi, Salvatore Molina (6.3), Raphael Odogwu (6.3) and Alessandro Mallamo.

Südtirol could not rely on the presence of Nicola Rauti (injured).

Substitutions

Südtirol made 5 changes: Tommaso Arrigoni for Jasmin Kurtic (59′), Riccardo Ciervo for Salvatore Molina (59′), Simone Davi for Andrea Cagnano (82′), Daniele Casiraghi for Raphael Odogwu (82′) and Emanuele Pecorino for Nicola Rauti (88′).

Player of the match: Emanuele Pecorino​

The player that probably impressed the most for Südtirol was Emanuele Pecorino.

His rating is 7.5 with 21 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 17.

Venezia – Formation

Venezia
G
Jesse Joronen 1.Finland
7.1
65'
D
Jay Idzes 4.Netherlands
7.3
D
Michael Svoboda 30.Austria
7.1
D
Marin Šverko 33.Croatia
8.1
M
G. Busio 6.United States
7.9
88'
M
Francesco Zampano 7.Italy
8.2
81'
M
Bjarki Bjarkason 19.Iceland
7.0
72'
M
Antonio Candela 27.Italy
6.7
M
Magnus Kofod Andersen 38.Denmark
7.5
72'
F
Christian Gytkjaer 9.Denmark
6.7
59'
F
Joel Pohjanpalo 20.Finland
8.9
12', 90'
Substitutes
G
Bruno Bertinato 12.Brazil
G
M. Grandi 23.Italy
D
Marco Modolo 13.Italy
D
Giorgio Altare 15.Italy
7.0
72' 85'
D
Ali Dembélé 25.France
D
Maximilian Ullmann 31.Austria
M
Denis Cheryshev 21.Russia
M
Mikael Egill Ellertsson 77.Iceland
7.5
72'
F
Nicholas Pierini 10.Italy
7.3
59'
F
Marco Olivieri 99.Italy
88'

Also Venezia adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen (7.1), Jay Idzes (7.3), Michael Svoboda (7.1), Marin Šverko (8.1), Antonio Candela (6.7), Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (7.0), Magnus Kofod Andersen (7.5), Gianluca Busio (7.9), Francesco Zampano (8.2), Christian Gytkjær (6.7) and Joel Pohjanpalo (8.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicholas Pierini (7.3), Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Giorgio Altare (7.0), Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé, Maximilian Ullmann, Mikael Ellertsson (7.5), Marco Olivieri and Federico Tavernaro.

Substitutions

Venezia made 4 changes: Christian Gytkjær for Nicholas Pierini (59′), Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason for Mikael Ellertsson (72′), Magnus Kofod Andersen for Giorgio Altare (72′) and Gianluca Busio for Marco Olivieri (88′).

Player of the match: Joel Pohjanpalo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Joel Pohjanpalo.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 5.

Results of the day

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