ALESSANDRIA. Parma conquers Alessandria with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Vazquez (31′) and a goal from A. Benedyczak (42′). Alessandria lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta stadium in Alessandria on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello who was helped by Antonio Vono and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Filippo Giaccaglia. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.8 degrees Celsius or 45.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Alessandria had a strong ball possession 58% while Parma was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Alessandria had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Parma was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Alessandria shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Parma shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Alessandria received 2 yellow cards (A. Beghetto and M. Di Gennaro). Talking about the opposition, Parma didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Alessandria will stay with 17 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Parma will have 23 points like Ternana and Reggina to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Alessandria will play away with Vicenza on the 26th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Parma will host Crotone on the 26th of December with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Crotone (0 draws).

Alessandria – Formation

Alessandria started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Moreno Longo decided to play with the following team: Matteo Pisseri (5.9), Giuseppe Prestia (6.8), Matteo Di Gennaro (7.1), Luca Parodi (6.4), Edoardo Pierozzi (6.4), Abou Ba (7.1), Tommaso Milanese (6.8), Andrea Beghetto (6.7), Riccardo Chiarello (6.4), Simone Corazza (6.3) and Andrea Arrighini (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Crisanto, Aristidi Kolaj (7.0), Michele Marconi (6.2), Federico Casarini (6.8), Mirko Bruccini, Simone Palombi, Alessandro Russo, Valerio Mantovani (6.9) and Mattia Mustacchio (7.0).

Alessandria could not rely on the presence of V. Mantovani (injured).

Substitutions

Alessandria made 5 changes: A. Arrighini for F. Casarini (46′), S. Corazza for M. Marconi (46′), R. Chiarello for A. Kolaj (46′), G. Prestia for V. Mantovani (68′) and A. Beghetto for M. Mustacchio (68′).

Best player: Matteo Di Gennaro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Alessandria was Matteo Di Gennaro.

His rating is (7.1) with 71 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 21.

Parma – Formation

Parma started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Giuseppe Iachini played with: Gianluigi Buffon (7.4), Yordan Osorio (6.5), Danilo (7.3), Elias Cobbaut (7.3), Andrea Rispoli (6.9), Simon Sohm (7.1), Pasquale Schiattarella (7.3), Franco Vázquez (7.4), Enrico Del Prato (6.8), Adrian Benedyczak (7.4) and Roberto Inglese (7.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ange Yohan Bonny (6.6), Dennis Man, Gennaro Tutino, Stanko Jurić (6.4), Simone Colombi, Maxime Busi, Félix Correia, Daniele Iacoponi, Vassilis Zagaritis, Drissa Camara, Juan Brunetta (7.0) and Alessandro Circati.

Parma could not rely on the presence of A. Y. Bonny (injured).

Substitutions

Parma made 3 changes: A. Benedyczak for A. Y. Bonny (55′), P. Schiattarella for J. Brunetta (78′) and S. Sohm for S. Juric (78′).

Best player: Roberto Inglese​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Parma was Roberto Inglese even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Alessandria – Parma – 0-2
• Brescia – Cittadella – 1-1
• Perugia – Ternana – 1-1