FERRARA. Benevento was able to reverse the score against SPAL to win 2-1. It was SPAL to strike first with an early goal of S. Esposito at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 73′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. La Gumina gave the win to Benevento in the 76′ minute. Benevento was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
P. Peda received a red card (62′). This red card was one of the reason why SPAL lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Meraviglia with the assistance of Alessio Saccenti and Daniele Marchi. The 4th official was Matteo Centi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.9 degrees Celsius or 56.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benevento was in firm control of the ball 61% while SPAL was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benevento was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benevento won the contest.
SPAL shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Benevento shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target.
Cards
SPAL received 4 yellow cards (L. Dickmann, A. Murgia, R. Celia and A. La Mantia). On the opposite side, Benevento received 3 yellow cards (P. Schiattarella, K. Glik and I. Koutsoupias).
(SPAL) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (62′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, SPAL will stay with 15 points like Pisa, Palermo and Cittadella to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Benevento will have 14 points like Modena and Cosenza to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, SPAL will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of SPAL (3 draws).
Benevento will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head stats.
SPAL – Formation
SPAL started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Roberto Venturato decided to play with the following team: Enrico Alfonso
, Patryk Peda , Biagio Meccariello , Christian Dalle Mura , Lorenzo Dickmann , Alessandro Murgia , Salvatore Esposito , Raffaele Celia , Fabio Maistro , Andrea La Mantia and Gabriele Moncini .The home team had on the bench: Simone Rabbi
, Nicola Rauti, Federico Proia, Matteo Prati, Alessandro Fiordaliso, Georgi Tunjov , Luca Valzania , Demba Thiam, Alberto Almici , Mattia Finotto, Alessandro Tripaldelli and Franco Zuculini.Substitutions
SPAL made 5 changes: A. La Mantia for L. Valzania (46′), F. Maistro for S. Rabbi (58′), R. Celia for A. Tripaldelli (58′), G. Moncini for A. Almici (65′) and L. Dickmann for G. Tunjov (80′).
Best player: Salvatore Esposito
The most impressive player for SPAL was Salvatore Esposito.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 48 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Benevento – Formation
Benevento started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Fabio Cannavaro played with: Alberto Paleari
, Maxime Leverbe , Kamil Glik , Riccardo Capellini , Gaetano Letizia , Riccardo Improta , Nermin Karić , Pasquale Schiattarella , Daam Foulon , Antonino La Gumina and Diego Farias .These were the players on the bench: Francesco Perlingieri, Igor Lucatelli, Ilias Koutsoupias
, Edoardo Masciangelo , Emanuele Agnello, Angelo Veltri, Francesco Forte , Nicolò Manfredini, Abdallah Basit, Siriki Sanogo and Pape Samba Thiam.Substitutions
Benevento made 3 changes: M. Leverbe for F. Forte (64′), D. Foulon for E. Masciangelo (73′) and D. Farias for I. Koutsoupias (82′).
Best player: Diego Farias
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benevento was Diego Farias even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Südtirol – 2-2
- Venezia – Reggina – 1-2
- Ternana – Brescia – 0-0
- SPAL – Benevento – 1-2
- Parma – Cittadella – 3-1
- Modena – Perugia – 1-1
- Cosenza – Palermo – 3-2
- Cagliari – Pisa – 1-1