BENEVENTO. Benevento prevails over Casertana 1-0 after F. Berra scored just 1 goal (81′). Benevento capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

Alessio Curcio missed a decisive penalty (87′). That would have allowed Casertana to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.67 degrees Celsius or 51.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Benevento was in firm control of the ball 59% while Casertana was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benevento was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benevento won the match​.

Benevento shot 20 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Casertana shot 8 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Benevento received 4 yellow cards (Riccardo Capellini, Pier Luigi Simonetti , Christian Pastina and Davide Agazzi). Talking about the opposition, Casertana received 4 yellow cards (Francesco Deli, Mattia Proietti, Leonardo Taurino and Alessio Curcio).

Standings

After playing this match, Benevento has 39 points like Crotone to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Casertana will stays with 38 points like Picerno to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Benevento will play away against Taranto on the 28th of January with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Benevento (1 draw).

Casertana will host Latina on the 28th of January with a 0-0 head to head record.

Benevento – Formation

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

The manager Gaetano Auteri decided to play with the following team: Nicolò Manfredini, Riccardo Capellini, Christian Pastina, Amedeo Benedetti, Filippo Berra, Davide Agazzi, Ernesto Starita, Marco Pinato, Riccardo Improta, Alexis Ferrante and Eric Lanini.

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Nunziante, Hamza El Kaouakibi, Nermin Karić , Krzysztof Kubica, Alessandro Marotta, Pier Luigi Simonetti , Matteo Giangregorio, Angelo Viscardi, Emanuele Terranova , Lorenzo Carfora, Angelo Talia , Andrés Tello, Don Bolsius and Amato Ciciretti .

Substitutions

Benevento made 4 changes: Ernesto Starita for Amato Ciciretti  (46′), Eric Lanini for Alessandro Marotta (59′), Riccardo Improta for Emanuele Terranova  (88′) and Marco Pinato for Pier Luigi Simonetti  (71′).

Casertana – Formation

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

Vincenzo Cangelosi played with: Luca Calapai, Giacomo Venturi, Giacomo Sciacca, Loris Bacchetti, Armando Anastasio, Marco Toscano, Mattia Proietti, Filippo Damian, Mirko Carretta, Camillo Tavernelli and Alessio Curcio.

They had on the bench: Davide Marfella, Marco Soprano, Mattia Matese, Umberto Galletta, Francesco Deli, Giacomo Casoli, Stefano Paglino, Leonardo Taurino, Gianluca Turchetta, Andrea Cadili and Manuel Nicoletti.

Substitutions

Casertana made 4 changes: Filippo Damian for Leonardo Taurino (88′), Mirko Carretta for Francesco Deli (73′), Marco Toscano for Giacomo Casoli (62′) and Filippo Damian for Leonardo Taurino (88′).

Results of the day

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

• Benevento – Casertana – 1-0