Spezia tops Cittadella 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LA SPEZIA. Spezia prevails over Cittadella 4-2.

By
Mark Hall
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Spezia tops Cittadella 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LA SPEZIA. Spezia defeats Cittadella 4-2. Spezia was much better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Alberto Picco stadium in La Spezia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Gualtieri who had the assistance of Mario Vigile and Mario Davide Arace. The 4th official was Edoardo Gianquinto. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.21 degrees Celsius or 61.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Spezia

4 - 2

Team 1

Cittadella

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 15 Total 7
  • 8 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 126 Attack 81
  • 48 Dangerous attack 31
  • 83 Ball safe 83
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 17 Total 17
  • 1 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 2
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Spezia had a superior ball possession 66% while Cittadella was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Spezia was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Spezia won the match​.

Spezia shot 15 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cittadella shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Spezia received 1 yellow card (Lukas Mühl). Talking about the opposition, Cittadella received 5 yellow cards (Edoardo Sottini, Valerio Mastrantonio, Giuseppe Carriero, Matteo Angeli and Lorenzo Carissoni).

Also, Cittadella didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Simone Branca (Cittadella) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (44′).

Match Timeline

2'
Luca Pandolfi(goal)Alessio Vita
20'
Matteo Angeli- Yellow
27'
Valerio Mastrantonio- Yellow
29'
Lorenzo Carissoni- Yellow
Daniele Verde(goal)
37'
Giuseppe Di Serio(goal)Diego Falcinelli
40'
44'
Simone Branca- Red
45'
Matteo Angeli(yellowredcard)
46'
F. Amatucci- sub ->Valerio Mastrantonio
46'
Edoardo Sottini- sub ->Luca Pandolfi
47'
Giuseppe Carriero- Yellow
Lukas Mühl(goal)Salvatore Esposito
50'
60'
Andrea Danzi- sub ->Giuseppe Carriero
Filippo Bandinelli- sub ->Filip Jagiełło
63'
Luca Vignali- sub ->Francesco Cassata
63'
67'
Enrico Baldini- sub ->Alessio Rizza
Lukas Mühl- Yellow
71'
F. Esposito- sub ->Diego Falcinelli
76'
Luca Moro- sub ->Giuseppe Di Serio
76'
77'
Andrea Magrassi- sub ->Filippo Pittarello
78'
Andrea Magrassi(goal)
Salvatore Elia- sub ->Daniele Verde
86'
90'
Edoardo Sottini- Yellow
Luca Moro(penalty)
90'

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 playing this encounter, Spezia has 25 points like Ternana to hold in the 17th place. On the other side, Cittadella will stays with 36 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Spezia will play away against Modena on the 24th of February with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Modena (6 draws).

Cittadella will host Catanzaro on the 24th of February with a 0-0 head to head.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
6.3
D
Giuseppe Di Serio 20.Italy
7.7
76' Goals40'
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
6.8
71' Goals50'
D
Francesco Cassata  29.Italy
6.3
63'
D
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
7.5
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou  43.Greece
6.4
M
Ádám Nagy 8.Hungary
7.1
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
7.9
M
Filip Jagiello 97.Poland
6.4
63'
M
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
8.4
86' Goals37'
F
Diego Falcinelli 16.Italy
7.9
76'
Substitutes
G
Gian Marco Crespi 28.Italy
D
Gregorio Tanco 5.Argentina
D
Luca Vignali 14.Italy
6.4
63'
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
M
R. Jureškin 3.Croatia
M
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
6.3
86'
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
7.0
63'
M
Pietro Candelari 36.Italy
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
6.4
76'
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy
7.5
76' Goals90'

Spezia adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Luca D’Angelo decided to play with the following team: Jeroen Zoet (6.3), Ales Mateju (7.5), Lukas Mühl (6.8), Dimitrios Nikolaou (6.4), Francesco Cassata (6.3), Ádám Nagy (7.1), Salvatore Esposito (7.9), Filip Jagiełło (6.4), Daniele Verde (8.4), Diego Falcinelli (7.9) and Giuseppe Di Serio (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Roko Jureskin, Gregorio José Tanco, Salvatore Elia (6.3), Francesco Pio Esposito (6.4), Tio Cipot, Luca Vignali (6.4), Luca Moro (7.5), Filippo Bandinelli (7.0), Gian Marco Crespi, Iva Gelashvili, Pietro Candelari and Nicolò Bertola.

Substitutions

Spezia made 5 changes: Filip Jagiełło for Filippo Bandinelli (63′), Francesco Cassata for Luca Vignali (63′), Diego Falcinelli for Francesco Pio Esposito (76′), Giuseppe Di Serio for Luca Moro (76′) and Daniele Verde for Salvatore Elia (86′).

Player of the match: Daniele Verde​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spezia was Daniele Verde.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 55 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella
G
Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania
6.3
D
Matteo Angeli 4.Italy
5.6
20'
D
Domenico Frare 15.Italy
6.6
D
Lorenzo Carissoni 24.Italy
6.1
29'
D
Alessio Rizza 28.Italy
6.1
67'
M
Valerio Mastrantonio 5.Italy
6.3
46' 27'
M
Alessio Vita 16.Italy
6.7
M
Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy
6.6
60' 47'
M
Simone Branca 23.Italy
5.6
44'
F
Luca Pandolfi 7.Italy
7.0
46' Goals2'
F
Filippo Pittarello 11.Italy
6.7
77'
Substitutes
G
Luca Maniero 77.Italy
D
Edoardo Sottini 6.Italy
6.3
46' 90'
D
Andrea Cecchetto 64.Italy
D
Federico Giraudo 98.Italy
M
F. Amatucci 8.Italy
6.8
46'
M
Andrea Tessiore 18.Italy
M
Andrea Danzi 27.Italy
6.8
60'
F
Andrea Magrassi 9.Italy
7.5
77' Goals78'
F
Claudio Cassano 10.Italy
F
Tommy Maistrello 32.Italy
F
Enrico Baldini 92.Italy
7.0
67'

Also Cittadella adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (6.3), Lorenzo Carissoni (6.1), Matteo Angeli (5.6), Domenico Frare (6.6), Alessio Rizza (6.1), Alessio Vita (6.7), Simone Branca (5.6), Giuseppe Carriero (6.6), Valerio Mastrantonio (6.3), Luca Pandolfi (7.0) and Filippo Pittarello (6.7).

They had on the bench: Edoardo Sottini (6.3), Francesco Amatucci (6.8), Andrea Magrassi (7.5), Claudio Cassano, Andrea Tessiore, Andrea Danzi (6.8), Tommy Maistrello, Andrea Cecchetto, Luca Maniero, Enrico Baldini (7.0) and Federico Giraudo.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: Valerio Mastrantonio for Francesco Amatucci (46′), Giuseppe Carriero for Andrea Danzi (60′), Luca Pandolfi for Edoardo Sottini (46′), Filippo Pittarello for Andrea Magrassi (77′) and Alessio Rizza for Enrico Baldini (67′).

Player of the match: Andrea Magrassi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Andrea Magrassi.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 7 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 77′.

Results of the day

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