ALESSANDRIA. Alessandria had a surprising win over Benevento with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Lunetta (38′) and a goal from F. Casarini (54′). Benevento was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta stadium in Alessandria on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano who had the assistance of Davide Imperiale and Marco Della Croce. The 4th official was Leonardo Mastrodomenico. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Benevento had a strong ball possession 65% while Alessandria was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benevento was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Alessandria managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Alessandria shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Benevento shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Alessandria received 3 yellow cards (T. Milanese, E. Pierozzi and A. Ba). On the other side, Benevento received 2 yellow cards (F. Barba and F. Forte).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Alessandria will have 20 points to remain in the 16th place. On the other side, Benevento will stay with 35 points like Cremonese and Monza to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Alessandria will host Pisa on the 5th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Pisa (0 draws).

Benevento will host Parma on the 5th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Parma (2 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 (7.2), Valerio Mantovani (6.8), Giuseppe Prestia (7.6), Luca Parodi (6.8), Edoardo Pierozzi (6.3), Federico Casarini (7.4), Abou Ba (7.8), Gabriel Lunetta (7.8), Riccardo Chiarello (7.0), Simone Corazza (6.8) and Tommaso Milanese (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Arrighini, L. Coccolo, Aristidi Kolaj, Mattia Mustacchio (7.1), Andrea Beghetto (7.6), M. Dyzen, Lorenzo Crisanto, Simone Palombi (6.7), Andrea Palazzi, Mirko Bruccini, Michele Marconi (6.8) and Simone Benedetti.

Substitutions

Alessandria made 4 changes: E. Pierozzi for M. Mustacchio (65′), T. Milanese for M. Marconi (65′), G. Lunetta for A. Beghetto (70′) and S. Corazza for S. Palombi (79′).

Best player: Abou Ba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Alessandria was Abou Ba even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 22 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Benevento – Formation

Benevento started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fabio Caserta played with: Alberto Paleari (6.7), Gaetano Letizia (7.3), Federico Barba (6.2), Alessandro Vogliacco (6.2), Edoardo Masciangelo (6.8), Artur Ioniță (6.2), Giacomo Calò (7.2), Gennaro Acampora (6.7), Roberto Insigne (7.1), Gabriele Moncini (6.4) and Andrés Tello (6.6).

They had on the bench: Bright Gyamfi, Kamil Glik, G. Muraca, Nicolò Manfredini, Francesco Forte (6.9), Marco Sau (6.2), B. Umile, Enrico Brignola (7.2), Angelo Talia, Jacopo Petriccione (7.0) and Christian Pastina.

Benevento could not rely on the presence of K. Glik (injured).

Substitutions

Benevento made 5 changes: G. Moncini for F. Forte (46′), G. Acampora for E. Brignola (58′), R. Insigne for M. Sau (58′), G. Calo for J. Petriccione (76′) and F. Barba for K. Glik (90′).

Best player: Gaetano Letizia​

The most impressive player for Benevento was Gaetano Letizia.

His rating is (7.3) with 70 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Alessandria – Benevento – 2-0
• Como – Crotone – 1-1
• SPAL – Pisa – 0-0
• Perugia – Pordenone – 0-1
• Monza – Reggina – 1-0
• Brescia – Ternana – 1-1
• Cosenza – Ascoli – 1-3