AREZZO. Pescara beat Arezzo to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Pescara to strike first with a penalty of Davide Merola at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 29′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Davide Di Pasquale gave the win to Pescara in the 35′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Stadio Città di Arezzo stadium in Arezzo on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Francesco D’Eusanio. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.74 degrees Celsius or 45.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.​

Match Statistics​

Arezzo

1 - 2

Pescara

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 7 Total 9
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 2 Off Target 2
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 97 Attack 98
  • 64 Dangerous attack 80
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 9
  • 3 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 9 Total 19
  • 3 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Arezzo was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Pescara that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pescara was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pescara won the match.​

Arezzo shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Pescara shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Arezzo received 3 yellow cards (Emiliano Pattarello, Lorenzo Masetti and Giacomo Risaliti). On the opposite side, Pescara received 4 yellow cards (Gianmarco Cangiano, Simone Franchini, Luigi Cuppone and Brando Moruzzi).

Match Timeline

L. Masetti- Yellow
11'
13'
D. Merola(penalty)
19'
B. Moruzzi- Yellow
14'
L. Cuppone- sub ->Edoardo Vergani
M. Gaddini(goal)
29'
35'
D. Di Pasquale(goal)
45'
L. Cuppone- Yellow
62'
L. Milani- sub ->Brando Moruzzi
G. Catanese- sub ->Mattia Gaddini
64'
F. Foglia- sub ->Sebastiano Bianchi
64'
G. Risaliti- Yellow
68'
71'
G. Tunjov- sub ->Niccolo Squizzato
L. Castiglia- sub ->Filippo Guccione
75'
L. Polvani- sub ->Giacomo Risaliti
75'
85'
S. Franchini- Yellow
86'
G. Cangiano- Yellow
E. Pattarello- Yellow
87'
A. Settembrini- sub ->Lorenzo Masetti
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cesena
96
38
Sassari Torres
75
38
Carrarese
73
38
Perugia
63
38
Gubbio
59
38
Pescara
55
38
Juventus Next Gen
54
38
Arezzo
53
38
Pontedera
52
38
Rimini
50
38
SPAL
49
38
Virtus Entella
45
38
Pineto
45
38
Lucchese
45
38
Sestri Levante
44
38
Ancona
42
38
Vis Pesaro
39
38
Recanatese
38
38
Fermana
31
38
Olbia
26
38

After this encounter, Arezzo stays with 29 points like Virtus Entella to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Pescara will has 35 points like Pontedera to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Arezzo will play away with Olbia on the 28th of January with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Pescara will host Sestri Levante on the 28th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Pescara (0 draws).

Arezzo – Formation

Arezzo
G
L. Trombini 1.Italy
D
A. Montini 2.Italy
D
G. Risaliti 4.Italy
75' 68'
D
L. Masetti 25.Italy
88' 11'
D
F. Donati 99.Italy
M
S. Bianchi 5.Italy
64'
M
M. Gaddini 11.Italy
64' 29'
M
S. Mawuli 16.Ghana
F
F. Guccione 7.Italy
75'
F
E. Pattarello 10.Italy
87'
F
M. Iori 19.Italy
Substitutes
G
D. Borra 22.Italy
G
N. Landucci 31.Italy
D
L. Polvani 6.Italy
75'
M
A. Settembrini 8.Italy
88'
M
M. Lazzarini 17.Italy
M
M. Damiani 18.Italy
M
L. Castiglia 21.Italy
75'
M
F. Foglia 24.Italy
64'
M
G. Catanese 93.Italy
64'

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

The manager Paolo Indiani decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Pattarello, Luca Trombini, Alberto Montini, Giacomo Risaliti, Francesco Donati, Lorenzo Masetti, Sebastiano Bianchi, Shaka Mawuli Eklu, Mattia Iori, Mattia Gaddini and Filippo Guccione.

The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Polvani, Andrea Settembrini, Mirko Lazzarini, Mattia Damiani, Luca Castiglia, Daniele Borra, Fabio Foglia, Nicolò Landucci and Giovanni Catanese.

Substitutions

Arezzo made 5 changes: Giacomo Risaliti for Lorenzo Polvani (75′), Mattia Gaddini for Giovanni Catanese (64′), Sebastiano Bianchi for Fabio Foglia (64′), Filippo Guccione for Luca Castiglia (75′) and Lorenzo Masetti for Andrea Settembrini (88′).

Pescara – Formation

Pescara
G
A. Plizzari 22.Italy
D
D. Di Pasquale 5.Italy
35'
D
Mauricio Caranta 13.Italy
D
R. Floriani Mussolini 15.Italy
D
B. Moruzzi 27.Italy
62' 19'
M
N. Squizzato 6.Italy
71'
M
S. Aloi 8.Italy
M
S. Franchini 33.Italy
85'
F
E. Vergani 9.Italy
14'
F
D. Merola 10.Italy
13'
F
G. Cangiano 32.Italy
86'
Substitutes
G
M. Gasparini 1.Italy
D
L. Milani 2.Italy
62'
D
R. Pierno 18.Italy
D
I. Mesík 24.Slovakia
D
C. Staver 25.Moldova
M
G. Tunjov 17.Estonia
71'
M
A. De Marco 28.Italy
M
M. Dagasso 30.Italy
F
Michele Masala 7.Italy
F
L. Cuppone 29.Italy
14' 45'

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

Zdenek Zeman played with: Alessandro Plizzari, Brando Moruzzi, Mauricio Caranta, Davide Di Pasquale, Romano Floriani, Salvatore Aloi, Niccolo Squizzato, Simone Franchini, Davide Merola, Edoardo Vergani and Gianmarco Cangiano.

They had on the bench: Manuel Gasparini, Lorenzo Milani, Michele Masala, Georgi Tunjov, Roberto Pierno, Ivan Mesík, Cornelius Staver, Antonino De Marco, Luigi Cuppone, Matteo Dagasso and Antonio Palumbo.

Substitutions

Pescara made 3 changes: Edoardo Vergani for Luigi Cuppone (14′), Niccolo Squizzato for Georgi Tunjov (71′) and Brando Moruzzi for Lorenzo Milani (62′).

Results of the day

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