Catanzaro vs Padova 1-1

Catanzaro and Padova drew 1-1 after Mehdi Dorval's first-half goal for the home side was cancelled out by Kevin Varas on 66 minutes. Catanzaro had more of the ball, but they could not turn that into a winner.

Dorval opened the scoring in the 27th minute, finishing for Catanzaro to make it 1-0. That remained the half-time score after Padova had already made two changes on 45 minutes, with Pietro Fusi replaced by Marco Pompetti and Giovanni Giunti by Emanuele Zuelli.

Padova levelled in the 66th minute when Varas scored from Alessandro Capelli's assist to make it 1-1. Catanzaro then made two changes on 76 minutes, with Jacopo Petriccione replaced by Nicola Mosti and Ruggero Frosinini by Marco D'Alessandro, before two more on 79 minutes, when N'Dri Koffi made way for Nicolo Buso and Pietro Lemmello for G. Arditi. Padova sent on Mattia Bortolussi for Gabriele Artistico on 81 minutes, but neither side found a late winner.

The numbers pointed to Catanzaro's control without a decisive return. They had 57% possession, 514 passes to Padova's 396, 25 shots to 5, 5 shots on target to 1, 11 corners to 2 and 1.88 expected goals to 0.39, while Padova had 3 saves to Catanzaro's 0 and both teams had 2 offsides.

Antonio Candela was booked for Catanzaro in the 15th minute, while G. Arditi was shown yellow on 82 minutes. Padova's cautions went to Giovanni Giunti in the 27th minute and Alessandro Dellavalle in the 52nd minute.