BOZEN. Südtirol defeats FeralpiSalò 1-0 after D. Casiraghi scored just 1 goal (76′). FeralpiSalò lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Marco Druso stadium in Bozen on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro who was helped by Filippo Valeriani and . The 4th official was Andrea Zoppi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 1.73 degrees Celsius or 35.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FeralpiSalò was in firm control of the ball 58% while Südtirol was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FeralpiSalò had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Südtirol succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Südtirol shot 13 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, FeralpiSalò shot 17 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Südtirol received 2 yellow cards (Jérémie Broh and Daniele Casiraghi). On the opposite side, FeralpiSalò received 3 yellow cards (Davide Balestrero, Luca Fiordilino and Bruno Martella).

Standings

After this match, Südtirol has 23 points like Sampdoria and Pisa to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, FeralpiSalò will stays with 14 points to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Südtirol will play away with TBC on the 20th of January with a 0-0 head to head record.

FeralpiSalò will host Catanzaro on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Südtirol – Formation

Südtirol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Federico Valente decided to play with the following team: Giacomo Poluzzi (8.7), Raphael Kofler (7.0), Filippo Scaglia (7.9), Andrea Masiello (7.3), Andrea Cagnano (7.3), Riccardo Ciervo (7.7), Jérémie Broh (6.8), Fabian Tait  (7.5), Daniele Casiraghi (8.5), Silvio Merkaj (6.8) and Nicola Rauti (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Kévin Vinetot, Gabriel Lunetta, Emanuele Pecorino (6.7), Giacomo Drago, Andrea Cisco (6.3), Jasmin Kurtic (7.0), Andrea Giorgini (6.4), Jakob Tschöll, Amney Moutassime (6.6), Lorenzo Lonardi and Raphael Odogwu.

Substitutions

Südtirol made 5 changes: Jérémie Broh for Jasmin Kurtic (68′), Silvio Merkaj for Emanuele Pecorino (60′), Riccardo Ciervo for Andrea Cisco (83′), Raphael Kofler for Andrea Giorgini (83′) and Nicola Rauti for Amney Moutassime (83′).

Player of the match: Giacomo Poluzzi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Südtirol was the goalkeeper: Giacomo Poluzzi. His rating is 8.67. He performed 5 saves.

FeralpiSalò – Formation

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

Marco Zaffaroni played with: Semuel Pizzignacco (6.4), Davide Balestrero (7.1), Luca Ceppitelli (7.5), Bruno Martella (7.0), Federico Bergonzi (7.5), Christos Kourfalidis (7.1), Luca Fiordilino (6.6), Davide Di Molfetta (7.8), Mattia Felici (7.1), Mattia Compagnon (6.7) and Karlo Butić (7.0).

They had on the bench: Mattia Tonetto, Alessandro Pilati, Mattia Zennaro (6.4), Marco Sau (6.8), Denis Hergheligiu (6.8), Mauro Verzelletti, Stefano Minelli, Giacomo Volpe, Brayan Gjyla, Andrea La Mantia (6.4) and Alessandro Pietrelli (6.7).

Substitutions

FeralpiSalò made 5 changes: Karlo Butić for Andrea La Mantia (78′), Luca Fiordilino for Alessandro Pietrelli (86′), Davide Balestrero for Denis Hergheligiu (86′), Christos Kourfalidis for Mattia Zennaro (71′) and Davide Di Molfetta for Marco Sau (86′).

Player of the match: Davide Di Molfetta​

The player that probably impressed the most for FeralpiSalò was Davide Di Molfetta.

His rating is 7.8 with 54 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bari 1908 – Ternana – 3-1
• Modena – Brescia – 1-2
• Südtirol – FeralpiSalò – 1-0
• Pisa – Reggiana – 2-2
• Como – Spezia – 4-0
• Cittadella – Palermo – 2-0