REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Ascoli and Reggiana draw 1-1. P. Mendes scored the first goal (15′) for Ascoli. E. Pieragnolo equalized (50′). Reggiana was much better in terms of ball possession (69%)
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi assisted by Andrea Niedda and Antonio Severino. The 4th official was Carlo Rinaldi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.41 degrees Celsius or 50.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reggiana was in firm control of the ball 69% while Ascoli was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reggiana was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Reggiana to win the match.
Reggiana shot 18 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ascoli shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Reggiana received 2 yellow cards (Luca Cigarini and Manolo Portanova). Talking about the opposition, Ascoli received 4 yellow cards (Pablo Rodríguez, Pedro Mendes, Patrizio Masini and Eric Botteghin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Reggiana will have 16 points like Südtirol and Sampdoria to hold in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Ascoli will have 13 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Reggiana will play away with Bari 1908 on the 27th of January with a 0-0 head to head.
Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 20th of January with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (4 draws).
Reggiana – Formation
Reggiana
83'
50'
34'
Reggiana started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Alessandro Nesta decided to play with the following team: Francesco Bardi , Lorenzo Libutti , Paolo Rozzio , Alessandro Marcandalli , Edoardo Pieragnolo , Manolo Portanova , Luca Cigarini , Alessandro Bianco , Natan Girma , Janis Antiste and Cedric Gondo .
The home team had on the bench: Alex Sposito, Muhamed Varela Djamanca , Eric Lanini, Giacomo Satalino, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Jacopo Da Riva, Filippo Nardi, Marko Pajač , Mario Sampirisi, Domen Črnigoj , Filippo Melegoni and Elvis Kabashi .
Substitutions
Reggiana made 4 changes: Cedric Gondo for Muhamed Varela Djamanca (25′), Manolo Portanova for Domen Črnigoj (73′), Manolo Portanova for Filippo Melegoni (72′) and Edoardo Pieragnolo for Marko Pajač (83′).
Player of the match: Luca Cigarini
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was Luca Cigarini.
His rating is with 122 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 12 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
Ascoli started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Fabrizio Castori played with: Emiliano Viviano , Giuseppe Bellusci , Eric Botteghin , Danilo Quaranta , Marcello Falzerano , Francesco Di Tacchio , Eddy Gnahoré , Nicola Falasco , Patrizio Masini , Pedro Mendes and Pablo Rodríguez .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Davide Barosi, Kevin Haveri, Vincenzo Millico , Samuel Giovane , Luca Bolletta, Simone D’Uffizi, Claud Adjapong, Tommaso Milanese , Giacomo Manzari , Brian Bayeye and Emiliano Rossi.
Substitutions
Ascoli made 5 changes: Marcello Falzerano for Brian Bayeye (60′), Patrizio Masini for Giacomo Manzari (60′), Pablo Rodríguez for Samuel Giovane (61′), Natan Girma for Vincenzo Millico (73′) and Eddy Gnahoré for Tommaso Milanese (76′).
Player of the match: Emiliano Viviano
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was the goalkeeper: Emiliano Viviano. His rating is 7.65. He performed 2 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Bari 1908 – Venezia – 0-3
- Pisa – Brescia – 1-1
- Reggiana – Ascoli – 1-1
- Parma – Modena – 1-1
- Cremonese – Lecco – 1-0
- Como – FeralpiSalò – 2-1
- Cittadella – Südtirol – 2-1
