Casertana defeats Monopoli 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

MONOPOLI. Casertana overcame Monopoli to win 2-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Casertana defeats Monopoli 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

MONOPOLI. Casertana topped Monopoli to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Casertana to strike first with a goal of Giacomo Casoli at the 64′. Then it was a goal in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Alessio Curcio gave the win to Casertana in the 83′ minute with a goal. Casertana was surely superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani stadium in Monopoli on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Bogdan Nicolae Sfira. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.26 degrees Celsius or 63.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Monopoli

1 - 2

Team 1

Casertana

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 2 Total 7
  • 1 On Target 4
  • 1 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 69 Attack 102
  • 40 Dangerous attack 90
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 9
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 18 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Casertana was in firm control of the ball 67% while Monopoli was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Casertana was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Casertana won the encounter.​

Monopoli shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Casertana shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Monopoli received 3 yellow cards (Vito Dibenedetto, Gennaro Iaccarino and Francesco Vassallo). On the other side, Casertana received 1 yellow card (Alessio Curcio).

Match Timeline

41'
G. Borello- sub ->Giuseppe D\'Agostino
56'
G. Iaccarino- sub ->Carlo De Risio
56'
64'
G. Casoli(goal)
59'
M. Carretta- sub ->Leonardo Taurino
59'
G. Casoli- sub ->Marco Toscano
66'
A. Curcio- Yellow
C. Cristallo(goal)
67'
Vito Dibenedetto- sub ->Luca Barlocco
73'
A. De Paoli- sub ->Samuele Spalluto
73'
G. Iaccarino- Yellow
77'
83'
A. Curcio(goal)
85'
L. Bacchetti- sub ->Alessio Curcio
85'
Vito Dibenedetto- Yellow
77'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Juve Stabia
79
38
Avellino
69
38
Benevento
66
38
Taranto
65
38
Casertana
65
38
Picerno
58
38
Audace Cerignola
53
38
SSC Giugliano
53
38
Crotone
52
38
Latina
51
38
Foggia
48
38
Sorrento
48
38
Catania
45
38
ACR Messina
45
38
Turris
44
38
Potenza Calcio
43
38
Monopoli
42
38
Nuova Monterosi
35
38
Virtus Francavilla
35
38
Brindisi
25
38

After this match, Monopoli stays with 19 points like ACR Messina to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Casertana will has 38 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Monopoli will play away against Nuova Monterosi on the 14th of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Monopoli (2 draws).

Casertana will host ACR Messina on the 14th of January with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Casertana (3 draws).

Monopoli – Formation

Monopoli
G
Pietro Perina 33.Italy
D
L. Barlocco 95.Italy
73'
D
P. Fazio 13.Italy
D
M. Ferrini 16.Italy
M
Ernesto Starita 7.Italy
M
O. Viteritti 14.Italy
M
C. Cristallo 17.Italy
Goals67'
M
C. De Risio 19.Italy
56'
M
F. Vassallo 25.Italy
85' 41'
F
S. Spalluto 99.Italy
73'
F
G. D'Agostino 11.Italy
56'
Substitutes
G
Nikolaos Botis 31.Greece
G
E. Alloj 12.Romania
D
Vito Dibenedetto 3.Italy
73' 77'
D
R. Cargnelutti 5.Italy
D
N. Bizzotto 20.Italy
M
G. Iaccarino 78.Italy
56' 77'
M
Z. Hamlili 27.Italy
M
M. Mazzotta 30.Italy
F
P. Riccardi 38.Italy
85'
F
A. De Paoli 8.Italy
73'
F
G. Borello 10.Italy
56'
F
G. Simone 23.Italy

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

The manager Roberto Taurino decided to play with the following team: Samuele Spalluto, Pietro Perina, Claudio Cristallo, Luca Barlocco, Pasquale Fazio, Manuel Ferrini, Francesco Vassallo, Carlo De Risio, Giuseppe D’Agostino, Ernesto Starita and Orlando Viteritti.

The home team had on the bench: Vito Dibenedetto, Riccardo Cargnelutti, Andrea De Paoli, Giuseppe Borello, Edoardo Alloj, Nicola Bizzotto, Giuseppe Simone, Zaccaria Hamlili, Matteo Mazzotta, Nikolaos Botis, Pasquale Riccardi, Antonio De Palo and Gennaro Iaccarino.

Substitutions

Monopoli made 5 changes: Giuseppe D’Agostino for Giuseppe Borello (56′), Carlo De Risio for Gennaro Iaccarino (56′), Francesco Vassallo for Pasquale Riccardi (85′), Luca Barlocco for Vito Dibenedetto (73′) and Samuele Spalluto for Andrea De Paoli (73′).

Casertana – Formation

Casertana
G
G. Venturi 22.Italy
D
M. Soprano 6.Italy
D
G. Sciacca 19.Italy
D
L. Calapai 26.Italy
D
A. Anastasio 33.Italy
M
M. Toscano 5.Italy
59'
M
F. Damian 8.Italy
M
M. Proietti 80.Italy
F
A. Curcio 10.Italy
85' 66' Goals83'
F
C. Tavernelli 11.Italy
F
L. Taurino 25.Italy
59'
Substitutes
G
D. Marfella 1.Italy
G
Artiom Ploskonos 48.
D
L. Bacchetti 13.Italy
85'
D
A. Cadili 66.Italy
M
M. Matese 16.Italy
M
G. Casoli 21.Italy
59' Goals64'
M
S. Paglino 24.Italy
F
M. Carretta 7.Italy
59'
F
G. Turchetta 27.Italy
F
A. Montalto 32.Italy

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

Vincenzo Cangelosi played with: Giacomo Venturi, Luca Calapai, Marco Soprano, Giacomo Sciacca, Armando Anastasio, Marco Toscano, Filippo Damian, Mattia Proietti, Camillo Tavernelli, Leonardo Taurino and Alessio Curcio.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Davide Marfella, Mirko Carretta, Loris Bacchetti, Mattia Matese, Giacomo Casoli, Stefano Paglino, Gianluca Turchetta, Adriano Montalto, Artiom Ploskonos and Andrea Cadili.

Substitutions

Casertana made 3 changes: Marco Toscano for Giacomo Casoli (59′), Leonardo Taurino for Mirko Carretta (59′) and Alessio Curcio for Loris Bacchetti (85′).

Results of the day

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