Catanzaro vs Virtus Entella, 2025-26 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Catanzaro

28': Tommaso Cassandro
44': Simone Pontisso (P)
57': Pietro Iemmello

FT
3 - 2

Virtus Entella

14': Andrea Franzoni (P)
33': Davide Bariti

About

Catanzaro are hosting Virtus Entella at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

13': Matias Antonini Lui (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 13'
14': Andrea Franzoni (Virtus Entella) Penalty - Scored at 14'
28': Tommaso Cassandro (Catanzaro) Goal at 28'
33': Davide Bariti (Virtus Entella) Goal at 33'
41': Pietro Iemmello (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 41'
44': Simone Pontisso (Catanzaro) Penalty - Scored at 44'
45': Nermin Karic (Virtus Entella) Substitution at 45'
45': Davide Bettella (Catanzaro) Substitution at 45'
57': Pietro Iemmello (Catanzaro) Goal at 57'
58': Jacopo Petriccione (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 58'
64': Denis Portanova (Virtus Entella) Substitution at 64'
64': Alessandro Debenedetti (Virtus Entella) Substitution at 64'
68': Davide Buglio (Catanzaro) Substitution at 68'
68': Ruggero Frosinini (Catanzaro) Substitution at 68'
74': Filippo Pittarello (Catanzaro) Substitution at 74'
79': Luca Parodi (Virtus Entella) Yellow Card at 79'
79': Niccolò Brighenti (Catanzaro) Yellow Card at 79'
80': David Ankeye (Virtus Entella) Substitution at 80'
80': Tommaso Fumagalli (Virtus Entella) Substitution at 80'
81': Gabriele Alesi (Catanzaro) Substitution at 81'
82': Ahmad Benali (Virtus Entella) Yellow Card at 82'
90'+2': Ivan Marconi (Virtus Entella) Yellow Card at 92'

Statistics

ENT		CAT
17	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	1
53.3	Possession	46.7
13	SHOTS	17
3	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.4
1	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Location: Catanzaro, Italy
Attendance: 7,691

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Venezia	38	+46	82
2	Frosinone	38	+42	81
3	Monza	38	+29	76
4	Palermo	38	+28	72

Full Table

Line-Ups

Catanzaro (3-5-2)

No.	Name
22	Mirko Pigliacelli (GK)
4	Matias Antonini Lui
23	Niccolò Brighenti
84	Tommaso Cassandro
20	Simone Pontisso
32	Fabio Rispoli
10	Jacopo Petriccione
77	Marco D'Alessandro
27	Costantino Favasuli
80	Alphadjo Cissè
9	Pietro Iemmello

Catanzaro Substitutes:

Filippo Pittarello, Nicoló Buso, Ruggero Frosinini, Rémi Oudin, Gabriele Alesi, Federico Di Francesco, Mattia Liberali, Davide Bettella, Gianluca Di Chiara, Christian Marietta, Luca Pandolfi, Davide Buglio.

Virtus Entella (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Simone Colombi (GK)
42	Lorenzo Moretti
15	Ivan Marconi
23	Luca Parodi
27	Marco Dalla Vecchia
50	Ahmad Benali
26	Stefano Di Mario
7	Davide Bariti
21	Flavio Russo
11	Bernat Guiu
24	Andrea Franzoni

Virtus Entella Substitutes:

Nermin Karic, Andrea Bottaro, David Ankeye, Iacopo Lipiani, Ovidijus Siaulys, Federico Del Frate, Luigi Palomba, Marco Emilio Nichetti, Denis Portanova, Alessandro Debenedetti, Tommaso Fumagalli.

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