CARRARA. Carrarese defeats Lucchese 1-0 after S. Simeri scored just 1 goal (16′). Lucchese lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio dei Marmi stadium in Carrara on Monday and it started at 5:15 am local time. The referee was Valerio Pezzopane. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 29.36 degrees Celsius or 84.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Carrarese

1 - 0

Lucchese

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 7 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 2 Off Target 7
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 79 Attack 78
  • 56 Dangerous attack 74
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 15 Total 19
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Lucchese had a strong ball possession 57% while Carrarese was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lucchese was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Carrarese was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Carrarese shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lucchese shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Carrarese received 2 yellow cards (Matteo Di Gennaro and Nicolas Schiavi). On the other side, Lucchese received 2 yellow cards (Giorgio Tumbarello and Andrea Rizzo Pinna).

Match Timeline

11'
G. Tumbarello- Yellow
16'
46'
E. Visconti- sub ->Malik Djibril
46'
P. Yeboah- sub ->Federico Russo
68'
A. Rizzo Pinna- Yellow
Nicolás Schiavi- Yellow
74'
M. Imperiale- sub ->Raffaele Ciro Cartano
67'
88'
G. Guadagni- sub ->Simone Magnaghi
89'
M. Di Gennaro- Yellow
79'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cesena
96
38
Sassari Torres
75
38
Carrarese
73
38
Perugia
63
38
Gubbio
59
38
Pescara
55
38
Juventus Next Gen
54
38
Arezzo
53
38
Pontedera
52
38
Rimini
50
38
SPAL
49
38
Virtus Entella
45
38
Pineto
45
38
Lucchese
45
38
Sestri Levante
44
38
Ancona
42
38
Vis Pesaro
39
38
Recanatese
38
38
Fermana
31
38
Olbia
26
38

After playing this match, Carrarese has 31 points like Pescara to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Lucchese will stays with 21 points like Gubbio, Virtus Entella and Ancona to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Carrarese will play away against Pontedera on the 22nd of December with a 10-2 head to head record in favor of Carrarese (6 draws).

Lucchese will host Ancona on the 22nd of December with a 5-0 head to head in favor of Ancona (3 draws).

Carrarese – Formation

Carrarese
G
M. Bleve 1.Italy
D
M. Di Gennaro 15.Italy
79'
D
M. Coppolaro 21.Italy
D
Raffaele Cartano 26.Italy
67'
M
F. Cerretelli 6.Italy
M
R. Palmieri 8.Italy
M
M. Cicconi 11.Italy
M
Nicolás Schiavi 18.Argentina
74'
M
S. Zanon 72.Italy
89'
F
S. Simeri 27.Italy
89' 16'
F
A. Capello 28.Italy
Substitutes
G
T. Tampucci 12.Italy
G
S. Mazzini 22.Italy
D
M. Imperiale 3.Italy
67'
D
A. Raimo 23.Italy
89'
M
Matteo Sementa 30.Italy
F
Malik Olalekan OPoola 20.Nigeria
89'
F
N. Giannetti 99.Italy

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

The manager Alessandro Dal Canto decided to play with the following team: Marco Bleve, Mauro Coppolaro, Raffaele Ciro Cartano, Matteo Di Gennaro, Simone Zanon, Riccardo Palmieri, Nicolas Schiavi, Francesco Cerretelli, Manuel Cicconi, Alessandro Capello and Simone Simeri.

The home team had on the bench: Marco Imperiale, Tomas Tampucci, Malik Olalekan OPoola, Stefano Mazzini, Alessandro Raimo, Matteo Sementa, Alessio Sansaro and Niccolò Giannetti.

Substitutions

Carrarese made 3 changes: Raffaele Ciro Cartano for Marco Imperiale (67′), Simone Simeri for Malik Olalekan OPoola (89′) and Simone Zanon for Alessandro Raimo (89′).

Lucchese – Formation

Lucchese
G
N. Chiorra 22.Italy
D
A. Tiritiello 6.Italy
D
E. Quirini 14.Italy
D
F. Benassai 23.Italy
M
A. Rizzo Pinna 7.Italy
68'
M
G. Tumbarello 8.Italy
11'
M
M. Djibril 17.Italy
46'
M
F. Russo 19.Italy
46'
M
Robert Gucher 27.Austria
M
S. Cangianiello 30.Italy
F
S. Magnaghi 99.Italy
88'
Substitutes
G
J. Coletta 1.Italy
G
F. Berti 12.Italy
D
M. Alagna 2.Italy
D
N. Perotta 3.Italy
D
R. Toma 4.Romania
D
T. Merletti 26.Italy
M
E. Visconti 72.Italy
46'
F
Niccolò Romero 9.Italy
F
Gianluigi Sueva 11.Dominican Republic
F
P. Yeboah 45.Ghana
46'
F
G. Guadagni 77.Italy
88'

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

Giorgio Gorgone played with: Niccolò Chiorra, Ettore Quirini, Francesco Benassai, Andrea Tiritiello, Simone Cangianiello, Robert Gucher, Giorgio Tumbarello, Federico Russo, Malik Djibril, Andrea Rizzo Pinna and Simone Magnaghi.

They had on the bench: Jacopo Coletta, Manuel Alagna, Nicolas Perotta, Robert Toma, Niccolò Romero, Gianluigi Sueva, Filippo Berti, Tommaso Merletti, Philip Yeboah, Elia Visconti and Giuseppe Guadagni.

Substitutions

Lucchese made 3 changes: Malik Djibril for Elia Visconti (46′), Federico Russo for Philip Yeboah (46′) and Simone Magnaghi for Giuseppe Guadagni (88′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone B.​