COMO. Como topped Venezia to win 2-1. A goal from P. Cutrone was decisive in the 90min. It was Como to strike first with a goal of Simone Verdi at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Patrick Cutrone gave the win to Como in the 90′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Luca Zufferli with the collaboration of Alessio Berti and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Mario Perri.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Como was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Venezia that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Venezia was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Como succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Como shot 8 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Venezia shot 10 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Como received 1 yellow card (Simone Verdi). On the opposite side, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Antonio Candela and Marin Šverko).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Como has 52 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Venezia will stays with 51 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Como will play away with Cremonese on the 9th of March with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Cremonese (3 draws).
Venezia will host Bari 1908 on the 9th of March with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Venezia (0 draws).
Como – Formation
Como started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Francesc Fàbregas i Soler decided to play with the following team: Adrian Semper , Marco Curto , Edoardo Goldaniga , Cas Odenthal , Marco Sala , Oliver Abildgaard , Alessandro Bellemo , Gabriel Strefezza , Simone Verdi , Lucas Da Cunha and Alessandro Gabrielloni .
The home team had on the bench: Alessio Iovine , Moutir Chajia , Patrick Cutrone , Mauro Vigorito, Nicholas Gioacchini, Matthias Braunöder , Fabio Rispoli, Nikolas Ioannou, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Tommaso Cassandro, Federico Barba and Tommaso Fumagalli .
Como could not rely on the presence of Matthias Braunöder (injured).
Substitutions
Como made 5 changes: Lucas Da Cunha for Moutir Chajia (81′), Simone Verdi for Patrick Cutrone (66′), Marco Curto for Alessio Iovine (54′), Alessandro Gabrielloni for Tommaso Fumagalli (81′) and Alessandro Bellemo for Matthias Braunöder (81′).
Player of the match: Patrick Cutrone
The most impressive player for Como was Patrick Cutrone.
His rating is with 1 goal, 2 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was amazing also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 66′.
Venezia – Formation
Venezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen , Jay Idzes , Michael Svoboda , Marin Šverko , Antonio Candela , Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason , Tanner Tessmann , Gianluca Busio , Francesco Zampano , Joel Pohjanpalo and Nicholas Pierini .
They had on the bench: Christian Gytkjær , Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Giorgio Altare, Mato Jajalo, Denis Cheryshev, Matteo Grandi, Ali Dembélé , Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen , Mikael Ellertsson and Marco Olivieri .
Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason for Mikael Ellertsson (63′), Antonio Candela for Ali Dembélé (76′), Gianluca Busio for Magnus Kofod Andersen (76′), Nicholas Pierini for Marco Olivieri (76′) and Joel Pohjanpalo for Christian Gytkjær (82′).
Player of the match: Francesco Zampano
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Francesco Zampano.
His rating is with 37 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Spezia – 1-1
- Modena – Cremonese – 0-1
- FeralpiSalò – Sampdoria – 1-3
- Cosenza – Catanzaro – 0-2
- Como – Venezia – 2-1
- Cittadella – Pisa – 0-1
- Ascoli – Reggiana – 0-0