Padova vs Virtus Entella 1-2

Virtus Entella left Padua with a 2-0 win after taking the lead through an own goal and adding a second before Bernat Guiu settled it late on. Padova stayed in the contest after the first-half setback, but the visitors had the better chances and finished with a three-goal cushion.

The breakthrough came in the 28th minute when Stefano Di Mario turned the ball into his own net to put Virtus Entella 1-0 up. Half-time arrived with Padova trailing 0-1.

Virtus Entella doubled the lead on 54 minutes when Tommaso Annoni scored from Andrea Tiritiello’s assist to make it 2-0. Padova then made two changes on 57 minutes, sending on Alexander Seghetti and Pietro Fusi, and later made two more on 71 minutes, with Luca Moro and Alessandro Capelli introduced. Virtus Entella also changed twice on 68 minutes, replacing Annoni with Leonardo Benedetti and M Tirelli with Bernat Guiu, then made two more on 76 minutes. Guiu made the game safe on 84 minutes, scoring from Luca Vignali’s assist. Vignali had come on in the 76th minute, while Guiu had arrived in the 68th minute. Padova booked Giovanni·Giunti on 74 minutes before replacing him with Nicolas Galazzi on 80 minutes.

The visitors had 55% of the ball and 475 passes to Padova’s 392, while also leading the shot count 18 to 6 and shots on target 7 to 1. Virtus Entella finished with more xG, 1.77 to 0.79, and more corners, 6 to 4, while the teams were level on fouls at 7-7. Padova had 4 offsides and 4 saves, compared with Virtus Entella’s 1 offside and 1 save.

Padova had one yellow card, shown to Giovanni·Giunti on 74 minutes. Virtus Entella also had one booking, with Andrea Franzoni cautioned in the 90+4th minute. There were no red cards.