REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Reggina was after all too much to handle for Cosenza with the goal of R. Rivas (9′), J. Menez (52′) and N. Pierozzi (63′).
The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri who was helped by Davide Imperiale and Mattia Politi. The 4th official was Giuseppe Collu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.5 degrees Celsius or 72.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Reggina was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cosenza that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Reggina was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Reggina won the match.
Reggina shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cosenza shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Reggina didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cosenza received 3 yellow cards (C. D’Urso, A. Rispoli and K. Butic).
Also, Cosenza didn’t end the match with 11 players after P. Martino (Cosenza) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (88′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Reggina will have 18 points like Bari 1908 to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will stay with 11 points like Cagliari to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away with Bari 1908 on the 13th of May with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Reggina (1 draw).
Cosenza will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 11th of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Bari 1908 (0 draws).
Reggina – Formation
Reggina
84'
63'
Reggina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Simone Colombi , Niccolò Pierozzi , Thiago Cionek , Riccardo Gagliolo , Gianluca Di Chiara , Giovanni Fabbian , Žan Majer , Hernani , Federico Ricci , Jérémy Ménez and Rigoberto Rivas .
The home team had on the bench: Giuseppe Loiacono, Federico Ravaglia, Lorenzo Crisetig, Gabriele Gori , Luigi Canotto , Michele Camporese, Federico Giraudo, Daniele Liotti , Devid Eugene Bouah, Alessandro Lombardi, Emanuele Cicerelli and Federico Javier Santander Mereles.
Substitutions
Reggina made 5 changes: F. Ricci for L. Canotto (61′), Hernani for D. Liotti (68′), J. Menez for G. Gori (68′), R. Rivas for E. Cicerelli (83′) and G. Di Chiara for F. Giraudo (84′).
Best player: Niccolò Pierozzi
The player that probably impressed the most for Reggina was Niccolò Pierozzi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
55'
88'
Cosenza started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Davide Dionigi played with: Kristjan Matošević , Andrea Rispoli , Michele Rigione , Michael Venturi , Ciro Panico , Marco Brescianini , Idriz Voca , Enrico Brignola , Christian D’Urso , Andrea Vallocchia and Joaquín Larrivey .
These were the players on the bench: Andrea Meroni, Agostino Camigliano, Pietro Martino , Massimo Zilli, Alassane Sidibe, Emil Kornvig , Paolo Gozzi Iweru , Giacomo Calò , Karlo Butić , Alessandro Arioli, Davide Merola and Leonardo Marson.
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: A. Vallocchia for E. Kornvig (56′), E. Brignola for P. Martino (56′), C. Panico for P. Gozzi (56′), C. D’Urso for K. Butic (66′) and I. Voca for G. Calo (66′).
Best player: Idriz Voca
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Idriz Voca.
His rating is with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Venezia – Bari 1908 – 1-2
- Ternana – Palermo – 3-0
- Reggina – Cosenza – 3-0
- Pisa – Parma – 0-0
- Frosinone – SPAL – 2-0
- Brescia – Cittadella – 1-1
- Ascoli – Modena – 1-2
