NOVARA. Novara overcomes Pro Sesto 1-0 after R. Calcagni scored just 1 goal (60′).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola stadium in Novara on Tuesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Lorenzo Maccarini. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Novara was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Pro Sesto that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Novara was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Novara won the match.
Novara shot 10 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Pro Sesto shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Novara received 3 yellow cards (Easton Ongaro, Salvatore Boccia and Riccardo Calcagni). Regarding the opposition, Pro Sesto received 4 yellow cards (Easton Ongaro, Tommaso Gattoni, Dario Toninelli and Luca Iotti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Novara has 28 points to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Pro Sesto will stays with 19 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie C: Girone A, Novara will play away against Union ArzignanoChiampo on the 17th of February with a 1-1 head to head.
Pro Sesto will host Alessandria on the 9th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.
Novara – Formation
Novara started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Giacomo Gattuso decided to play with the following team: Stefano Minelli, Edoardo Lancini, Davide Bertoncini, Samuele Bonaccorsi, Liam Kerrigan, Riccardo Calcagni, Roberto Ranieri, Alessandro Di Munno, Oliver Urso, Easton Ongaro and Accursio Bentivegna.
The home team had on the bench: Stefano Scappini, Christian Donadio, Niccolò Corti, Thomas Schirò, Tommaso Menegaldo, Salvatore Boccia, Adrian Cannavaro, Toni Caravaca, Francesco Migliardi, Axel Desjardins, Harvey St Clair, Alvaro Ngamba and Árni Vilhjálmsson.
Substitutions
Novara made 3 changes: Samuele Bonaccorsi for Salvatore Boccia (46′), Accursio Bentivegna for Niccolò Corti (69′) and Easton Ongaro for Christian Donadio (87′).
Pro Sesto – Formation
Pro Sesto started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Massimo Paci played with: Federico Del Frate, Dario Toninelli, Luca Iotti, Luca Marianucci, Alessandro Sala, Andrea Palazzi, Tommaso Gattoni, Emanuele Maurizii, Nicolò Bruschi, Damiano Basili and Marcello Sereni.
These were the players on the bench: Andrea Poggesi, Pietro Santarpia, Mohamed Bahlouli, Simone Formosa, Andrea Poli, Leonardo D’Alessio, Francesco Mapelli, Eljon Toci, Simone Giorgeschi, Giuseppe Fornito and Mattia Florio.
Substitutions
Pro Sesto made 5 changes: Marcello Sereni for Giuseppe Fornito (61′), Alessandro Sala for Andrea Poli (61′), Andrea Palazzi for Mohamed Bahlouli (71′), Damiano Basili for Eljon Toci (71′) and Luca Iotti for Francesco Mapelli (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone A.
- Virtus Verona – Union ArzignanoChiampo – 1-0
- AlbinoLeffe – Atalanta II – 0-1
- Giana Erminio – Legnago Salus – 1-2
- Alessandria – Mantova – 0-1
- Pro Patria – Calcio Padova – 0-2
- Novara – Pro Sesto – 1-0
- Vicenza – Pro Vercelli – 2-0
- Triestina – Renate – 1-3
- Lumezzane – Trento Calcio 1921 – 0-2