BENEVENTO. Benevento was eventually too strong for Cosenza with the goal of F. Barba (33′), G. Lapadula (56′) and A. Tello (86′). Benevento was vastly superior ball possession (61%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Saturday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini with the assistance of Gianluca Sechi and Giuseppe Maccaddino. The 4th official was Mario Perri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benevento had a strong ball possession 61% while Cosenza was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cosenza was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. Still, Benevento was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Benevento shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Cosenza shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Benevento received 1 yellow card (G. Calo). Regarding the opposition, Cosenza received 1 yellow card (L. Pandolfi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Benevento will have 16 points like Lecce and Cremonese to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Cosenza will stay with 11 points to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Cosenza will host Ternana on the 27th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Benevento – Formation
Benevento
23'
33'
78'
Benevento started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Fabio Caserta decided to play with the following team: Alberto Paleari , Gaetano Letizia , Kamil Glik , Federico Barba , Daam Foulon , Mattia Viviani , Giacomo Calò , Enrico Brignola , Marco Sau , Artur Ioniță and Gianluca Lapadula .
The home team had on the bench: Andrés Tello , Alessandro Vogliacco, Gennaro Acampora, Abdallah Basit, Angelo Talia, Edoardo Masciangelo, Giuseppe Di Serio, Gaspare Muraca, Gabriele Moncini, Roberto Insigne, Nicolò Manfredini and Dejan Vokic .
Benevento could not rely on the presence of N. Manfredini (injured) and G. Acampora (injured).
Substitutions
Benevento made 4 changes: A. Paleari for N. Manfredini (23′), E. Brignola for D. Vokic (72′), M. Sau for A. Tello (72′) and M. Viviani for G. Acampora (76′).
Best player: Gianluca Lapadula
The player that probably impressed the most for Benevento was Gianluca Lapadula.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.
Cosenza – Formation
Cosenza
Cosenza started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Regarding the opposition, Marco Zaffaroni played with: Mauro Vigorito , Andrea Tiritiello , Michele Rigione , Roberto Pirrello , Mario Šitum , Marco Carraro , Alberto Gerbo , Andrea Vallocchia , Sanasi Sy , Gabriele Gori and Giuseppe Caso .
These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Minelli, Djavan Anderson , Luca Bittante, Steeve-Mike Eyango , Angelo Corsi, Michael Venturi, Umberto Saracco, Julian Kristoffersen, Vincenzo Millico , Kristijan Matosevic, Luca Pandolfi and Aldo Florenzi.
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: A. Vallocchia for D. Anderson (59′), A. Gerbo for S. Eyango (60′), G. Caso for V. Millico (72′), G. Gori for L. Pandolfi (72′) and M. Situm for L. Bittante (80′).
Best player: Marco Carraro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cosenza was Marco Carraro.
His rating is with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Lecce – Perugia – 0-0
- Monza – Cittadella – 1-0
- Ternana – Vicenza – 5-0
- Benevento – Cosenza – 3-0
- Frosinone – Ascoli – 2-1
- Brescia – Cremonese – 1-0
