CATANZARO. Reggiana prevails over Catanzaro 1-0 after A. Fulignati scored an own goal 12min. Catanzaro was vastly better in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo stadium in Catanzaro on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Bonacina who had the assistance of Luca Mondin and Andrea Niedda. The 4th official was Gianluca Renzi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Catanzaro was in firm control of the ball 63% while Reggiana was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Catanzaro was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Reggiana found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Catanzaro shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Reggiana shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Catanzaro received 2 yellow cards (Nicolò Brighenti and Davide Veroli). Talking about the opposition, Reggiana received 1 yellow card (Alessandro Bianco).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Catanzaro stays with 48 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Reggiana will has 36 points like Modena to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will play away against TBC on the 16th of March with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Reggiana will host Spezia on the 16th of March with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Catanzaro – Formation
Catanzaro
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Catanzaro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Vincenzo Vivarini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Fulignati , Mario Šitum , Stefano Scognamillo , Nicolò Brighenti , Davide Veroli , Luca D’Andrea , Marco Pompetti , Jacopo Petriccione , Jari Vandeputte , Pietro Iemmello and Giuseppe Ambrosino .
The home team had on the bench: Matias Antonini Lui, Luca Verna, Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola , Matteo Stoppa, Simone Pontisso, Dimitrios Sounas , Tommaso Biasci , Luka Krajnc, Andrea Oliveri , Kevin Miranda and Alfredo Donnarumma .
Catanzaro could not rely on the presence of Alfredo Donnarumma (injured).
Substitutions
Catanzaro made 5 changes: Luca D’Andrea for Enrico Brignola (67′), Giuseppe Ambrosino for Tommaso Biasci (46′), Davide Veroli for Andrea Oliveri (78′), Jacopo Petriccione for Dimitrios Sounas (78′) and Pietro Iemmello for Alfredo Donnarumma (84′).
Player of the match: Nicolò Brighenti
The most impressive player for Catanzaro was Nicolò Brighenti.
His rating is with 80 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13.
Reggiana – Formation
Reggiana
Reggiana started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Alessandro Nesta played with: Giacomo Satalino , Przemyslaw Szyminski , Paolo Rozzio , Alessandro Marcandalli , Riccardo Fiamozzi , Elvis Kabashi , Alessandro Bianco , Edoardo Pieragnolo , Manolo Portanova , Natan Girma and Cedric Gondo .
These were the players on the bench: Alex Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca , Luca Cigarini, Edoardo Motta, Tobías Reinhart, Lorenzo Libutti , Orji Okwonkwo, Álex Blanco, Stefano Pettinari , Janis Antiste, Marko Pajač and Filippo Melegoni .
Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Lorenzo Libutti (injured).
Substitutions
Reggiana made 5 changes: Natan Girma for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (69′), Manolo Portanova for Filippo Melegoni (69′), Cedric Gondo for Stefano Pettinari (69′), Alessandro Marcandalli for Lorenzo Libutti (86′) and Edoardo Pieragnolo for Marko Pajač (90′).
Player of the match: Giacomo Satalino
The player that probably impressed the most for Reggiana was the goalkeeper: Giacomo Satalino. His rating is 8.67. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Spezia – Südtirol – 2-1
- Pisa – Ternana – 1-0
- Modena – FeralpiSalò – 2-3
- Cremonese – Como – 2-1
- Cosenza – Cittadella – 0-0
- Catanzaro – Reggiana – 0-1
