Reggina tops Cittadella 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina was in the end too much to handle for Cittadella.

September 18, 2022

REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina was after all too good for Cittadella with the goal of R. Gagliolo (22′), G. Fabbian (58′) and G. Gori (88′).

The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Lorenzo Maggioni who was helped by Michele Lombardi and Giuseppe Maccaddino. The 4th official was Matteo Centi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.

Match Statistics

Reggina

3 - 0

Cittadella

48 Ball Possession 52

Shots

9 Total 7
4 On Target 2
5 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 1

94 Attack 119
55 Dangerous attack 28
91 Ball safe 102

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3
4 Off Sides 1

Fouls

17 Total 18
3 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. Reggina was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Cittadella that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Reggina was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Reggina won the match.

Reggina shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cittadella shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Reggina received 3 yellow cards (G. Fabbian, L. Crisetig and R. Gagliolo). Talking about the opposition, Cittadella received 4 yellow cards (D. Donnarumma, G. Carriero, D. Frare and M. Tounkara).

Match Timeline

15'

21'

22'

46'

49'

Giuseppe Carriero- Yellow

54'

57'

Alessio Vita- sub ->G. Carriero

58'

62'

63'

68'

69'

77'

78'

Domenico Frare- Yellow

79'

81'

Andrea Magrassi- sub ->R. Asencio

85'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Reggina will have 15 points like Brescia to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Cittadella will stay with 8 points like Cosenza and Ascoli to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away against Bari 1908 on the 13th of May with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Reggina (1 draw).

Cittadella will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).

Reggina – Formation

Reggina

S. Colombi 22.Italy

7.4

T. Cionek 3.Poland

6.6

Gianluca Di Chiara 17.Italy

7.4

Riccardo Gagliolo 28.Sweden

7.5

85'

22'

Niccolò Pierozzi 27.Italy

7.0

L. Crisetig 8.Italy

6.3

62'

54'

Zan Majer 37.Slovenia

7.7

Giovanni Fabbian 14.Italy

7.6

63'

15'

58'

J. Ménez 7.France

7.0

69'

Luigi Canotto 31.Italy

6.6

68'

Rigoberto Rivas 99.Honduras

6.8

79'

Substitutes

Federico Ravaglia 1.Italy

D. Bouah 13.Italy

Michele Camporese 23.Italy

6.5

79'

Daniele Liotti 94.Italy

6.8

63'

Federico Giraudo 98.Italy

Giuseppe Loiacono 6.Italy

Alessandro Lombardi 25.Italy

Hernani 20.Brazil

6.4

62'

Federico Santander 19.Paraguay

Federico Ricci 21.Italy

G. Gori 9.Italy

6.5

69'

88'

E. Cicerelli 11.Italy

6.6

68'

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

The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Simone Colombi (7.4), Niccolò Pierozzi (7.0), Thiago Cionek (6.6), Riccardo Gagliolo (7.5), Gianluca Di Chiara (7.4), Giovanni Fabbian (7.6), Lorenzo Crisetig (6.3), Žan Majer (7.7), Luigi Canotto (6.6), Jérémy Ménez (7.0) and Rigoberto Rivas (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Devid Eugene Bouah, Michele Camporese (6.5), Federico Ravaglia, Federico Santander, Daniele Liotti (6.8), Alessandro Lombardi, Hernani (6.4), Federico Ricci, Gabriele Gori (6.5), Federico Giraudo, Giuseppe Loiacono and Emanuele Cicerelli (6.6).

Substitutions

Reggina made 5 changes: L. Crisetig for Hernani (62′), G. Fabbian for D. Liotti (63′), L. Canotto for E. Cicerelli (68′), J. Menez for G. Gori (69′) and R. Rivas for M. Camporese (79′).

Best player: Žan Majer

The player that probably impressed the most for Reggina was Žan Majer even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 25 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella

Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania

6.1

D. Donnarumma 17.Italy

6.2

21'

Dario Del Fabro 5.Italy

6.6

Domenico Frare 15.Italy

7.0

78'

Tommaso Cassandro 84.Italy

6.5

Simone Branca 23.Italy

7.0

Nicola Pavan 26.Italy

6.5

46'

Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy

6.6

57'

49'

Mirko Antonucci 10.Italy

6.3

77'

Enrico Baldini 92.Italy

6.2

46'

Raúl Asencio 90.Spain

6.6

81'

Substitutes

Filippo Manfrin 1.Italy

Luca Maniero 77.Italy

S. Visentin 6.Argentina

Romano Perticone 2.Italy

G. Felicioli 3.Italy

A. Mattioli 18.Italy

Alessio Vita 16.Italy

6.3

57'

D. Mazzocco 8.Italy

Mamadou Tounkara 9.Spain

6.4

46'

85'

Giacomo Beretta 11.Italy

6.6

77'

I. Lores 30.Uruguay

6.8

46'

Andrea Magrassi 99.Italy

81'

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

Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (6.1), Tommaso Cassandro (6.5), Dario Del Fabro (6.6), Domenico Frare (7.0), Daniele Donnarumma (6.2), Giuseppe Carriero (6.6), Nicola Pavan (6.5), Simone Branca (7.0), Mirko Antonucci (6.3), Raúl Asencio (6.6) and Enrico Baldini (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessio Vita (6.3), Santiago Visentin, Romano Perticone, Mamadou Tounkara (6.4), Filippo Manfrin, Davide Mazzocco, Luca Maniero, Gian Filippo Felicioli, Giacomo Beretta (6.6), Alessandro Mattioli, Ignacio Lores Varela (6.8) and Andrea Magrassi.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: N. Pavan for I. Lores (46′), E. Baldini for M. Tounkara (46′), G. Carriero for A. Vita (57′), M. Antonucci for G. Beretta (77′) and R. Asencio for A. Magrassi (81′).