Venezia overcomes Fiorentina 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Aramu. HIGHLIGHTS

VENEZIA. Venezia beats Fiorentina 1-0 after M. Aramu scored just 1 goal (36').

October 19, 2021

VENEZIA. Venezia prevails over Fiorentina 1-0 after M. Aramu scored just 1 goal (36′). Fiorentina was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).

R. Sottil received a red card (77′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Fiorentina lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi who was helped by Domenico Rocca and Gaetano Massara. The 4th official was Luca Zufferli. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.

Match Statistics

Venezia

1 - 0

Fiorentina

! 38 Ball Possession 62

Shots

4 Total 10
2 On Target 2
2 Off Target 8
2 Shots blocked 2

79 Attack 115
29 Dangerous attack 55
125 Ball safe 139

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 5
6 Off Sides 2

Fouls

17 Total 11
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 62% while Venezia was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Venezia managed to find the solution to win this contest.

Venezia shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Fiorentina shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Venezia received 2 yellow cards (E. Ampadu and P. Ceccaroni). On the opposite side, Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (R. Sottil, M. Benassi, A. Odriozola and S. Amrabat).

Also, Fiorentina didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after R. Sottil (Fiorentina) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (77′).

Match Timeline

24'

28'

36'

46'

Marco Benassi- sub ->A. Odriozola

50'

56'

Nicolás González- sub ->J. Callejon

61'

Marco Benassi- Yellow

63'

65'

69'

Riccardo Sottil- Yellow

71'

75'

77'

Riccardo Sottil(yellowred)

82'

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Venezia will have 8 points like Torino, Hellas Verona and Sassuolo to stay in the 15th place. On the other side, Fiorentina will stay with 12 points like Bologna to stay in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Venezia will play away against Sassuolo on the 23rd of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Fiorentina will host Cagliari on the 24th of October with a 14-8 head to head statistic in favor of Fiorentina (8 draws).

Venezia – Formation

Venezia

Sergio Romero 88.Argentina

7.7

Ridgeciano Haps 55.Suriname

7.1

Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy

6.5

63'

Tyronne Ebuehi 22.Nigeria

6.7

Michael Svoboda 30.Austria

7.4

Antonio Junior Vacca 5.Italy

7.0

65'

Ethan Ampadu 44.Wales

6.4

71'

G. Busio 27.United States

6.4

M. Aramu 10.Italy

7.7

87'

36'

Dennis Johnsen 17.Norway

6.3

50'

Thomas Henry 14.France

7.3

87'

Substitutes

Niki Mäenpää 1.Finland

C. Molinaro 3.Italy

Pasquale Mazzocchi 7.Italy

Mattia Caldara 31.Italy

6.2

87'

Domen Crnigoj 33.Slovenia

6.8

65'

T. Tessmann 8.United States

Daan Heymans 18.Belgium

6.1

87'

Dor Peretz 42.Israel

Sofian Kiyine 23.Morocco

A. Sigurðsson 11.Iceland

Francesco Forte 9.Italy

David Okereke 77.Nigeria

6.9

50'

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

The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Sergio Romero (7.7), Tyronne Ebuehi (6.7), Michael Svoboda (7.4), Pietro Ceccaroni (6.5), Ridgeciano Haps (7.1), Gianluca Busio (6.4), Antonio Junior Vacca (7.0), Ethan Ampadu (6.4), Dennis Johnsen (6.3), Mattia Aramu (7.7) and Thomas Henry (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Niki Mäenpää, Cristian Molinaro, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Domen Črnigoj (6.8), Tanner Tessmann, Daan Heymans (6.1), Francesco Forte, Dor Peretz, Sofian Kiyine, Mattia Caldara (6.2), Arnór Sigurðsson and David Okereke (6.9).

Venezia could not rely on the presence of D. Okereke (injured) and D. Crnigoj (injured).

Substitutions

Venezia made 4 changes: D. Johnsen for D. Okereke (50′), A. Vacca for D. Crnigoj (65′), T. Henry for D. Heymans (87′) and M. Aramu for M. Caldara (87′).

Best player: Sergio Romero

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was the goalkeeper: Sergio Romero. His rating is 7.65. He performed 2 saves.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina

Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy

6.7

Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy

6.9

Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain

6.3

46'

28'

Igor 98.Brazil

7.6

Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia

7.1

Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy

7.0

75'

Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana

7.1

82'

Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco

6.8

56'

24'

José Callejón 7.Spain

6.5

56'

Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia

7.1

Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy

6.1

77'

Substitutes

A. Rosati 25.Italy

Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy

Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia

Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina

Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia

E. Pulgar 15.Chile

7.0

82'

Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy

Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco

7.0

75'

Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay

6.8

56'

Marco Benassi 24.Italy

7.0

46'

61'

Nicolás González 22.Argentina

6.7

56'

Louis Munteanu 67.Romania

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

On the other side, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (6.7), Álvaro Odriozola (6.3), Nikola Milenković (7.1), Igor Júlio (7.6), Cristiano Biraghi (6.9), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.0), Sofyan Amrabat (6.8), Alfred Duncan (7.1), José Callejón (6.5), Dušan Vlahović (7.1) and Riccardo Sottil (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Lorenzo Venuti, Nicolás González (6.7), Matija Nastasić, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Erick Pulgar (7.0), Riccardo Saponara, Louis Munteanu, Youssef Maleh (7.0), Lucas Torreira (6.8), Aleksa Terzić, Antonio Rosati and Marco Benassi (7.0).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: A. Odriozola for M. Benassi (46′), S. Amrabat for L. Torreira (56′), J. Callejon for N. Gonzalez (56′), G. Bonaventura for Y. Maleh (75′) and A. Duncan for E. Pulgar (82′).