Padova vs Sudtirol 2-0

Padova beat Sudtirol 2-0 at Stadio Comunale Euganeo after taking the lead through Gabriele Artistico in the 19th minute and adding a late second from Alessandro Capelli.

Artistico opened the scoring on 19 minutes from Giovanni Giunti's assist to make it 1-0. That was the only goal of the first half, so Padova went in 1-0 up.

Sudtirol made four changes in the second half and kept the ball for long spells, but Padova extended the lead late on. Capelli, who came on in the 78th minute, made it 2-0 on 87 minutes, and VAR confirmed Kevin Varas' involvement in the goal. Padova also made two changes on 70 minutes and two more on 78 minutes as they protected the lead through the closing stages.

Sudtirol had 61% of the ball, 578 passes and 20 shots to Padova's 39%, 352 passes and 12 shots, while both sides had five shots on target. Sudtirol also had the edge on corners, 5-3, and xG, 1.7 to 1.58, but Padova had five saves to Sudtirol's three and committed more fouls, 19 to 11.

There were four bookings for Padova and two for Sudtirol. The cautions went to Salvatore Molina and Fabio Rispoli for Sudtirol, and Matteo Lovato, Matteo Cocchi, Pietro Fusi and Alessandro Dellavalle for Padova.