Cittadella tops Pisa 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

CITTADELLA. Cittadella had a close win over Pisa.

August 16, 2022

CITTADELLA. Cittadella had a narrow win over Pisa. Cittadella took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

E. Baldini squandered a penalty (53′) for Cittadella.

The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Luca Zufferli with the help of Alessio Saccenti and Thomas Miniutti. The 4th official was Carlo Rinaldi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.3 degrees Celsius or 72.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Cittadella

4 - 3

Pisa

56 Ball Possession 44

Shots

18 Total 16
6 On Target 8
12 Off Target 8
4 Shots blocked 1

77 Attack 89
40 Dangerous attack 26
76 Ball safe 79

3 Penalties 0
5 Corners 5

Fouls

10 Total 16
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Cittadella was in firm control of the ball 56% while Pisa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cittadella had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cittadella won the match.

Cittadella shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Pisa shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Cittadella received 1 yellow card (G. Carriero). Talking about the opposition, Pisa received 1 yellow card (M. Marin).

Match Timeline

27'

Gaetano Masucci(goal)A. De Vitis

Enrico Baldini(goal)S. Branca

38'

52'

Enrico Baldini- missed penaltyEnrico Baldini

53'

56'

M. Marin- Yellow

56'

Enrico Baldini(penalty)

57'

61'

Hjörtur Hermannsson(own-goal)

66'

67'

Giuseppe Carriero- sub ->Alessio Vita

71'

Valerio Mastrantonio- sub ->Simone Branca

72'

76'

Nicola Pavan- sub ->Andrea Danzi

77'

83'

Gabriele Piccinini- sub ->Giuseppe Mastinu

83'

90'

Simone Canestrelli- sub ->Alessandro De Vitis

Giuseppe Carriero- Yellow

90'

Simone Canestrelli(goal)Olimpiu Morutan

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Cittadella has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Pisa stays with points (0th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away against Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).

Pisa will host Bari 1908 on the 22nd of April with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (3 draws).

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella

Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania

7.0

Romano Perticone 2.Italy

6.6

D. Donnarumma 17.Italy

5.9

Domenico Frare 15.Italy

6.2

Tommaso Cassandro 84.Italy

6.7

Simone Branca 23.Italy

7.3

72'

Alessio Vita 16.Italy

7.4

71'

Andrea Danzi 72.Italy

6.7

77'

Mirko Antonucci 10.Italy

6.6

83'

Enrico Baldini 92.Italy

7.9

76'

38', 57'

Raúl Asencio 90.Spain

7.4

66'

Substitutes

Luca Maniero 77.Italy

G. Felicioli 3.Italy

S. Visentin 6.Argentina

A. Mattioli 18.Italy

Dario Del Fabro 5.Italy

Nicola Pavan 26.Italy

6.4

77'

Valerio Mastrantonio 29.Italy

6.2

72'

Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy

6.8

71'

90'

Mamadou Tounkara 9.Spain

6.6

83'

I. Lores 30.Uruguay

6.5

76'

C. Tavernelli 21.Italy

Giacomo Beretta 11.Italy

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

The manager Edoardo Gorini decided to play with the following team: Elhan Kastrati (7.0), Tommaso Cassandro (6.7), Romano Perticone (6.6), Domenico Frare (6.2), Daniele Donnarumma (5.9), Alessio Vita (7.4), Andrea Danzi (6.7), Simone Branca (7.3), Mirko Antonucci (6.6), Raúl Asencio (7.4) and Enrico Baldini (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Nicola Pavan (6.4), Gian Filippo Felicioli, Mamadou Tounkara (6.6), Ignacio Lores Varela (6.5), Luca Maniero, Camillo Tavernelli, Santiago Visentin, Giacomo Beretta, Valerio Mastrantonio (6.2), Alessandro Mattioli, Giuseppe Carriero (6.8) and Dario Del Fabro.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: A. Vita for G. Carriero (71′), S. Branca for V. Mastrantonio (72′), E. Baldini for I. Lores (76′), A. Danzi for N. Pavan (77′) and M. Antonucci for M. Tounkara (83′).

Best player: Enrico Baldini

The player that probably impressed the most for Cittadella was Enrico Baldini.

His rating is (7.9) with 2 goals, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Pisa – Formation

Pisa

Nícolas 1.Brazil

6.1

Hjörtur Hermannsson 6.Iceland

5.8

Tomás Esteves 19.Portugal

6.3

83'

Alessandro De Vitis 30.Italy

6.8

90'

R. Jureškin 7.Croatia

5.8

Artur Ioniță 23.Moldova

6.3

67'

Idrissa Touré 15.Germany

6.6

M. Marin 8.Romania

6.4

56'

G. Mastinu 18.Italy

7.0

83'

G. Sibilli 17.Italy

7.0

90'

Gaetano Masucci 26.Italy

7.5

67'

27'

Substitutes

Vladan Dekic 12.Serbia

Alessandro Livieri 22.Italy

Simone Canestrelli 5.Italy

7.4

90'

M. Trdan 42.Slovenia

Olimpiu Moruţan 80.Romania

7.4

67'

D. Di Quinzio 28.Italy

M. Cissé 99.Guinea

6.5

67'

Y. Cohen 11.Israel

6.2

83'

Andrea Cisco 29.Italy

Gabriele Piccinini 36.Italy

7.1

83'

Pisa started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Rolando Maran played with: Nicolas (6.1), Tomás Esteves (6.3), Hjörtur Hermannsson (5.8), Alessandro De Vitis (6.8), Roko Jureskin (5.8), Idrissa Toure (6.6), Marius Marin (6.4), Artur Ioniță (6.3), Giuseppe Mastinu (7.0), Giuseppe Sibilli (7.0) and Gaetano Masucci (7.5).

They had on the bench: Moustapha Cissé (6.5), Miha Trdan, David Bersnjak, Simone Canestrelli (7.4), Olimpiu Moruțan (7.4), Yonatan Cohen (6.2), Andrea Cisco, Vladan Đekić, Gabriele Piccinini (7.1), Davide Di Quinzio and Alessandro Livieri.

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: A. Ionita for O. Morutan (67′), G. Masucci for M. Cisse (67′), T. Esteves for Y. Cohen (83′), G. Mastinu for G. Piccinini (83′) and A. De Vitis for S. Canestrelli (90′).