REGGIO DI CALABRIA. Ascoli conquered Reggina to win 2-1. A. Sabiri was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Ascoli to strike first with an early goal of A. Sabiri at the 2′. Then it was a penalty in the 35′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Sabiri gave the win to Ascoli in the 56′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Reggina was much better in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadio Oreste Granillo stadium in Reggio di Calabria on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso who was helped by Salvatore Longo and Michele Lombardi. The 4th official was Fabio Pirrotta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.1 degrees Celsius or 51.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reggina was in firm control of the ball 63% while Ascoli was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reggina was was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Ascoli managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Reggina shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Ascoli shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Reggina received 2 yellow cards (A. Cortinovis and T. Cionek). On the opposite side, Ascoli received 5 yellow cards (T. D’Orazio, M. Buchel, A. Sabiri, D. Quaranta and A. De Paoli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Reggina will stay with 22 points like Perugia to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Ascoli will have 25 points like Benevento and Monza to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggina will play away with Lecce on the 4th of December with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Lecce (3 draws).
Ascoli will host Parma on the 5th of December with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Parma (2 draws).
Reggina – Formation
Reggina
61'
74'
35'
The manager Alfredo Aglietti decided to play with the following team: S. Turati, T. Cionek, V. Regini, G. Di Chiara, I. Lakićević, P. Hetemaj, L. Crisetig, K. Laribi, R. Rivas, A. Cortinovis and A. Montalto.
The home team had on the bench: A. Micai, D. Stavropoulos, G. Denis, L. Gavioli, N. Bellomo, M. Tumminello, G. Loiacono, A. Galabinov, F. Ricci, N. Bianchi, D. Liotti and C. Adjapong.
Substitutions
Reggina made 5 changes: K. Laribi for N. Bellomo (46′), A. Cortinovis for A. Galabinov (64′), R. Rivas for D. Liotti (74′), P. Hetemaj for N. Bianchi (74′) and A. Montalto for G. Denis (77′).
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
Andrea Sottil played with: N. Leali, Eric Botteghin, A. Avlonitis, T. D’Orazio, F. Baschirotto, M. Büchel, F. Caligara, M. Collocolo, A. Sabiri, F. Dionisi and A. Iliev.
These were the players on the bench: D. Quaranta, A. De Paoli, A. Tavčar, F. Maistro, A. Franzolini, A. Salvi, M. Eramo, L. Bolletta, E. Guarna, G. Felicioli, F. Palazzino and M. Castorani.
Substitutions
Ascoli made 4 changes: M. Buchel for M. Eramo (61′), F. Dionisi for F. Maistro (73′), T. D’Orazio for D. Quaranta (87′) and A. Iliev for A. De Paoli (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Cremonese – Frosinone – 1-1
- Pisa – Perugia – 1-1
- Vicenza – Benevento – 2-3
- Pordenone – Alessandria – 2-0
- Reggina – Ascoli – 1-2
- SPAL – Lecce – 1-3
- Monza – Cosenza – 4-1
