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
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
Standings
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 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 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.
- Picerno – Virtus Francavilla – 3-0
- Monopoli – Casertana – 1-2
- Latina – Avellino – 0-5
- Foggia – Taranto – 1-2
- Benevento – Turris – 3-2