FERRARA. Perugia and SPAL draw 1-1. T. Casasola scored the first goal (12′) for Perugia. G. Moncini equalized (63′) with a penalty. SPAL was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%)
The match was played at the Stadio Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the collaboration of Filippo Bercigli and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Mattia Caldera. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.6 degrees Celsius or 70.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
SPAL was in firm control of the ball 63% while Perugia was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SPAL had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough SPAL to win the match.
SPAL shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Perugia shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
SPAL received 3 yellow cards (Matteo Arena, Niccolò Zanellato and Fabio Maistro). On the other side, Perugia received 3 yellow cards (Christian Kouan, Francesco Lisi and G. Di Serio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, SPAL will have 35 points like Brescia to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Perugia will have 36 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, SPAL will play away with Pisa on the 19th of May with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Pisa (2 draws).
Perugia will host Benevento on the 19th of May with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Benevento (3 draws).
SPAL – Formation
SPAL
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SPAL started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Massimo Oddo decided to play with the following team: Enrico Alfonso , Lorenzo Dickmann , Matteo Arena , Christian Dalle Mura , Alessandro Tripaldelli , Nicolo Contiliano , Matteo Prati , Fabio Maistro , Radja Nainggolan , Andrea La Mantia and Gabriele Moncini .
The home team had on the bench: Giannis Fetfatzidis , Niccolò Zanellato , Simone Rabbi, Alessandro Fiordaliso , Alessandro Murgia, Giuseppe Rossi , Alberto Pomini, Raffaele Celia, Georgi Tunjov, Nicola Rauti, Patryk Peda and Marco Varnier .
SPAL could not rely on the presence of Niccolò Zanellato (injured) and Alessandro Fiordaliso (injured).
Substitutions
SPAL made 5 changes: Radja Nainggolan for Niccolò Zanellato (11′), Niccolò Zanellato for Giannis Fetfatzidis (46′), Andrea La Mantia for Giuseppe Rossi (58′), Matteo Arena for Marco Varnier (70′) and Lorenzo Dickmann for Alessandro Fiordaliso (69′).
Best player: Fabio Maistro
The player that probably impressed the most for SPAL was Fabio Maistro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.
Perugia – Formation
Perugia
Perugia started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Fabrizio Castori played with: Jacopo Furlan , Aleandro Rosi , Marcos Curado , Aljaž Struna , Tiago Casasola , Edoardo Iannoni , Simone Santoro , Christian Kouan , Francesco Lisi , Gregorio Luperini and Giuseppe Di Serio .
They had on the bench: Samuel Di Carmine , Gabriele Angella, Marco Olivieri , Yeferson Paz , Alessio Abibi, Emmanuel Ekong, Miloš Vulić, Paolo Bartolomei , Stefano Gori, Filippo Sgarbi , Damiano Cancellieri and Ryder Matos.
Perugia could not rely on the presence of Marco Olivieri (injured).
Substitutions
Perugia made 5 changes: Francesco Lisi for Yeferson Paz Blandón (60′), Christian Kouan for Filippo Sgarbi (66′), Aleandro Rosi for Marco Olivieri (66′), Edoardo Iannoni for Paolo Bartolomei (76′) and G. Di Serio for Samuel Di Carmine (76′).
Best player: Paolo Bartolomei
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Perugia was Paolo Bartolomei.
His rating is with 6 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
