TARANTO. Taranto and Picerno draw 1-1. A. Romano scored the first goal (59′) for Taranto. J. Murano equalized (69′).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone stadium in Taranto on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Taranto

1 - 1

Picerno

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 12 Total 7
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 3 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 121 Attack 96
  • 63 Dangerous attack 25
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 17 Total 18
  • 3 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Taranto was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Picerno that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Taranto was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Taranto to win the match​.

Taranto shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Picerno shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Taranto received 3 yellow cards (Antonio Ferrara, Matias Antonini Lui and Mamadou Kanoute). On the other side, Picerno received 1 yellow card (Walter Guerra).

Match Timeline

M. Kanoute- Yellow
23'
45'
F. Orlando- sub ->Michael Fabbro
46'
59'
65'
F. Pitarresi- sub ->Sevo Ciko
65'
A. Santarcangelo- sub ->Tommaso Ceccarelli
L. Zonta- sub ->Antonio Romano
67'
69'
J. Murano(goal)
A. Ferrara- Yellow
73'
79'
80'
W. Guerra- Yellow
83'
V. Graziani- sub ->Pasquale Maiorino
90'
M. Novella- sub ->Pablo Vitali
Esmeraldo Kondaj- sub ->Ciro Panico
90'

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, Taranto has 37 points like Avellino to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Picerno will has 38 points like Casertana to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Taranto will play away with ACR Messina on the 21st of January with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Picerno will host Catania on the 21st of January with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Catania (0 draws).

Taranto – Formation

Taranto
G
G. Vannucchi 26.Italy
D
A. Ferrara 3.Italy
73'
D
Matias Antonini 5.Brazil
45'
D
C. Riggio 6.Italy
D
A. Luciani 16.Italy
D
C. Panico 17.Italy
90'
M
A. Romano 7.Italy
67' 59'
M
S. Calvano 23.Italy
F
A. Bifulco 14.Italy
F
M. Kanoute 77.Senegal
79' 23'
F
M. Fabbro 99.Italy
46'
Substitutes
G
A. Loliva 1.Italy
G
F. Costantino 22.Italy
D
P. Enrici 15.Italy
D
Daniel Hysaj 20.Albania
D
C. Travaglini 37.Italy
D
F. Capone 70.Italy
M
G. Papaserio 27.Italy
M
M. Fiorani 28.Italy
M
L. Zonta 29.Italy
67'
F
Luigi Samele 11.Italy
79'
F
Esmeraldo Kondaj 18.Italy
90'
F
F. Orlando 96.Italy
46'

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

The manager Ezio Capuano decided to play with the following team: Gianmarco Vannucchi, Nobuhiro Takeda, Matias Antonini Lui, Cristian Riggio, Antonio Ferrara, Simone Calvano, Antonio Romano, Ciro Panico, Mamadou Kanoute, Michael Fabbro and Alfredo Bifulco.

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Loliva, Luigi Samele, Patrick Enrici, Esmeraldo Kondaj, Daniel Hysaj, Federico Costantino, Gianmarco Papaserio, Marco Fiorani, Loris Zonta, Christian Travaglini, Federico Capone and Francesco Orlando.

Substitutions

Taranto made 4 changes: Michael Fabbro for Francesco Orlando (46′), Antonio Romano for Loris Zonta (67′), Mamadou Kanoute for Luigi Samele (79′) and Ciro Panico for Esmeraldo Kondaj (90′).

Picerno – Formation

Picerno
G
D. Merelli 1.Italy
D
G. Pagliai 2.Italy
D
A. Allegretto 6.Italy
D
M. Gilli 13.Italy
D
W. Guerra 25.Italy
80'
M
P. Maiorino 10.Italy
83'
M
S. Ciko 17.Italy
65'
M
R. De Ciancio 30.Argentina
F
T. Ceccarelli 7.Italy
65'
F
J. Murano 9.Italy
69'
F
P. Vitali 88.Italy
90'
Substitutes
G
A. Esposito 12.Italy
G
E. Summa 22.Italy
D
Rubén García 18.Spain
D
A. Albertini 20.Italy
D
M. Savarese 27.Italy
D
M. Novella 35.Italy
90'
D
E. Biasiol 24.Croatia
M
F. Pitarresi 5.Italy
65'
F
A. Santarcangelo 16.Italy
65'
F
V. Graziani 77.Italy
83'
F
D. Albadoro 89.Italy

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

Emilio Longo played with: Davide Merelli, Gabriele Pagliai, Andrea Allegretto, Matteo Gilli, Walter Guerra, Rodrigo De Ciancio, Sevo Ciko, Tommaso Ceccarelli, Pasquale Maiorino, Pablo Vitali and Jacopo Murano.

These were the players on the bench: Francesco Pitarresi, Andrea Esposito, Andrea Santarcangelo, Rubén García, Alessandro Albertini, Elia Summa, Eric Biasol, Matteo Savarese, Mattia Novella, Vittorio Graziani, Diego Albadoro and Eric Biasiol.

Substitutions

Picerno made 4 changes: Pasquale Maiorino for Vittorio Graziani (83′), Sevo Ciko for Francesco Pitarresi (65′), Tommaso Ceccarelli for Andrea Santarcangelo (65′) and Pablo Vitali for Mattia Novella (90′).

Results of the day

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