ASCOLI PICENO. Spezia conquered Ascoli to win 2-1. A goal from P. Hristov was decisive in the 89min. It was Spezia to strike first with a penalty of Daniele Verde at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Petko Hristov gave the win to Spezia in the 89′ minute with a goal.

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 Matteo Marchetti who was helped by Davide Moro and Thomas Miniutti. The 4th official was Francesco Zago. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.48 degrees Celsius or 50.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Timeline

20'
F. Esposito(VAR)
22'
Daniele Verde(penalty)
31'
Francesco Cassata - Yellow
Giuseppe Bellusci- Yellow
32'
S. D'Uffizi- sub ->Tommaso Milanese
46'
Giuseppe Bellusci(goal)Pedro Mendes
51'
53'
S. D'Uffizi- Yellow
53'
63'
Petko Hristov- sub ->Lukas Mühl
63'
Brian Bayeye- sub ->Claud Adjapong
65'
69'
77'
83'
83'
S. Giovane- sub ->Patrizio Masini
86'
89'
Petko Hristov(goal)Salvatore Esposito
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
76
38
Como
73
38
Venezia
70
38
Cremonese
67
38
Catanzaro
60
38
Palermo
56
38
Sampdoria
55
38
Brescia
51
38
Cosenza
47
38
Südtirol
47
38
Modena
47
38
Reggiana
47
38
Pisa
46
38
Cittadella
46
38
Spezia
44
38
Ternana
43
38
Ascoli
41
38
Bari 1908
41
38
FeralpiSalò
33
38
Lecco
26
38

After this contest, Ascoli stays with 13 points like Spezia to hold in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Spezia will has 13 points like Ascoli to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will host Catanzaro on the 16th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Catanzaro (1 draw).

Spezia will host Bari 1908 on the 16th of December with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Spezia (4 draws).

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli
G
Emiliano Viviano 2.Italy
7.0
D
Danilo Quaranta 14.Italy
6.6
D
Eric Botteghin 33.Brazil
6.7
D
Giuseppe Bellusci 55.Italy
7.5
83' 32' 51'
M
Claud Adjapong 17.Italy
6.6
65'
M
Francesco Di Tacchio 18.Italy
7.0
M
Tommaso Milanese 20.Italy
6.8
46'
M
Nicola Falasco 54.Italy
7.5
M
Patrizio Masini 73.Italy
7.1
86'
F
Pedro Mendes 90.Portugal
7.5
F
Pablo Rodríguez 99.Spain
7.7
83'
Substitutes
G
D. Barosi 1.Italy
G
L. Bolletta 12.Italy
D
K. Haveri 3.Albania
6.3
83' 90'
M
Eddy Gnahoré 5.France
M
S. Giovane 8.Italy
6.6
86'
M
Brian Bayeye 40.France
6.7
65'
M
Yehiya Maiga Silvestri 94.
F
Vincenzo Millico 7.Italy
6.6
83'
F
S. D'Uffizi 15.Italy
6.8
46' 53'
F
G. Manzari 28.Italy

Ascoli started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Fabrizio Castori decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Viviano (7.0), Giuseppe Bellusci (7.5), Eric Botteghin (6.7), Danilo Quaranta (6.6), Claud Adjapong (6.6), Patrizio Masini (7.1), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.0), Nicola Falasco (7.5), Tommaso Milanese (6.8), Pedro Mendes (7.5) and Pablo Rodríguez (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Davide Barosi, Kevin Haveri (6.3), Eddy Gnahoré, Vincenzo Millico (6.6), Samuel Giovane (6.6), Luca Bolletta, Simone D’Uffizi (6.8), Giacomo Manzari, Brian Bayeye (6.7), Yehiya Maiga Silvestri and Emiliano Rossi.

Ascoli could not rely on the presence of Kevin Haveri (injured).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Tommaso Milanese for Simone D’Uffizi (46′), Giuseppe Bellusci for Kevin Haveri (83′), Pablo Rodríguez for Vincenzo Millico (83′), Patrizio Masini for Samuel Giovane (86′) and Claud Adjapong for Brian Bayeye (65′).

Player of the match: Pablo Rodríguez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Pablo Rodríguez.

His rating is 7.7 with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia
G
Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands
7.7
D
Salvatore Elia 7.Italy
6.3
D
Lukas Mühl 23.Germany
6.7
63'
D
Kelvin Amian 27.France
6.4
53'
D
Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece
7.1
M
Salvatore Esposito 10.Italy
7.5
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
7.0
M
Francesco Cassata 29.Italy
6.6
63' 31'
F
F. Esposito 9.Italy
6.4
F
Rachid Kouda 80.Italy
7.7
F
Daniele Verde 99.Italy
7.3
69' 22'
Substitutes
G
Petar Zovko 40.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Iva Gelashvili 33.Georgia
D
Petko Hristov 55.Bulgaria
7.5
63' 89'
D
Nicolò Bertola 77.Italy
M
A. Ekdal 8.Sweden
M
Niccolò Pietra 15.Italy
M
Szymon Żurkowski 17.Poland
7.0
63' 77'
M
Pietro Candelari 36.Italy
F
T. Cipot 11.Slovenia
F
R. Krollis 19.Latvia
F
Luca Moro 24.Italy
F
Mirko Antonucci 48.Italy
6.4
69'

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

Luca D’Angelo played with: Jeroen Zoet (7.7), Kelvin Amian (6.4), Lukas Mühl (6.7), Dimitrios Nikolaou (7.1), Salvatore Elia (6.3), Francesco Cassata (6.6), Salvatore Esposito (7.5), Filippo Bandinelli (7.0), Daniele Verde (7.3), Francesco Pio Esposito (6.4) and Rachid Kouda (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Albin Ekdal, Tio Cipot, Niccolò Pietra, Szymon Zurkowski (7.0), Raimonds Krollis, Luca Moro, Iva Gelashvili, Pietro Candelari, Petar Zovko, Mirko Antonucci (6.4), Petko Hristov (7.5) and Nicolò Bertola.

Substitutions

Spezia made 3 changes: Lukas Mühl for Petko Hristov (63′), Francesco Cassata for Szymon Zurkowski (63′) and Daniele Verde for Mirko Antonucci (69′).

Player of the match: Jeroen Zoet​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spezia was the goalkeeper: Jeroen Zoet. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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