LECCO. Lecco prevails over Reggiana 1-0 after A. Ioniță scored just 1 goal (60′).

The match was played at the Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi stadium in Lecco on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli assisted by and Francesco Luciani. The 4th official was Giuseppe Maria Manzo. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.83 degrees Celsius or 76.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Lecco

1 - 0

Reggiana

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 6 Total 13
  • 1 On Target 2
  • 3 Off Target 8
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 74 Attack 97
  • 35 Dangerous attack 36
  • 78 Ball safe 69
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 19 Total 16
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Lecco was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Reggiana that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Reggiana had a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Lecco was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Lecco shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Reggiana shot 13 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Lecco received 3 yellow cards (Artur Ioniță, Andrea Malgrati and D. Degli Innocenti). On the opposite side, Reggiana received 4 yellow cards (Onur Cinel, Przemyslaw Szyminski, Alessandro Marcandalli and A. Bianco).

Match Timeline

13'
Alessandro Marcandalli- Yellow
19'
Przemyslaw Szyminski- sub ->Alessandro Marcandalli
D. Degli Innocenti- Yellow
22'
46'
Álex Blanco- sub ->Manolo Portanova
Marco Frigerio- sub ->Giorgio Galli
56'
59'
Onur Cinel- Yellow
Artur Ioniță(goal)Franco Lepore
60'
64'
O. Okwonkwo- sub ->Cedric Gondo
64'
Tobías Reinhart- sub ->Onur Cinel
70'
A. Bianco- Yellow
75'
Stefano Pettinari- sub ->Riccardo Fiamozzi
Davide Guglielmotti- sub ->Franco Lepore
77'
Roberto Inglese- sub ->Andrija Novakovich
81'
Gabriel Lunetta- sub ->D. Degli Innocenti
81'
89'
Przemyslaw Szyminski- Yellow
Artur Ioniță- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
75
37
Como
72
37
Venezia
70
37
Cremonese
64
37
Catanzaro
60
37
Palermo
53
37
Sampdoria
52
37
Brescia
51
37
Südtirol
47
37
Cosenza
46
37
Pisa
46
37
Cittadella
46
37
Reggiana
46
37
Modena
44
37
Spezia
41
37
Ternana
40
37
Ascoli
38
37
Bari 1908
38
37
FeralpiSalò
33
37
Lecco
26
37

After this match, Lecco has 26 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Reggiana will stays with 40 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Lecco will host Venezia on the 20th of April with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Reggiana will host Cosenza on the 20th of April with a 1-1 head to head record.

Lecco – Formation

Lecco
G
Riccardo Melgrati 1.Italy
7.0
D
Alessandro Caporale 17.Italy
7.5
D
Franco Lepore 32.Italy
7.9
77'
D
Vedran Celjak 2.Croatia
7.1
D
Alessandro Bianconi 6.Italy
7.3
M
Artur Ioniță 27.Moldova
7.8
90' 60'
M
Giorgio Galli 96.Italy
6.8
56'
M
D. Degli Innocenti 5.Italy
7.1
81' 22'
F
Giovanni Crociata 21.Italy
7.0
F
Andrija Novakovich 90.United States
6.6
81'
F
Nicolò Buso 99.Italy
7.0
Substitutes
G
Umberto Saracco 22.Italy
D
Elio Capradossi 13.Italy
D
Mario Ierardi 68.Italy
D
Mats Lemmens 83.Belgium
D
Zinedin Smajlovic 4.Sweden
M
Marco Frigerio 26.Italy
7.1
56'
M
Davide Guglielmotti 44.Italy
6.3
77'
M
Gabriel Lunetta 7.Italy
6.4
81'
F
Eddie Salcedo 10.Italy
F
H. Salomaa 11.Finland
F
Roberto Inglese 45.Italy
6.3
81'
F
Giacomo Beretta 81.Italy

Lecco started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Andrea Malgrati decided to play with the following team: Riccardo Melgrati (7.0), Franco Lepore (7.9), Vedran Celjak (7.1), Alessandro Bianconi (7.3), Alessandro Caporale (7.5), Giorgio Galli (6.8), D. Degli Innocenti (7.1), Artur Ioniță (7.8), Giovanni Crociata (7.0), Andrija Novakovich (6.6) and Nicolò Buso (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Zinedin Smajlovic, Gabriel Lunetta (6.4), Eddie Salcedo, H. Salomaa, Elio Capradossi, Umberto Saracco, Marco Frigerio (7.1), Davide Guglielmotti (6.3), Roberto Inglese (6.3), Mario Ierardi, Giacomo Beretta and Mats Lemmens.

Lecco could not rely on the presence of Davide Guglielmotti (injured).

Substitutions

Lecco made 4 changes: Giorgio Galli for Marco Frigerio (56′), Franco Lepore for Davide Guglielmotti (77′), Andrija Novakovich for Roberto Inglese (81′) and D. Degli Innocenti for Gabriel Lunetta (81′).

Player of the match: Franco Lepore​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecco was Franco Lepore even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 6 crosses.

Reggiana – Formation

Reggiana
G
Giacomo Satalino 12.Italy
6.6
D
Edoardo Pieragnolo 3.Italy
7.1
D
Paolo Rozzio 4.Italy
7.0
D
Riccardo Fiamozzi 15.Italy
6.6
75'
D
Alessandro Marcandalli 27.Italy
6.3
19' 13'
D
Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy
6.4
M
Onur Cinel 8.Italy
6.7
64' 59'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
7.1
70'
M
Filippo Melegoni 72.Italy
7.3
M
Manolo Portanova 90.Italy
6.7
46'
F
Cedric Gondo 11.Ivory Coast
6.7
64'
Substitutes
G
A. Sposito 1.Italy
G
Edoardo Motta 13.
D
Lorenzo Libutti 17.Italy
D
Filippo Romagna 19.Italy
D
Przemyslaw Szyminski 25.Poland
7.3
19' 89'
D
M. Pajač 29.Croatia
M
Tobías Reinhart 16.Argentina
6.8
64'
M
Álex Blanco 20.Spain
6.8
46'
F
Muhamed Varela Djamanca 7.Portugal
F
O. Okwonkwo 18.Nigeria
7.0
64'
F
Stefano Pettinari 23.Italy
6.3
75'
F
Janis Antiste 28.France

Reggiana started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Alessandro Nesta played with: Giacomo Satalino (6.6), Riccardo Fiamozzi (6.6), Mario Sampirisi (6.4), Paolo Rozzio  (7.0), Alessandro Marcandalli (6.3), Edoardo Pieragnolo (7.1), A. Bianco (7.1), Onur Cinel (6.7), Manolo Portanova (6.7), Filippo Melegoni (7.3) and Cedric Gondo (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: A. Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca , Edoardo Motta, Tobías Reinhart (6.8), Lorenzo Libutti, O. Okwonkwo (7.0), Filippo Romagna, Álex Blanco (6.8), Stefano Pettinari (6.3), Przemyslaw Szyminski (7.3), Janis Antiste and M. Pajač.

Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Przemyslaw Szyminski (injured).

Substitutions

Reggiana made 5 changes: Alessandro Marcandalli for Przemyslaw Szyminski (19′), Manolo Portanova for Álex Blanco (46′), Riccardo Fiamozzi for Stefano Pettinari (75′), Cedric Gondo for O. Okwonkwo (64′) and Onur Cinel for Tobías Reinhart (64′).

Player of the match: Przemyslaw Szyminski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was Przemyslaw Szyminski.

His rating is 7.3 with 61 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 19′.

Results of the day

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