PISA. Pisa conquers Sampdoria with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Caracciolo (58′) and a goal from T. Barbieri (70′). Pisa was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani stadium in Pisa on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Niccolò Baroni who had the assistance of Thomas Miniutti and Antonio Severino. The 4th official was Giorgio Vergaro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.35 degrees Celsius or 52.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pisa had a strong ball possession 61% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Pisa succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Pisa shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Sampdoria shot 8 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Pisa received 3 yellow cards (Marius Marin, Hjörtur Hermannsson and Simone Canestrelli). On the opposite side, Sampdoria received 4 yellow cards (Francesco Conti, Simone Giordano, Matteo Ricci and Facundo González).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Pisa has 30 points like Reggiana and Bari 1908 to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Sampdoria will stays with 27 points like Südtirol to hold in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Pisa will play away with Parma on the 17th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (3 draws).
Sampdoria will host TBC on the 17th of February with a 0-0 head to head record.
Pisa – Formation
Pisa
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Pisa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Alberto Aquilani decided to play with the following team: Nicolas , Hjörtur Hermannsson , Antonio Caracciolo , Simone Canestrelli , Tommaso Barbieri , Idrissa Touré , Miguel Veloso , Marius Marin , Tomás Esteves , Alessandro Arena and Ernesto Torregrossa .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime Leverbe , Lisandru Tramoni, Nicholas Bonfanti , Jan Mlakar, Pietro Beruatto, Leonardo Loria, Gaetano Masucci, Mattia Valoti, Stefano Moreo , Matteo Campani and Gabriele Piccinini.
Substitutions
Pisa made 4 changes: Hjörtur Hermannsson for Nicholas Bonfanti (46′), Miguel Veloso for Gabriele Piccinini (89′), Alessandro Arena for Maxime Leverbe (73′) and Ernesto Torregrossa for Stefano Moreo (73′).
Player of the match: Antonio Caracciolo
The most impressive player for Pisa was Antonio Caracciolo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 94 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2.
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
Sampdoria started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Andrea Pirlo played with: Filip Stankovic , Cristiano Piccini , Daniele Ghilardi , Facundo González , Petar Stojanovic , Matteo Ricci , Ebrima Darboe , Simone Giordano , Fabio Depaoli , Kristoffer Askildsen and Sebastiano Esposito .
These were the players on the bench: Antonio Barreca , Manuel De Luca , Elia Tantalocchi, Pajtim Kasami, Agustín Álvarez, Nicola Ravaglia, Nicola Murru, Stefano Girelli , Francesco Conti , Gabriele Alesi, Giovanni Leoni and Simone Pozzato.
Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Francesco Conti (injured).
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 3 changes: Matteo Ricci for Antonio Barreca (46′), Sebastiano Esposito for Manuel De Luca (65′) and Kristoffer Askildsen for Stefano Girelli (66′).
Player of the match: Petar Stojanovic
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Petar Stojanovic.
His rating is with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
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
