ASCOLI PICENO. Palermo snatched a late win Ascoli 1-0 after L. Mancuso scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi who was helped by Marco D’Ascanio and Marco Ceolin. The 4th official was Adolfo Baratta. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 28.68 degrees Celsius or 83.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Ascoli was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Palermo that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Palermo had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Palermo won the match.​

Ascoli shot 16 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Palermo shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Ascoli received 1 yellow card (William Viali). On the opposite side, Palermo received 2 yellow cards (Mamadou Coulibaly and Giuseppe Aurelio).

Standings

After playing this contest, Ascoli will stay with 3 points like Reggiana to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Palermo will have 10 points like Catanzaro, Parma and Modena to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 20th of January with a 7-7 head to head record.

Palermo will host Bari 1908 on the 3rd of February with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Palermo (7 draws).

Ascoli – Formation

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

The manager William Viali decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Viviano (7.5), Brian Bayeye (7.3), Giuseppe Bellusci (7.0), Danilo Quaranta (6.7), Samuel Giovane (7.5), Eddy Gnahoré (7.1), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.0), Giacomo Manzari (7.0), Pablo Rodríguez (7.0), Tommaso Milanese (7.0) and Pedro Mendes (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Davide Barosi, Kevin Haveri, Erdis Kraja, Vincenzo Millico, Fabrizio Caligara (7.5), Luca Bolletta, Simone D’Uffizi, Marcello Falzerano (6.8), Ilija Nestorovski (6.7), Eric Botteghin, Nicola Falasco and Patrizio Masini (6.7).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Eddy Gnahoré for Vincenzo Millico (90′), Giacomo Manzari for Fabrizio Caligara (56′), Pablo Rodríguez for Ilija Nestorovski (56′), Tommaso Milanese for Marcello Falzerano (73′) and Francesco Di Tacchio for Edoardo Soleri (73′).

Best player: Emiliano Viviano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was the goalkeeper: Emiliano Viviano. His rating is 7.45. He performed 3 saves.

Palermo – Formation

Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli (7.3), Aleš Matějů (7.5), Fabio Lucioni (7.5), Pietro Ceccaroni (7.9), Giuseppe Aurelio (7.0), Liam Henderson (6.8), Leo Štulac (7.7), Jacopo Segre (7.1), Francesco Di Mariano (7.1), Matteo Brunori (7.1) and Federico Di Francesco (6.8).

They had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, K. Lund (6.4), Claudio Gomes (7.1), Leonardo Mancuso (7.7), Manfredi Nespola, Ivan Marconi, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Aljosa Vasic, Edoardo Soleri (6.7), Nicola Valente and Mamadou Coulibaly (6.6).

Substitutions

Palermo made 5 changes: Giuseppe Aurelio for K. Lund (65′), Liam Henderson for Claudio Gomes (65′), Federico Di Francesco for Leonardo Mancuso (66′), Jacopo Segre for Mamadou Coulibaly (83′) and Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (83′).

Best player: Pietro Ceccaroni​

The player that probably impressed the most for Palermo was Pietro Ceccaroni even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 51 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Pisa – Bari 1908 – 1-1
• Lecco – Brescia – 0-2
• Reggiana – Cremonese – 2-2
• FeralpiSalò – Modena – 1-1
• Cosenza – Südtirol – 2-2
• Ascoli – Palermo – 0-1