Parma 2-0 Catania: Lontani's first-half brace does the job
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 35% possession, yet 8 shots on target
- Parma led for 71 minutes, trailed for 0
- 19' opener worth +0.6 FN xPts
Less of the ball, sharper in front of goal
Parma saw off Catania in the Coppa Italia Round of 64 with only 35% possession. They still put more shots on target, eight, and led for 71 minutes because both goals arrived before half-time.
Two goals before the break settled it
Simone Lontani scored in the 19th minute and again in the 35th, the second set up by El Bilal Touré. The opener was worth +0.6 FN xPts. Catania goalkeeper Filippo Rinaldi made six saves, but his side found no reply.
Player of the match
Simone Lontani 8.3Dominant
He scored both goals and all three of his shots were on target.
Lontani earned his FN Score mostly through attack, scoring in the 19th and 35th minutes. Those two finishes gave Parma a 2-0 half-time lead, and they never trailed or were level again.
Game state
1-02-0
Parma ahead 71 min · level 19 min · Catania ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
19'
Simone Lontani
Goal
+0.6
35'
Simone Lontani
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist El Bilal Touré +0.1
+0.3
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Catania is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
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Match stats
ParmaCatania
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Timeline
- 19'
Goal
Simone Lontani competition goal #1
- 33'
Yellow
Alessandro Quaini
- 35'
Goal
Simone Lontani competition goal #2 assist El Bilal Touré
- 45+2'
Yellow
Simone Leonardi
- 46'
Sub
Daniele Donnarumma → Alessandro Raimo
- 46'
Sub
Andrea Corbari → Michael Liguori
- 63'
Sub
Alessandro Quaini → Francesco Di Tacchio
- 63'
Sub
Simone Leonardi → Salvatore Caturano
- 66'
Sub
Abdou-Salam Konate → Mandela Keita
- 66'
Sub
Adrián Bernabé → Oliver Sørensen
- 67'
Sub
El Bilal Touré → Matija Frigan
- 77'
Sub
Simone Lontani → Ousmane Diallo
- 82'
Sub
Andrea Allegretto → Marco Perrotta
- 83'
Sub
Sascha Britschgi → Franco Carboni
- 90+4'
Yellow
Franco Carboni
Category leaders
- Key passesEl Bilal Touré3
- Duels wonKaleb Jiménez8/10
- DribblesKaleb Jiménez4/5
- Defensive actionsEmanuele Valeri9
- ShotsSimone Lontani3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonAdrián Bernabé3
#Parma#Catania#Coppa Italia#Simone Lontani#El Bilal Touré
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.