ASCOLI PICENO. Cremonese had a comfortable win over Ascoli. Cremonese scored with E. Valeri (31′), C. Buonaiuto (39′), S. Di Carmine (70′) and L. Vido (90′). On the other side, M. Eramo (44′) scored for Ascoli.
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 Luca Zufferli with the assistance of Vittorio Di Gioia and Gamal Mokhtar. The 4th official was Domenico Leone. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Ascoli was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cremonese that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cremonese was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cremonese won the contest.
Ascoli shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Cremonese shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ascoli received 4 yellow cards (E. Botteghin, F. Dionisi, N. Leali and M. Eramo). Talking about the opposition, Cremonese received 4 yellow cards (L. Sernicola, N. Fagioli, M. Castagnetti and L. Vido).
E. Botteghin (Ascoli) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (51′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Ascoli will stay with 26 points like Perugia to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese will have 32 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will play away with Ternana on the 26th of December with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Ascoli (2 draws).
Cremonese will host Como on the 26th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli started with a 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 , Eric Botteghin , Tasos Avlonitis , Gian Filippo Felicioli , Mirko Eramo , Marcel Büchel , Dario Šarić , Abdelhamid Sabiri , Atanas Iliev and Federico Dionisi .
The home team had on the bench: Luca Bolletta, Andrea De Paoli , Danilo Quaranta , Matteo Raffaelli, Federico Baschirotto, Fabio Maistro , Soufiane Bidaoui , Aljaž Tavčar, Michele Collocolo and Tommaso D’Orazio .
Ascoli could not rely on the presence of S. Bidaoui (injured).
Substitutions
Ascoli made 5 changes: G. Felicioli for T. D’Orazio (56′), M. Buchel for D. Quaranta (56′), A. Iliev for S. Bidaoui (68′), A. Sabiri for F. Maistro (74′) and A. Avlonitis for A. De Paoli (74′).
Best player: Mirko Eramo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Mirko Eramo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fabio Pecchia played with: Marco Carnesecchi , Leonardo Sernicola , Matteo Bianchetti , Caleb Okoli , Emanuele Valeri , Michele Castagnetti , Nicolò Fagioli , Luca Zanimacchia , Gianluca Gaetano , Cristian Buonaiuto and Daniel Ciofani .
These were the players on the bench: Dorian Cieżkowski, Filippo Nardi, Francesco Deli, Luca Valzania , Paolo Bartolomei , Mouhamadou Sarr, Samuel Di Carmine , Luca Vido , Alessandro Fiordaliso, Luca Ravanelli, Jaime Báez and Andrea Meroni.
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: N. Fagioli for L. Vido (60′), C. Buonaiuto for L. Valzania (60′), L. Zanimacchia for P. Bartolomei (68′), D. Ciofani for S. Di Carmine (68′) and M. Castagnetti for J. Baez (82′).
Best player: Nicolò Fagioli
The most impressive player for Cremonese was Nicolò Fagioli even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Ascoli – Cremonese – 1-4
- Como – Reggina – 1-1
- Crotone – Pordenone – 4-1
- Frosinone – SPAL – 4-0
- Cosenza – Pisa – 0-2