REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina defeats Pordenone with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Menez (67′) and a goal from G. Di (86′).

The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Lorenzo Maggioni with the assistance of Salvatore Affatato and Claudio Gualtieri. The 4th official was Marco Acanfora. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Reggina was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Pordenone that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pordenone was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Reggina was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Reggina shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Pordenone shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Reggina received 1 yellow card (M. Folorunsho). On the opposite side, Pordenone received 3 yellow cards (H. El Kaouakibi, L. Candellone and A. Lovisa).

Standings

After playing this contest, Reggina will have 32 points to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Pordenone will stay with 12 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away with Frosinone on the 23rd of February with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Reggina (3 draws).

Pordenone will host Monza on the 22nd of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Monza (2 draws).

Reggina – Formation

Reggina started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Roberto Stellone decided to play with the following team: Stefano Turati (7.0), Giuseppe Loiacono (7.4), Bruno Amione (7.8), Gianluca Di Chiara (7.8), Tomasz Kupisz (6.4), Përparim Hetemaj (6.8), Lorenzo Crisetig (7.0), Michael Folorunsho (6.1), Federico Giraudo (7.3), Adriano Montalto (7.6) and Jérémy Ménez (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: G. Denis, Nicolò Bianchi, D. Franco, Claud Adjapong (6.8), Nicola Bellomo (6.7), M. Tumminello, A. Micai, T. Aglietti, R. Aya, Andrey Gălăbinov (6.7) and Alessandro Cortinovis (6.8).

Substitutions

Reggina made 5 changes: F. Giraudo for C. Adjapong (61′), P. Hetemaj for A. Cortinovis (61′), J. Menez for N. Bellomo (67′), T. Kupisz for A. Galabinov (68′) and A. Montalto for N. Bianchi (82′).

Best player: Gianluca Di Chiara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Reggina was Gianluca Di Chiara.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 40 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.

Pordenone – Formation

Pordenone started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Bruno Tedino played with: Samuele Perisan (6.5), Hamza El Kaouakibi (6.1), Alberto Barison (6.7), Christian Dalle Mura (6.4), Matteo Perri (7.8), Alessandro Lovisa (6.6), Emanuele Torrasi (6.8), Roberto Zammarini (7.3), Davide Gavazzi (6.6), Nicolò Cambiaghi (7.4) and Leonardo Candellone (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Karlo Butić (6.4), A. Bassoli, F. Deli, Giuseppe Di Serio, D. Iacoponi, Dejan Vokić (6.9), S. Pasa, Davis Mensah (6.6), A. Sabbione, Armando Anastasio, G. Bindi and M. Onișa.

Substitutions

Pordenone made 5 changes: H. El Kaouakibi for K. Butic (46′), L. Candellone for D. Vokic (50′), D. Gavazzi for D. Mensah (65′), M. Perri for A. Anastasio (82′) and N. Cambiaghi for G. Di Serio (83′).

Best player: Matteo Perri​

The most impressive player for Pordenone was Matteo Perri.

His rating is (7.8) with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Parma – Ternana – 2-3
• Vicenza – SPAL – 1-1
• Reggina – Pordenone – 2-0
• Monza – Pisa – 1-2
• Perugia – Cremonese – 0-0
• Ascoli – Alessandria – 3-0