COSENZA. Sampdoria beat Cosenza to win 2-1. It was Sampdoria to strike first with a goal of Ebrima Darboe at the 23′. Then Manuel De Luca scored again for Sampdoria in the 26′ minute. Eventually, Gianluca Frabotta reduced the distance for Cosenza (75′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Cosenza lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla stadium in Cosenza on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Davide Di Marco with the support of Marco Ceccon and Mario Davide Arace. The 4th official was Carlo Rinaldi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.44 degrees Celsius or 61.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cosenza had a superior ball possession 60% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cosenza had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Sampdoria managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Cosenza shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Cosenza received 2 yellow cards (Aldo Florenzi and Alessandro Fontanarosa). On the opposite side, Sampdoria received 5 yellow cards (Petar Stojanovic, Facundo González, Fabio Depaoli, Gerard Yepes and Ebrima Darboe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cosenza stays with 32 points to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Sampdoria will has 31 points to drop in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cosenza will play away against Parma on the 27th of February with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Parma (2 draws).
Sampdoria will host Cremonese on the 27th of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
15'
75'
66'
Cosenza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Fabio Caserta decided to play with the following team: Alessandro Micai , Bright Gyamfi , Michele Camporese , Alessandro Fontanarosa , Gianluca Frabotta , Federico Zuccon , Mateusz Praszelik , Luigi Canotto , Francesco Forte , Simone Mazzocchi and Gennaro Tutino .
The home team had on the bench: Manuel Marras, Tommaso D’Orazio, Alessandro Lai, Giacomo Calò , Mirko Antonucci , Valerio Crespi , Aldo Florenzi , Daniele Occhiuto, Jahce Novello, Idriz Voca , Antonio Barone and Leonardo Marson.
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: Luigi Canotto for Mirko Antonucci (55′), Simone Mazzocchi for Valerio Crespi (80′), Mateusz Praszelik for Giacomo Calò (66′), Francesco Forte for Aldo Florenzi (66′) and Federico Zuccon for Idriz Voca (80′).
Player of the match: Gianluca Frabotta
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Gianluca Frabotta.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (82% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 18 crosses.
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
Sampdoria started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Andrea Pirlo played with: Filip Stankovic , Daniele Ghilardi , Facundo González , Cristiano Piccini , Gerard Yepes , Fabio Depaoli , Pajtim Kasami , Ebrima Darboe , Antonio Barreca , Agustín Álvarez and Manuel De Luca .
These were the players on the bench: Kristoffer Askildsen, Elia Tantalocchi, Simone Giordano , Nicola Ravaglia, Stefano Girelli, Petar Stojanovic, Samuel Lukisa, Gabriele Alesi, Giovanni Leoni, Simone Pozzato, Nicolò Uberti and Leonardo Benedetti .
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 2 changes: Agustín Álvarez for Leonardo Benedetti (67′) and Antonio Barreca for Simone Giordano (80′).
Player of the match: Ebrima Darboe
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Ebrima Darboe.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
