Venezia seizes a draw against Cittadella. HIGHLIGHTS

CITTADELLA. Venezia managed to snatch a late draw against Cittadella with a late goal from M. Cuisance.

Venezia seizes a draw against Cittadella. HIGHLIGHTS

CITTADELLA. Venezia found a way to clinch a draw against Cittadella with a late goal from M. Cuisance scored in the (85′) after Cittadella got a lead with a goal from M. Antonucci (70′). Venezia was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua with the support of Giuseppe Di Giacinto and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Stefano Milone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.7 degrees Celsius or 74.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 18 Total 8
  • 3 On Target 2
  • 15 Off Target 6
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 122 Attack 97
  • 47 Dangerous attack 16
  • 77 Ball safe 102
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 0
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 23 Total 17
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Venezia was in firm control of the ball 57% while Cittadella was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cittadella was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Cittadella to win the match​.

Cittadella shot 18 times, 3 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Venezia shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cittadella received 4 yellow cards (T. Cassandro, S. Branca, D. Del Fabro and A. Vita). Talking about the opposition, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (T. Tessmann and A. Connolly).

Match Timeline

46'
46'
Antonio Candela- sub ->R. Haps
48'
Simone Branca- Yellow
51'
54'
T. Tessmann- Yellow
56'
62'
62'
62'
63'
Giuseppe Carriero- sub ->T. Cassandro
70'
70'
Valerio Mastrantonio- sub ->M. Antonucci
79'
84'
85'
Alessio Vita- Yellow
89'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
73
38
60
38
60
38
50
38
49
38
49
38
48
38
47
38
47
38
47
38
43
38
40
38
40
38
39
38
38
38

After this contest, Cittadella has 4 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Venezia has 4 points (10th).

Next matches

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

Venezia will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 28th of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Venezia (0 draws).

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella
G
Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania
6.7
D
Dario Del Fabro 5.Italy
6.8
56'
D
Domenico Frare 15.Italy
6.6
D
D. Donnarumma 17.Italy
7.4
D
7.7
70' 48'
M
Mirko Antonucci 10.Italy
7.6
79' Goals70'
M
Alessio Vita 16.Italy
6.8
89'
M
Simone Branca 23.Italy
6.9
51'
M
Nicola Pavan 26.Italy
7.0
63'
F
Raúl Asencio 90.Spain
6.1
F
Enrico Baldini 92.Italy
7.0
62'
Substitutes
G
Luca Maniero 77.Italy
G
Filippo Manfrin 1.Italy
D
D
G. Felicioli 3.Italy
D
S. Visentin 6.Argentina
M
6.4
70'
M
6.4
79'
F
I. Lores 30.Uruguay
6.8
63'
F
Giacomo Beretta 11.Italy
F
C. Tavernelli 21.Italy
F
7.0
62'

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 (6.7), Tommaso Cassandro (7.7), Dario Del Fabro (6.8), Domenico Frare (6.6), Daniele Donnarumma (7.4), Alessio Vita (6.8), Nicola Pavan (7.0), Simone Branca (6.9), Mirko Antonucci (7.6), Raúl Asencio (6.1) and Enrico Baldini (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Romano Perticone, Ignacio Lores Varela (6.8), Giacomo Beretta, Gian Filippo Felicioli, Camillo Tavernelli, Luca Maniero, Giuseppe Carriero (6.4), Valerio Mastrantonio (6.4), Filippo Manfrin, Mamadou Tounkara (7.0) and Santiago Visentin.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 4 changes: E. Baldini for M. Tounkara (62′), N. Pavan for I. Lores (63′), T. Cassandro for G. Carriero (70′) and M. Antonucci for V. Mastrantonio (79′).

Best player: Tommaso Cassandro​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Tommaso Cassandro.

His rating is (7.7) with 25 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Venezia – Formation

Venezia
G
Jesse Joronen 66.Finland
6.7
D
7.5
D
6.9
D
Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy
7.1
D
Ridgeciano Haps 5.Suriname
6.8
46'
M
T. Tessmann 8.United States
6.1
62' 54'
M
L. Fiordilino 16.Italy
7.2
M
Michaël Cuisance 10.France
7.6
Goals85'
F
Nicholas Pierini 25.Italy
6.4
46'
F
Joel Pohjanpalo 20.Finland
6.5
84'
F
Dennis Johnsen 17.Norway
6.2
62'
Substitutes
G
Niki Mäenpää 1.Finland
G
Bruno Bertinato 12.Brazil
D
Marco Modolo  13.Italy
D
Michael Svoboda 30.Austria
D
Antonio Candela 27.Italy
6.4
46'
M
M
Domen Crnigoj  33.Slovenia
6.5
62'
M
Patrick Leal 23.Portugal
M
J. De Vries 14.United States
6.1
46'
F
Harvey St Clair 47.Scotland
F
Aaron Connolly 9.Republic of Ireland
6.2
62' 90'
F
Andrija Novakovich 11.United States
6.6
84'

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

Ivan Javorcic played with: Jesse Joronen (6.7), Francesco Zampano (7.5), Przemyslaw Wiśniewski (6.9), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.1), Ridgeciano Haps (6.8), Tanner Tessmann (6.1), Luca Fiordilino (7.2), Michaël Cuisance (7.6), Nicholas Pierini (6.4), Joel Pohjanpalo (6.5) and Dennis Johnsen (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Niki Mäenpää, Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Michael Svoboda, Antonio Candela (6.4), Magnus Kofod Andersen, Domen Črnigoj (6.5), Patrick Leal, Jack De Vries (6.1), Harvey St Clair, Aaron Connolly (6.2) and Andrija Novakovich (6.6).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: N. Pierini for J. de Vries (46′), R. Haps for A. Candela (46′), D. Johnsen for A. Connolly (62′), T. Tessmann for D. Crnigoj (62′) and J. Pohjanpalo for A. Novakovich (84′).

Best player: Michaël Cuisance​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Michaël Cuisance.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 25 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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