BENEVENTO. Perugia prevails over Benevento with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Lisi (45′) and a goal from G. Luperini (83′). Benevento was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Piccinini who had the assistance of Mauro Vivenzi and Alex Cavallina. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benevento was in firm control of the ball 61% while Perugia was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Perugia was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Perugia won the match.
Benevento shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Perugia shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Benevento received 4 yellow cards (Kamil Glik, Mattia Viviani, Andrés Tello and Gennaro Acampora). Talking about the opposition, Perugia received 1 yellow card (Aleandro Rosi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Benevento will stay with 22 points like Como to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Perugia will have 19 points like Cittadella to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Benevento will play away with Bari 1908 on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head record.
Perugia will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 28th of January with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (4 draws).
Benevento – Formation
Benevento
7'
46'
Benevento started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Fabio Cannavaro decided to play with the following team: Alberto Paleari , Frédéric Veseli , Kamil Glik , Riccardo Capellini , Andrés Tello , Mattia Viviani , Riccardo Improta , Edoardo Masciangelo , Antonino La Gumina , Gennaro Acampora and Francesco Forte .
The home team had on the bench: Pape Samba Thiam , Pasquale Schiattarella, Daam Foulon , Ilias Koutsoupias, Maxime Leverbe, Camillo Ciano, Nicolò Manfredini, Nermin Karić , Simy, Christian Pastina, Hamza El Kaouakibi and Diego Farias .
Substitutions
Benevento made 5 changes: Edoardo Masciangelo for Daam Foulon (46′), Antonino La Gumina for Diego Farias (59′), Mattia Viviani for Nermin Karic (59′), Andrés Tello for Pape Thiam (59′) and Riccardo Improta for Simy (85′).
Best player: Andrés Tello
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benevento was Andrés Tello.
His rating is with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
Perugia – Formation
Perugia
45'
Perugia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Fabrizio Castori played with: Stefano Gori , Filippo Sgarbi , Aleandro Rosi , Cristian Dell’Orco , Tiago Casasola , Paolo Bartolomei , Simone Santoro , Francesco Lisi , Gregorio Luperini , Giuseppe Di Serio and Marco Olivieri .
They had on the bench: Luca Strizzolo, Jacopo Furlan, Gabriele Angella , Federico Melchiorri, Alessio Abibi, Stipe Vulikić, Leon Baldi, Yeferson Paz , Samuele Righetti, Edoardo Iannoni and Christian Kouan.
Perugia could not rely on the presence of Gabriele Angella (injured) and Federico Melchiorri (injured).
Substitutions
Perugia made 5 changes: Aleandro Rosi for Gabriele Angella (46′), Francesco Lisi for Yeferson Paz Blandón (74′), Giuseppe Di Serio for Federico Melchiorri (79′), Marco Olivieri for Christian Kouan (88′) and Paolo Bartolomei for Edoardo Iannoni (88′).
Best player: Gregorio Luperini
The most impressive player for Perugia was Gregorio Luperini.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Genoa – 1-2
- Frosinone – Ternana – 3-0
- Brescia – Palermo – 1-1
- Venezia – Parma – 2-2
- Südtirol – Modena – 0-2
- SPAL – Pisa – 0-1
- Como – Cittadella – 2-0
- Cagliari – Cosenza – 2-0
- Benevento – Perugia – 0-2
- Ascoli – Reggina – 0-1
