CITTADELLA. Parma overcame Cittadella to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Parma to strike first with an early goal of Adrián Bernabé at the 8′. Then Hernani Jr. scored again for Parma in the 38′ minute. Eventually, Stefano Negro reduced the distance for Cittadella (45′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Cittadella lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi assisted by Marco Trinchieri and Mattia Politi. The 4th official was Filippo Giaccaglia. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.16 degrees Celsius or 50.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 23 Total 16
- 3 On Target 4
- 12 Off Target 10
- 8 Shots blocked 2
- 111 Attack 97
- 61 Dangerous attack 41
- 80 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 7 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Cittadella had a superior ball possession 58% while Parma was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Parma was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Cittadella shot 23 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Parma shot 16 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 2 yellow cards (Stefano Negro and Matteo Angeli). On the opposite side, Parma received 2 yellow cards (Enrico Del Prato and Nahuel Estévez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cittadella stays with 36 points to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Parma will has 51 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away against Spezia on the 17th of February with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Spezia (6 draws).
Parma will host Pisa on the 17th of February with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Pisa (3 draws).
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
46'
37'
45'
Cittadella started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati , Alessandro Salvi , Matteo Angeli , Stefano Negro , Lorenzo Carissoni , Alessio Vita , Simone Branca , Emil Kornvig , Claudio Cassano , Luca Pandolfi and Filippo Pittarello .
The home team had on the bench: Valerio Mastrantonio , Edoardo Sottini, Andrea Magrassi , Domenico Frare , Andrea Tessiore, Giuseppe Carriero , Andrea Danzi, Alessio Rizza, Tommy Maistrello , Andrea Cecchetto, Ahmed Kader Sanogo and Luca Maniero.
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: Claudio Cassano for Valerio Mastrantonio (61′), Matteo Angeli for Domenico Frare (46′), Emil Kornvig for Giuseppe Carriero (61′), Luca Pandolfi for Tommy Maistrello (78′) and Alessio Vita for Andrea Magrassi (82′).
Player of the match: Simone Branca
The most impressive player for Cittadella was Simone Branca.
His rating is with 63 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 9 crosses.
Parma – Formation
Parma
Parma started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Pecchia played with: Leandro Chichizola , Enrico Del Prato , Yordan Osorio , Alessandro Circati , Gianluca Di Chiara , Nahuel Estévez , Hernani Jr. , Dennis Man , Adrián Bernabé , Adrian Benedyczak and Ange-Yoan Bonny .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Botond Balogh, Gabriel Charpentier, Antonio Čolak , Simon Sohm , Anthony Partipilo, Martin Turk, Drissa Camara, Woyo Coulibaly , Valentin Mihăilă , Edoardo Corvi, Vassilis Zagaritis and Wylan Cyprien .
Substitutions
Parma made 5 changes: Nahuel Estévez for Simon Sohm (46′), Ange-Yoan Bonny for Antonio Čolak (72′), Adrian Benedyczak for Valentin Mihăilă (73′), Gianluca Di Chiara for Woyo Coulibaly (83′) and Adrián Bernabé for Wylan Cyprien (86′).
Player of the match: Adrian Benedyczak
The most impressive player for Parma was Adrian Benedyczak even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 26 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Lecco – 3-1
- Südtirol – Venezia – 0-3
- Pisa – Sampdoria – 2-0
- Modena – Cosenza – 1-1
- FeralpiSalò – Palermo – 1-2
- Cremonese – Reggiana – 1-1
- Cittadella – Parma – 1-2
- Catanzaro – Ascoli – 3-2
