Cittadella draws 0-0 with SPAL on Sunday

CITTADELLA. Cittadella and SPAL played out a goalless draw.

Cittadella draws 0-0 with SPAL on Sunday

CITTADELLA. Cittadella and SPAL didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato stadium in Cittadella on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi who had the assistance of Alessandro Giallatini and Pasquale De Meo. The 4th official was Marco Ricci. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 10 Total 9
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 6
  • 4 Shots blocked 1
  • 109 Attack 94
  • 56 Dangerous attack 27
  • 74 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 26 Total 21
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Cittadella was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. SPAL that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cittadella was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Cittadella to win the match​.

Cittadella shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, SPAL shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cittadella received 2 yellow cards (S. Branca and N. Pavan). On the opposite side, SPAL received 2 yellow cards (L. Dickmann and D. Seck).

Match Timeline

Nicola Pavan- Yellow
2'
5'
25'
Andrea Danzi- sub ->N. Pavan
59'
59'
Simone Branca- Yellow
62'
77'
77'
88'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
71
38
67
38
67
38
66
38
65
38
58
38
54
38
49
38
47
38
46
38
42
38
35
38
34
38
26
38

After this match, Cittadella will have 13 points like Benevento, Perugia and Reggina to stay in the 9th place. On the opposite side, SPAL will have 9 points like Como to stay in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cittadella will play away against Monza on the 23rd of October with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

SPAL will host Como on the 24th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of SPAL (0 draws).

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella
G
Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania
7.3
D
6.5
D
7.2
D
Davide Adorni 5.Italy
7.5
D
6.8
M
Simone Branca 23.Italy
6.8
62'
M
Alessio Vita 16.Italy
6.7
77'
M
Nicola Pavan 26.Italy
6.8
59' 2'
M
Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy
6.8
77'
F
Enrico Baldini 92.Italy
6.4
59'
F
O. Okwonkwo 22.Nigeria
6.7
90'
Substitutes
G
Luca Maniero 77.Italy
D
Domenico Frare 15.Italy
M
D. Mazzocco 8.Italy
7.0
77'
M
S. Icardi 24.Italy
M
D. Donnarumma 17.Italy
M
Andrea Danzi 72.Italy
6.5
59'
M
C. D'Urso 10.Italy
6.6
77'
F
L. Cuppone 7.Italy
F
Giacomo Beretta 11.Italy
6.7
59'
F
C. Tavernelli 21.Italy
F
90'

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 (7.3), Tommaso Cassandro (6.8), Romano Perticone (6.5), Davide Adorni (7.5), Amedeo Benedetti (7.2), Alessio Vita (6.7), Nicola Pavan (6.8), Simone Branca (6.8), Mirko Antonucci (6.8), Enrico Baldini (6.4) and Orji Okwonkwo (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Luigi Cuppone, Valerio Mastrantonio, Giacomo Beretta (6.7), Domenico Frare, Camillo Tavernelli, Mamadou Tounkara, Davide Mazzocco (7.0), Simone Icardi, Daniele Donnarumma, Andrea Danzi (6.5), Luca Maniero and Christian D’Urso (6.6).

Cittadella could not rely on the presence of C. D’Urso (injured).

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: N. Pavan for A. Danzi (59′), E. Baldini for G. Beretta (59′), M. Antonucci for C. D’Urso (77′), A. Vita for D. Mazzocco (77′) and O. Okwonkwo for M. Tounkara (90′).

Best player: Davide Adorni​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cittadella was Davide Adorni.

His rating is (7.5) with 47 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

SPAL – Formation

SPAL
G
D. Thiam 22.Senegal
7.2
D
Elio Capradossi 17.Italy
7.1
D
F. Vicari 23.Italy
7.4
D
7.0
D
Lorenzo Dickmann 24.Italy
6.6
25'
M
Marco Mancosu  8.Italy
6.9
M
Federico Viviani 77.Italy
7.8
M
7.0
F
Emmanuel Latte Lath 99.Ivory Coast
7.3
88'
F
Lorenzo Colombo 9.Italy
6.2
F
Demba Seck 21.Senegal
6.9
90' 5'
Substitutes
G
Alberto Pomini 1.Italy
D
L. Coccolo 33.Italy
D
P. Peda 29.Poland
D
David Heidenreich  87.Czech Republic
D
Raffaele Celia 91.Italy
M
L. D'Orazio 97.Italy
M
Franco Zuculini 14.Argentina
M
L. Mora 19.Italy
90'
M
6.7
88'
F
F. Melchiorri 11.Italy
F
K. Piscopo 98.Italy

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

On the other side, Josep Clotet Ruiz played with: Demba Thiam (7.2), Lorenzo Dickmann (6.6), Francesco Vicari (7.4), Elio Capradossi (7.1), Alessandro Tripaldelli (7.0), Salvatore Esposito (7.0), Federico Viviani (7.8), Marco Mancosu (6.9), Demba Seck (6.9), Lorenzo Colombo (6.2) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ludovico D’Orazio, Luca Coccolo, Franco Zuculini, Luca Mora, Patryk Peda, David Heidenreich, Alberto Pomini, Federico Melchiorri, Mikael Ellertsson, Raffaele Celia, Giovanni Crociata (6.7) and Kevin Piscopo.

Substitutions

SPAL made 2 changes: E. Latte Lath for G. Crociata (88′) and D. Seck for L. Mora (90′).

Best player: Federico Viviani​

The player that probably impressed the most for SPAL was Federico Viviani.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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