Frosinone
Venezia
Match summary
Frosinone saw off Venezia 3-2. Frosinone led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Antonio Raimondo put Frosinone ahead with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Anthony Oyono and Raimondo made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, set up by Patrizio Masini. In the second half, John Yeboah pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 66th minute, set up by Gianluca Busio, Richie Sagrado equalised in the 74th minute, set up by Antoine Hainaut, and Giorgi Kvernadze won it in the 83rd minute.
Venezia can feel hard done by, creating 2.44 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Frosinone's 1.79 from 12.
Frosinone secured a three-two victory against Venezia in Serie A on matchday three, despite registering lower possession and fewer total shots over the ninety minutes. Venezia controlled sixty-one percent of possession and recorded fifteen shots compared to thirteen by the hosts, while also generating a higher expected goals figure of 2.44 against 1.79. However, Frosinone made effective use of their territorial presence, winning five corners to two and pressing with thirty-seven dangerous attacks. The match saw a combined thirty-two fouls and six yellow cards issued, reflecting a fiercely contested encounter.
The action began with an early Venezia substitution on sixteen minutes when Richie Sagrado was replaced due to injury by Armel Bella-Kotchap. Antonio Raimondo opened the scoring for Frosinone with a header in the twenty-first minute, before a flurry of yellow cards were shown for arguments involving Redouane Halhal, Romano Schmid, Giovanni Stroppa, Gianluca Busio, and Simon Sohm. Raimondo added his second goal with a right-footed shot in the thirty-ninth minute to give Frosinone a two-nil half-time lead. Venezia fought back after the break as John Yeboah scored with a left-footed shot on sixty-six minutes, followed by an equalising left-footed shot from Richie Sagrado in the seventy-fourth minute. Frosinone ultimately claimed the win when Giorgi Kvernadze scored with a right-footed shot in the eighty-third minute, prior to a late yellow card for Matías Moreno.
