COSENZA. Ascoli overcomes Cosenza 3-1.

The match was played at the Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla stadium in Cosenza on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Meraviglia with the support of Fabiano Preti and Gianluca Sechi. The 4th official was Fabio Rosario Luongo. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Cosenza was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Ascoli that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ascoli had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ascoli won the match.​

Cosenza shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ascoli shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Cosenza received 2 yellow cards (L. Bittante and V. Millico). Regarding the opposition, Ascoli received 3 yellow cards (M. Eramo, F. Tsadjout and N. Falasco).

L. Bittante (Cosenza) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (52′).

Standings

After this match, Cosenza will stay with 16 points to sit in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Ascoli will have 32 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cosenza will host Brescia on the 5th of February with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Brescia (0 draws).

Cosenza – Formation

Cosenza adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Roberto Occhiuzzi decided to play with the following team: Kristijan Matosevic (5.7), Luca Bittante (5.6), Michele Rigione (6.1), Andrea Hristov (6.2), Daniele Liotti (7.0), Marco Carraro (6.7), Luca Palmiero (6.8), Mario Šitum (6.1), Reda Boultam (7.0), Luca Pandolfi (6.8) and Vincenzo Millico (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Tiritiello (6.1), Andrea Vallocchia (6.9), Angelo Corsi, Roberto Pirrello, Alberto Gerbo, Aldo Florenzi (7.0), Michael Venturi, Alessandro Arioli, Giuseppe Caso (6.8), Edoardo Sarri and Baldovino Cimino.

Substitutions

Cosenza made 4 changes: M. Situm for A. Vallocchia (46′), L. Pandolfi for A. Tiritiello (54′), R. Boultam for G. Caso (72′) and M. Carraro for A. Florenzi (73′).

Best player: Daniele Liotti​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cosenza was Daniele Liotti.

His rating is (7.0) with 50 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Ascoli – Formation

Also Ascoli adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Andrea Sottil played with: Nicola Leali (6.4), Federico Baschirotto (6.4), Giuseppe Bellusci (6.4), Danilo Quaranta (7.0), Nicola Falasco (6.9), Michele Collocolo (7.1), Fabrizio Caligara (7.8), Mirko Eramo (7.6), Dario Šarić (6.8), Frank Tsadjout (6.6) and Soufiane Bidaoui (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Salvi, Filippo Palazzino, Matteo Raffaelli, Tommaso D’Orazio, Marcel Büchel (6.8), Andrea De Paoli (6.6), Andrea Franzolini, Atanas Iliev (7.2), Enrico Guarna, Aljaž Tavčar and Tasos Avlonitis.

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: M. Eramo for A. Iliev (67′), D. Saric for M. Buchel (84′), F. Tsadjout for A. De Paoli (84′), S. Bidaoui for F. Palazzino (90′) and N. Falasco for T. D’Orazio (90′).

Best player: Fabrizio Caligara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Fabrizio Caligara.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 43 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19.

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