PERUGIA. Perugia obliterates Brescia 4-0 with goals of Simone Santoro (40′), Tiago Casasola (48′ pen), Christian Kouan (52′) and Gabriele Angella (74′).

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Curi stadium in Perugia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri with the assistance of Pietro Dei Giudici and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Fabio Rosario Luongo. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Perugia was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Brescia that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Perugia was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Perugia won the match​.

Perugia shot 19 times, 10 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Brescia shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Perugia received 3 yellow cards (Simone Santoro, Aleandro Rosi and Tiago Casasola). Talking about the opposition, Brescia received 1 yellow card (Fran Karacic).

Also, Brescia didn’t end the match with 11 players after Fran Karacic (Brescia) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (16′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Perugia will have 26 points like Ascoli and Como to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Brescia will stay with 25 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Perugia will host Benevento on the 19th of May with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Benevento (3 draws).

Brescia will host Bari 1908 on the 25th of February with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (12 draws).

Perugia – Formation

Perugia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Fabrizio Castori decided to play with the following team: Stefano Gori (7.1), Filippo Sgarbi (6.8), Marcos Curado (6.8), Aleandro Rosi (6.6), Tiago Casasola (7.8), Edoardo Iannoni (7.1), Simone Santoro (7.1), Francesco Lisi (8.6), Christian Kouan (7.3), Samuel Di Carmine (6.6) and Giuseppe Di Serio (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Yeferson Paz (7.0), Miloš Vulić, Ryder Matos (6.4), Stipe Vulikić, Gabriele Angella (8.4), Leonardo Capezzi (6.4), Emmanuel Ekong, Alessio Abibi, Paolo Bartolomei (7.4), Damiano Cancellieri, Gregorio Luperini and Jacopo Furlan.

Substitutions

Perugia made 5 changes: Marcos Curado for Gabriele Angella (26′), Aleandro Rosi for Yeferson Paz Blandón (46′), Simone Santoro for Paolo Bartolomei (46′), Samuel Di Carmine  for Ryder Matos (62′) and Christian Kouan for Leonardo Capezzi (74′).

Best player: Francesco Lisi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Perugia was Francesco Lisi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.6) with 33 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 14 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Brescia – Formation

Brescia started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Josep Clotet Ruiz played with: Lorenzo Andrenacci (6.2), Fran Karačić (6.4), Alexandre Coeff (6.1), Davide Adorni (7.1), Matthieu Huard (5.7), Marcin Listkowski (6.6), Dimitri Bisoli (6.5), John Björkengren (6.7), Emanuele Ndoj (6.1), Pablo Rodríguez (5.2) and Flavio Bianchi (6.1).

They had on the bench: Nicolas Galazzi, Giacomo Olzer, Federico Pace, Luca Lezzerini, Tom Van De Looi (6.8), Manuel Scavone, Florian Ayé (6.2), Alexander Jallow (5.9), Jakub Łabojko and Reuven Niemeijer (6.1).

Substitutions

Brescia made 5 changes: Emanuele Ndoj for Alexander Jallow (46′), Flavio Bianchi for Florian Aye (63′), Marcin Listkowski for Tom Van De Looi (63′), Pablo Rodríguez for Reuven Niemeijer (79′) and John Björkengren for Jakub Labojko (86′).

Best player: Davide Adorni​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brescia was Davide Adorni.

His rating is (7.1) with 31 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• SPAL – Bari 1908 – 3-4
• Pisa – Südtirol – 0-1
• Perugia – Brescia – 4-0
• Cosenza – Ternana – 0-0
• Como – Frosinone – 0-2
• Cittadella – Ascoli – 3-0
• Benevento – Venezia – 1-2