BENEVENTO. Benevento tops Brescia 1-0 after A. Tello scored just 1 goal (48′). Brescia was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the help of Vittorio Di Gioia and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Valerio Pezzopane. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brescia was in firm control of the ball 63% while Benevento was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brescia was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Benevento managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Benevento shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Brescia shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Benevento received 4 yellow cards (Hamza El Kaouakibi, Krzysztof Kubica, I. Koutsoupias and Gaetano Letizia). Regarding the opposition, Brescia didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Benevento will have 26 points to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Brescia will stay with 25 points like SPAL to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Benevento will play away against Bari 1908 on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head record.

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

Benevento – Formation

Benevento started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Roberto Stellone decided to play with the following team: Alberto Paleari (6.2), Hamza El Kaouakibi (6.8), Frédéric Veseli (6.7), Alin Toșca (7.0), Daam Foulon (6.1), Gennaro Acampora (6.2), Mattia Viviani (7.1), Nermin Karić (7.1), Riccardo Improta (7.7), Andrés Tello (7.1) and Antonino La Gumina (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolò Manfredini (6.5), Gaetano Letizia (6.3), Roko Jureskin, Krzysztof Kubica (6.8), Maxime Leverbe, Ilias Koutsoupias (6.4), Simy (6.6), Francesco Perlingieri, Christian Pastina, Pasquale Schiattarella and Igor Lucatelli.

Substitutions

Benevento made 5 changes: Alberto Paleari for Nicolò Manfredini (46′), Daam Foulon for Gaetano Letizia (63′), Antonino La Gumina for Simy (70′), Gennaro Acampora for Ilias Koutsoupias (70′) and Mattia Viviani for Krzysztof Kubica (75′).

Best player: Riccardo Improta​

The most impressive player for Benevento was Riccardo Improta even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Brescia – Formation

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

Josep Clotet Ruiz played with: Lorenzo Andrenacci (6.6), Fran Karačić (6.9), Andrea Papetti (6.7), Davide Adorni (7.4), Matthieu Huard (7.3), Dimitri Bisoli (7.8), Tom Van De Looi (6.8), John Björkengren (6.4), Emanuele Ndoj (7.4), Nicolas Galazzi (6.3) and Florian Ayé (7.1).

They had on the bench: Alexander Jallow, Alexandre Coeff, Federico Pace, Flavio Bianchi (6.4), Reuven Niemeijer, Manuel Scavone, Giacomo Olzer (6.1), Jakub Łabojko, Marcin Listkowski and Luca Lezzerini.

Substitutions

Brescia made 4 changes: John Björkengren for Flavio Junior Bianchi (58′), Nicolas Galazzi for G. Olzer (74′), Fran Karacic for Alexander Jallow (82′) and Tom van de Looi for Jakub Labojko (82′).

Best player: Dimitri Bisoli​

The most impressive player for Brescia was Dimitri Bisoli.

His rating is (7.8) with 63 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Bari 1908 – Cagliari – 1-1
• SPAL – Como – 1-1
• Perugia – Ternana – 3-0
• Parma – Ascoli – 0-1
• Palermo – Frosinone – 1-1
• Cosenza – Südtirol – 0-0
• Cittadella – Reggina – 3-2
• Benevento – Brescia – 1-0