PESCARA. Perugia snatched a late win Pescara 1-0 after D. Di scored an own goal (90′). Pescara lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
Edoardo Vergani didn’t score a decisive penalty (42′). That would have allowed Pescara to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia stadium in Pescara on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Eugenio Scarpa. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 13.48 degrees Celsius or 56.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pescara had a strong ball possession 58% while Perugia was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pescara was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Perugia was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Pescara shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Perugia shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Pescara received 5 yellow cards (Lorenzo Milani, Federico Accornero, Simone Franchini, Antonino De Marco and Matteo Dagasso). On the other side, Perugia received 3 yellow cards (Edoardo Iannoni, Simone Santoro and Noah Lewis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Pescara stays with 32 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Perugia will has 36 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Pescara will play away against Arezzo on the 21st of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Arezzo (2 draws).
Perugia will host SPAL on the 21st of January with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Perugia (5 draws).
Pescara – Formation
Pescara
78'
18'
Pescara started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Zdenek Zeman decided to play with the following team: Alessandro Plizzari, Lorenzo Milani, Mauricio Caranta, Davide Di Pasquale, Romano Floriani, Antonino De Marco, Matteo Dagasso, Simone Franchini, Davide Merola, Edoardo Vergani and Federico Accornero.
The home team had on the bench: Manuel Gasparini, Niccolo Squizzato, Michele Masala, Salvatore Aloi, Georgi Tunjov, Roberto Pierno, Cornelius Staver, Brando Moruzzi, Luigi Cuppone, Christian Tommasini and Gianmarco Cangiano.
Substitutions
Pescara made 5 changes: Federico Accornero for Gianmarco Cangiano (52′), Edoardo Vergani for Luigi Cuppone (52′), Lorenzo Milani for Brando Moruzzi (78′), Simone Franchini for Georgi Tunjov (78′) and Antonino De Marco for Niccolo Squizzato (65′).
Perugia – Formation
Perugia
Perugia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Alessandro Formisano played with: Marius Adamonis, Cristian Dell’Orco, Gabriele Angella, Noah Lewis, Yeferson Paz, Simone Santoro, Edoardo Iannoni, Damiano Cancellieri, Christian Kouan, Alessandro Seghetti and Youssouph Cheikh Sylla.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessio Abibi, Stipe Vulikić, Ryder Matos, Daniel Bezziccheri, Paolo Bartolomei, Nicolò Cudrig, Emanuele Torrasi, Francesco Yimga, Giovanni Giunti, Mouhamed Souarè, Matteo Viti, Matteo Polizzi and Francesco Yimga.
Substitutions
Perugia made 3 changes: Gabriele Angella for Stipe Vulikić (55′), Simone Santoro for Emanuele Torrasi (69′) and Alessandro Seghetti for Nicolò Cudrig (69′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone B.
