PERUGIA. Perugia had a surprising win over Crotone with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Lisi (36′) and a goal from M. (86′). Crotone lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Renato Curi stadium in Perugia on Saturday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Minelli who was helped by Dario Cecconi and Mario Vigile. The 4th official was Luigi Carella. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Crotone was in firm control of the ball 58% while Perugia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Crotone was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Perugia succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Perugia shot 12 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crotone shot 15 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Perugia received 1 yellow card (S. Burrai). Regarding the opposition, Crotone received 2 yellow cards (M. Sala and B. Oddei).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Perugia will have 20 points like Cittadella to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Crotone will stay with 8 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Perugia will host Cittadella on the 27th of November with a 3-3 head to head record.
Crotone will host Vicenza on the 26th of November with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Vicenza (5 draws).
Perugia – Formation
Perugia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Massimiliano Alvini decided to play with the following team: Leandro Chichizola , Filippo Sgarbi , Gabriele Angella , Cristian Dell’Orco , Marcello Falzerano , Jacopo Segre , Salvatore Burrai , Simone Santoro , Francesco Lisi , Ryder Matos and Manuel De Luca .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Ghion, Valentin Vanbaleghem , Andrea Fulignati, Samuele Righetti , Jacopo Murano, Andrea Bianchimano, Christian Kouan , Alessandro Murgia, Emmanuel Gyabuaa, Marcos Curado , Michele Vano, Gabriele Ferrarini and Gianmaria Zanandrea.
Perugia could not rely on the presence of M. Curado (injured).
Substitutions
Perugia made 5 changes: G. Angella for M. Curado (42′), M. Falzerano for G. Ferrarini (73′), S. Burrai for C. Kouan (74′), F. Lisi for V. Vanbaleghem (83′) and M. De Luca for S. Righetti (83′).
Best player: Jacopo Segre
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Perugia was Jacopo Segre even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 18 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Crotone – Formation
Crotone started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Pasquale Marino played with: Marco Festa , Salvatore Molina , Simone Canestrelli , Nehuén Paz , Marco Sala , Ahmad Benali , Miloš Vulić , Godfred Donsah , Giuseppe Borello , Samuele Mulattieri and Augustus Kargbo .
These were the players on the bench: Luis Rojas, Thomas Schirò, Davide Mondonico, Gianluca Saro, Niccolò Zanellato , Nahuel Estévez , Ionuț Nedelcearu, Giuseppe Cuomo, Pasquale Giannotti , Domenico Pasqua, Mirko Marić and Brian Oddei .
Substitutions
Crotone made 5 changes: G. Borello for M. Maric (46′), M. Vulic for N. Estevez (60′), A. Benali for N. Zanellato (67′), A. Kargbo for B. Oddei (67′) and M. Sala for P. Giannotti (83′).
Best player: Marco Sala
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crotone was Marco Sala.
His rating is with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Frosinone – Lecce – 0-0
- Pordenone – Ascoli – 0-1
- SPAL – Alessandria – 2-3
- Ternana – Cittadella – 1-1
- Perugia – Crotone – 2-0
- Vicenza – Brescia – 2-3