ASCOLI PICENO. SPAL overcomes Ascoli 1-0 after L. Colombo scored just 1 goal (63′). Ascoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Thursday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianpiero Miele who was helped by Gaetano Massara and Oreste Muto. The 4th official was Dario Di Francesco. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ascoli was in firm control of the ball 56% while SPAL was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SPAL was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SPAL won the encounter.
Ascoli shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, SPAL shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Ascoli received 5 yellow cards (M. Buchel, M. Eramo, F. Baschirotto, A. Salvi and A. Sabiri). On the opposite side, SPAL received 4 yellow cards (L. Colombo, L. Mora, E. Latte Lath and F. Viviani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Ascoli will stay with 14 points like Perugia, Monza and Cosenza to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, SPAL will have 13 points like Parma, Ternana, Como and Cittadella to stay in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will play away with Pisa on the 1st of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Pisa (1 draw).
SPAL will host Perugia on the 1st of November with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Perugia (2 draws).
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
70'
57'
Ascoli adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Nicola Leali , Alessandro Salvi , Tasos Avlonitis , Danilo Quaranta , Tommaso D’Orazio , Mirko Eramo , Marcel Büchel , Fabio Maistro , Abdelhamid Sabiri , Federico Dionisi and Soufiane Bidaoui .
The home team had on the bench: Elia Petrelli, Atanas Iliev , Eric Botteghin, Federico Baschirotto , Dario Šarić, Michele Collocolo, Enrico Guarna, Fabrizio Caligara , Diego Fabbrini , Christos Donis, Aljaž Tavčar and Andrea De Paoli .
Substitutions
Ascoli made 5 changes: F. Maistro for A. Iliev (65′), S. Bidaoui for D. Fabbrini (65′), A. Sabiri for F. Caligara (65′), A. Salvi for F. Baschirotto (70′) and M. Eramo for A. De Paoli (77′).
Best player: Federico Dionisi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Federico Dionisi.
His rating is with 29 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15.
SPAL – Formation
SPAL
63'
Also SPAL adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Regarding the opposition, Josep Clotet Ruiz played with: Andrea Seculin , Lorenzo Dickmann , Francesco Vicari , Elio Capradossi , Alessandro Tripaldelli , Salvatore Esposito , Federico Viviani , Luca Mora , Marco Mancosu , Lorenzo Colombo and Emmanuel Latte Lath .
They had on the bench: Luca Coccolo, Demba Thiam, Mikael Ellertsson, Franco Zuculini, David Heidenreich, Patryk Peda , Ludovico D’Orazio, Giovanni Crociata , Federico Melchiorri , Demba Seck, Raffaele Celia and Kevin Piscopo.
SPAL could not rely on the presence of F. Melchiorri (injured).
Substitutions
SPAL made 4 changes: E. Latte Lath for F. Melchiorri (45′), L. Dickmann for P. Peda (46′), L. Mora for G. Crociata (76′) and L. Colombo for F. Zuculini (89′).
Best player: Andrea Seculin
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SPAL was the goalkeeper: Andrea Seculin. His rating is 8.31. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Alessandria – Frosinone – 1-1
- Ascoli – SPAL – 0-1
- Brescia – Lecce – 1-1
- Cittadella – Parma – 1-2
- Como – Pordenone – 1-0
- Cremonese – Pisa – 1-1
- Crotone – Benevento – 0-2
- Perugia – Reggina – 0-2
