Serie B: Cittadella tops Perugia 2-0 on Sunday

PERUGIA. Cittadella overcomes Perugia with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Beretta (12') and a goal from A. Magrassi (90').

PERUGIA. Cittadella prevails over Perugia with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Beretta (12′) and a goal from A. Magrassi (90′).

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Curi stadium in Perugia on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli who had the assistance of Daniele Marchi and Andrea Niedda. The 4th official was Giorgio Vergaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.67 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 60%.​

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  Perugia

  0

  

  Cittadella

  2

  30 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Cittadella was in firm control of the ball 55% while Perugia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Cittadella was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Cittadella won the encounter.​

Perugia shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Cittadella shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Perugia received 1 yellow card (E. Iannoni). On the opposite side, Cittadella received 4 yellow cards (T. Cassandro, V. Mastrantonio, G. Beretta and R. Perticone).

E. Iannoni (Perugia) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

After playing this encounter, Perugia will stay with 7 points to stay in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Cittadella will have 11 points like Pisa and Cosenza to stay in the 15th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Serie B match, Perugia will play away against Frosinone on the 5th of November with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Perugia (2 draws).

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  Frosinone

  1

  

  Perugia

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  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Cittadella will host Modena on the 5th of November with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Modena (7 draws).

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  Cittadella

  0

  

  Modena

  0

  

  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Perugia: Formation and Lineups

Perugia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Fabrizio Castori chose to play with the following team: Stefano Gori (7.0), Filippo Sgarbi (6.5), Marcos Curado (6.8), Cristian Dell’Orco (7.0), Tiago Casasola (7.4), Gregorio Luperini (6.1), Paolo Bartolomei (6.3), Edoardo Iannoni (6.1), Yeferson Paz (6.7), Federico Melchiorri (7.1) and Luca Strizzolo (6.7).

Substitutes

Perugia made 5 changes: F. Sgarbi for C. Kouan (46′), F. Melchiorri for G. Di Serio (64′), L. Strizzolo for S. Di Carmine (64′), Y. Paz for A. Beghetto (72′) and P. Bartolomei for M. Olivieri (87′).

Top player: Tiago Casasola

Probably the most impressive player in Perugia was Tiago Casasola.

His rating is (7.4) with 33 passes (45% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 7 crosses.

Cittadella: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (6.8), Tommaso Cassandro (6.5), Romano Perticone (7.2), Santiago Visentin (7.2), Daniele Donnarumma (7.1), Alessio Vita (7.1), Nicola Pavan (6.6), Valerio Mastrantonio (7.1), Ignacio Lores Varela (7.2), Giacomo Beretta (7.0) and Mirko Antonucci (6.2).

Substitutes

Cittadella made 5 changes: V. Mastrantonio for D. Mazzocco (58′), T. Cassandro for A. Mattioli (58′), M. Antonucci for A. Magrassi (72′), I. Lores for G. Carriero (72′) and G. Beretta for M. Tounkara (83′).

Top player: Santiago Visentin

The player who no doubt impressed Cittadella the most was Santiago Visentin even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9.