PONTEDERA. Pontedera finds its way back against Lucchese with 2 goals from A. Rizzo from a goal on the 71′ and a goal on the 35′.

The match was played at the Stadio Ettore Mannucci stadium in Pontedera on Wednesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Poli. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Pontedera

2 - 2

Lucchese

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 13 Total 5
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 1
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 80 Attack 89
  • 49 Dangerous attack 38
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 11 Total 16
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Pontedera was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Lucchese that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pontedera was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Pontedera to win the match​.

Pontedera shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lucchese shot 5 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Pontedera didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Lucchese received 3 yellow cards (Andrea Astrologo, Ettore Quirini and Giorgio Tumbarello).

Match Timeline

35'
A. Rizzo Pinna(goal)
45'
A. Astrologo- Yellow
46'
S. Magnaghi- sub ->Philip Yeboah
51'
G. Tumbarello- Yellow
G. Benedetti- sub ->Alessandro Lombardi
59'
I. Delpupo- sub ->Marcos Espeche
59'
G. Perretta- sub ->Cristian Cerretti
59'
M. Pretato(goal)
63'
I. Delpupo(goal)Gabriele Perretta
65'
71'
A. Rizzo Pinna(goal)Francesco Disanto
68'
S. Cangianiello- sub ->Andrea Astrologo
72'
G. Guadagni- sub ->Francesco Disanto
G. Calvani- sub ->Lorenzo Peli
79'
83'
E. Quirini- Yellow
M. Ambrosini- sub ->Isaías Delpupo
86'
G. Calvani- sub ->Lorenzo Peli
80'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cesena
96
38
Sassari Torres
75
38
Carrarese
73
38
Perugia
63
38
Gubbio
59
38
Pescara
55
38
Juventus Next Gen
54
38
Arezzo
53
38
Pontedera
52
38
Rimini
50
38
SPAL
49
38
Virtus Entella
45
38
Pineto
45
38
Lucchese
45
38
Sestri Levante
44
38
Ancona
42
38
Vis Pesaro
39
38
Recanatese
38
38
Fermana
31
38
Olbia
26
38

After this match, Pontedera has 43 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Lucchese will has 36 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Pontedera will play away with Juventus Next Gen on the 10th of March with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Pontedera (3 draws).

Lucchese will host Olbia on the 10th of March with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Lucchese (8 draws).

Pontedera – Formation

Pontedera
G
N. Vivoli 30.Italy
D
S. Angori 3.Italy
D
M. Pretato 6.Italy
63'
D
M. Espeche 19.Argentina
59'
D
C. Cerretti 23.Italy
59'
M
Alessandro Lombardi 14.Italy
59'
M
L. Ignacchiti 16.Italy
M
M. Guidi 18.Italy
F
S. Ianesi 11.Italy
F
L. Peli 15.Italy
80'
F
S. Ganz 99.Italy
Substitutes
G
L. Lewis 1.United States
G
J. Busi 40.
D
G. Calvani 4.Italy
80'
M
F. Marrone 8.Italy
M
G. Benedetti 10.Italy
59'
M
I. Delpupo 20.Italy
59' 65'
M
G. Perretta 21.Italy
59'
M
A. Provenzano 27.Italy
F
M. Ambrosini 7.Italy
86'
F
G. Selleri 26.Italy
F
A. Salvadori 29.Italy

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

The manager Massimiliano Canzi decided to play with the following team: Niccolò Vivoli, Mattia Pretato, Marcos Espeche, Matteo Guidi, Matteo Guidi, Cristian Cerretti, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Alessandro Lombardi, Samuele Angori, Lorenzo Peli, Simone Ianesi and Simone Ganz.

The home team had on the bench: Luca Lewis, Gabriele Calvani, Michele Ambrosini, Federico Marrone, Giacomo Benedetti, Isaías Delpupo, Gabriele Perretta, Gabriele Selleri, Alessandro Provenzano, Andrea Salvadori and Jacopo Busi.

Substitutions

Pontedera made 6 changes: Lorenzo Peli for Gabriele Calvani (79′), Alessandro Lombardi for Giacomo Benedetti (59′), Marcos Espeche for Isaías Delpupo (59′), Cristian Cerretti for Gabriele Perretta (59′), Isaías Delpupo for Michele Ambrosini (86′) and Lorenzo Peli for Gabriele Calvani (80′).

Lucchese – Formation

Lucchese
G
N. Chiorra 22.Italy
D
A. Tiritiello 6.Italy
D
E. Quirini 14.Italy
83'
D
F. Benassai 23.Italy
M
A. Rizzo Pinna 7.Italy
35', 71'
M
G. Tumbarello 8.Italy
51'
M
F. Disanto 11.Italy
72'
M
A. Astrologo 16.Italy
68' 45'
M
Robert Gucher 27.Austria
M
E. Visconti 72.Italy
F
P. Yeboah 45.Ghana
46'
Substitutes
M. Leone 38.Italy
G
J. Coletta 1.Italy
G
F. Berti 12.Italy
D
M. Alagna 2.Italy
D
N. Perotta 3.Italy
D
R. Toma 4.Romania
M
M. Djibril 17.Italy
M
F. Russo 19.Italy
M
N. Fazzi 20.Italy
M
S. Cangianiello 30.Italy
68'
M
V. De Maria 97.Italy
F
F. Fedato 10.Italy
F
G. Guadagni 77.Italy
72'
F
S. Magnaghi 99.Italy
46'

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

Giorgio Gorgone played with: Niccolò Chiorra, Andrea Tiritiello, Francesco Benassai, Robert Gucher, Ettore Quirini, Andrea Astrologo, Giorgio Tumbarello, Elia Visconti, Andrea Rizzo Pinna, Francesco Disanto, Philip Yeboah.

These were the players on the bench: Jacopo Coletta, Manuel Alagna, Nicolas Perotta, Robert Toma, Francesco Fedato, Filippo Berti, Malik Djibril, Federico Russo, Nicolò Fazzi, Simone Cangianiello, Manuel Leone, Giuseppe Guadagni, Vincent De Maria and Simone Magnaghi.

Substitutions

Lucchese made 3 changes: Philip Yeboah for Simone Magnaghi (46′), Andrea Astrologo for Simone Cangianiello (68′) and Francesco Disanto for Giuseppe Guadagni (72′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone B.​