CITTADELLA. Cittadella and Ascoli didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Volpi with the support of Mario Vigile and Federico Longo. The 4th official was . The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.2 degrees Celsius or 79.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 8 Total 9
- 2 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 105 Attack 85
- 44 Dangerous attack 35
- 74 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 18 Total 24
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cittadella was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Ascoli that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cittadella was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Cittadella to win the match.
Cittadella shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ascoli shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (Alessio Vita, Simone Branca and Andrea Tessiore). Talking about the opposition, Ascoli received 1 yellow card (Patrizio Masini ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cittadella has 43 points like Pisa to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Ascoli will has 33 points to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away with Südtirol on the 20th of April with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Cittadella (1 draw).
Ascoli will host Modena on the 20th of April with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Modena (4 draws).
Cittadella – Formation
Cittadella
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Cittadella adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati , Alessandro Salvi , Nicola Pavan , Domenico Frare , Andrea Tessiore , Alessio Vita , Simone Branca , Giuseppe Carriero , Lorenzo Carissoni , Claudio Cassano and Luca Pandolfi .
The home team had on the bench: Filippo Veneran, Valerio Mastrantonio , Edoardo Sottini , Andrea Magrassi , Nicholas Saggionetto, Alessio Rizza, Akim Djibril, Tommy Maistrello, Andrea Cecchetto, Luca Maniero and Federico Giraudo.
Cittadella could not rely on the presence of Edoardo Sottini (injured).
Substitutions
Cittadella made 5 changes: Andrea Tessiore for Andrea Magrassi (46′), Claudio Cassano for Valerio Mastrantonio (73′), Lorenzo Carissoni for Federico Giraudo (88′), Luca Pandolfi for Tommy Maistrello (88′) and Domenico Frare for Edoardo Sottini (64′).
Player of the match: Alessandro Salvi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Alessandro Salvi.
His rating is with 38 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
Also Ascoli adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Massimo Carrera played with: Devis Vásquez , Sauli Väisänen , Valerio Mantovani , Danilo Quaranta , Marcello Falzerano , Patrizio Masini , Fabrizio Caligara , Francesco Di Tacchio , Karim Zedadka , David Duris and Pablo Rodríguez .
They had on the bench: Emiliano Viviano, S. Giovane , Jeremiah Streng , Raffaele Celia, S. D’Uffizi, Claud Adjapong , Tommaso Milanese, Giulio Mengucci, Ilija Nestorovski , Luca Valzania, Aljaz Tavcar and Yehiya Maiga Silvestri.
Substitutions
Ascoli made 3 changes: Fabrizio Caligara for S. Giovane (72′), Pablo Rodríguez for Ilija Nestorovski (76′) and David Duris for Jeremiah Streng (76′).
Player of the match: Fabrizio Caligara
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Fabrizio Caligara.
His rating is with 29 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
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
