ASCOLI PICENO. Perugia conquers Ascoli 1-0 after F. Lisi scored just 1 goal (26′). Ascoli lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro assisted by Fabio Schirru and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Marco Emmanuele. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ascoli was in firm control of the ball 59% while Perugia was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Perugia was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Perugia won the match.​

Ascoli shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Perugia shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Ascoli received 3 yellow cards (A. Iliev, N. Falasco and F. Caligara). On the opposite side, Perugia received 4 yellow cards (G. Angella, Matos, M. De Luca and M. Olivieri).

Standings

After this match, Ascoli will stay with 32 points like Cittadella to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Perugia will have 31 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will host Como on the 13th of February with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Ascoli (0 draws).

Perugia will host Frosinone on the 12th of February with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Perugia (2 draws).

Ascoli – Formation

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

The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Nicola Leali (6.7), Alessandro Salvi (7.1), Giuseppe Bellusci (6.8), Danilo Quaranta (6.8), Nicola Falasco (6.8), Dario Šarić (6.2), Fabrizio Caligara (7.2), Fabio Maistro (6.8), Federico Ricci (7.0), Atanas Iliev (6.1) and Soufiane Bidaoui (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Luca Paganini, Frank Tsadjout (6.9), Luca Bolletta, Enrico Guarna, Andrea De Paoli (6.5), Federico Baschirotto, Aljaž Tavčar, Michele Collocolo (6.7), Filippo Palazzino (6.4), Mirko Eramo, Marcel Büchel and Tommaso D’Orazio (6.4).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: N. Falasco for T. D’Orazio (46′), F. Ricci for F. Tsadjout (55′), A. Iliev for A. De Paoli (66′), D. Saric for M. Collocolo (66′) and F. Maistro for F. Palazzino (75′).

Best player: Fabrizio Caligara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ascoli was Fabrizio Caligara.

His rating is (7.2) with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 15 duels out of 25.

Perugia – Formation

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

Massimiliano Alvini played with: Leandro Chichizola (6.8), Filippo Sgarbi (7.3), Gabriele Angella (8.1), Cristian Dell’Orco (7.7), Marcello Falzerano (7.1), Jacopo Segre (6.3), Simone Santoro (7.1), Francesco Lisi (7.2), Ryder Matos (7.1), Christian Kouan (6.8) and Manuel De Luca (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessandro Murgia, Gabriele Ferrarini (6.4), Christian D’Urso, Andrea Beghetto (7.3), Andrea Fulignati, Marco Olivieri (6.6), Emmanuel Gyabuaa, Mirko Carretta (6.4), Salvatore Burrai (6.3), Gianmaria Zanandrea, Andrea Ghion and Aleandro Rosi.

Substitutions

Perugia made 5 changes: Matos for M. Olivieri (65′), F. Lisi for A. Beghetto (65′), M. De Luca for M. Carretta (76′), M. Falzerano for G. Ferrarini (77′) and C. Kouan for S. Burrai (87′).

Best player: Gabriele Angella​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Perugia was Gabriele Angella even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 29 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 21.

Results of the day

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

• Crotone – Cittadella – 0-0
• Frosinone – Vicenza – 2-0
• Como – Lecce – 1-1
• Benevento – Parma – 0-0
• Ascoli – Perugia – 0-1
• Alessandria – Pisa – 1-1
• Ternana – Reggina – 2-0
• Cosenza – Brescia – 0-0