Novara 3-3 Catania: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 October 2011
Result
Novara 3-3 Catania
Serie A · Sunday 2 October 2011, 10:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Novara 3-3 Catania: match report
Novara drew with Catania 3-3 in Serie A on Sunday 2 October 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nicola Legrottaglie opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Novara's goals came from Marco Rigoni (49', penalty), Takayuki Morimoto (66') and Jeda (85'). Catania scored through Nicola Legrottaglie (14'), Francesco Lodi (56') and Papu Gómez (90+1').
Discipline: Novara received 5 yellow cards; Catania received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Novara were 15th on 4 points from 4 and Catania 14th on 5 points from 4. Novara went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Catania 12th with 48.
Novara lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Catania in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Novara's last five read L-W-L-D and Catania's D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Nicola Legrottaglie
- 30'Yellow card · P. Dellafiore
- 45'Yellow card · Stefan Leitl
- 49'Penalty goal · Marco Rigoni
- 55'Yellow card · Filippo Porcari
- 56'Goal · Francesco Lodi
- 58'Yellow card · Davide Lanzafame
- 66'Goal · Takayuki Morimoto
- 84'Yellow card · M. Paci
- 85'Goal · Jeda
- 89'Yellow card · Takayuki Morimoto
- 90+1'Goal · Papu Gómez
Team news
Novara line-up (4-3-1-2)
Samir Ujkani, Giuseppe Gemiti, Carlalberto Ludi, Paolo Dellafiore, Luigi Giorgi, Filippo Porcari, Francesco Marianini, Pablo Granoche, Marco Rigoni, Massimo Paci, Riccardo Meggiorini
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Mariano Andújar, Giovanni Marchese, Giuseppe Bellusci, Ciro Capuano, Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, Gennaro Delvecchio, Papu Gómez, Gonzalo Bergessio, Nicola Legrottaglie, Davide Lanzafame