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
Standings
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 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
, Tommaso Cassandro , Dario Del Fabro , Domenico Frare , Daniele Donnarumma , Alessio Vita , Nicola Pavan , Simone Branca , Mirko Antonucci , Raúl Asencio and Enrico Baldini .The home team had on the bench: Romano Perticone, Ignacio Lores Varela
, Giacomo Beretta, Gian Filippo Felicioli, Camillo Tavernelli, Luca Maniero, Giuseppe Carriero , Valerio Mastrantonio , Filippo Manfrin, Mamadou Tounkara 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
with 25 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.Venezia – Formation
Venezia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ivan Javorcic played with: Jesse Joronen
, Francesco Zampano , Przemyslaw Wiśniewski , Pietro Ceccaroni , Ridgeciano Haps , Tanner Tessmann , Luca Fiordilino , Michaël Cuisance , Nicholas Pierini , Joel Pohjanpalo and Dennis Johnsen .The following players were sitting on the bench: Niki Mäenpää, Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo, Michael Svoboda, Antonio Candela
, Magnus Kofod Andersen, Domen Črnigoj , Patrick Leal, Jack De Vries , Harvey St Clair, Aaron Connolly and Andrija Novakovich .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
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.
- Perugia – Bari 1908 – 1-3
- Reggina – Südtirol – 4-0
- Pisa – Genoa – 0-1
- Parma – Cosenza – 1-0
- Cittadella – Venezia – 1-1
- Benevento – Frosinone – 2-1