GENOVA. Südtirol prevails over Sampdoria 1-0 after F. Tait scored just 1 goal (49′).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi with the help of Alessio Tolfo and Marco Ricci. The 4th official was Stefano Nicolini. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 24.01 degrees Celsius or 75.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sampdoria was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Südtirol that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Südtirol found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Sampdoria shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Südtirol shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards (Estanis Pedrola and Fabio Depaoli). On the opposite side, Südtirol received 3 yellow cards (Tommaso Arrigoni, Andrea Masiello and Andrea Cagnano).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sampdoria stays with 44 points to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Südtirol will has 42 points to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away against Spezia on the 20th of April with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Spezia (2 draws).
Südtirol will host Cittadella on the 20th of April with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Cittadella (1 draw).
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
71'
90'
Sampdoria started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stankovic , G. Leoni , D. Ghilardi , Nicola Murru , Petar Stojanović , Pajtim Kasami , Gerard Yepes , Ebrima Darboe , Antonio Barreca , Valerio Verre and Manuel De Luca .
The home team had on the bench: Cristiano Piccini, Matteo Ricci, Estanis Pedrola , Fabio Borini , Agustín Álvarez , Simone Giordano, Nicola Ravaglia, Fabio Depaoli , Stefano Girelli, F. González, F. Conti and S. Ntanda.
Sampdoria could not rely on the presence of Fabio Borini (injured).
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: Manuel De Luca for Fabio Borini (24′), Ebrima Darboe for Estanis Pedrola (63′), Valerio Verre for Agustín Álvarez (63′) and G. Leoni for Fabio Depaoli (71′).
Player of the match: Gerard Yepes
The most impressive player for Sampdoria was Gerard Yepes.
His rating is with 60 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5.
Südtirol – Formation
Südtirol
49'
Südtirol started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Federico Valente played with: Giacomo Poluzzi , Andrea Giorgini , Andrea Masiello , Andrea Cagnano , Salvatore Molina , Tommaso Arrigoni , Jasmin Kurtic , Simone Davi , Fabian Tait , Daniele Casiraghi and Raphael Odogwu .
They had on the bench: Alessandro Mallamo, Emanuele Pecorino , Riccardo Ciervo, Giacomo Drago, Jérémie Broh, Matteo Rover , Nicola Rauti, Andrea Cisco, Raphael Kofler, Silvio Merkaj , Daouda Peeters and Lorenzo Lonardi.
Substitutions
Südtirol made 3 changes: Jasmin Kurtic for Daouda Peeters (64′), Raphael Odogwu for Silvio Merkaj (64′) and Fabian Tait for Matteo Rover (77′).
Player of the match: Andrea Masiello
The most impressive player for Südtirol was Andrea Masiello even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 65 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Como – Bari 1908 – 2-1
- Sampdoria – Südtirol – 0-1
- Pisa – FeralpiSalò – 3-1
- Parma – Spezia – 2-0
- Lecco – Reggiana – 1-0
- Cremonese – Ternana – 1-2
- Cosenza – Palermo – 1-1
- Cittadella – Ascoli – 0-0
