ASCOLI PICENO. Südtirol overcame Ascoli to win 2-1. It was Südtirol to strike first with a goal of Fabian Tait  at the 45′. Then it was an own goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Andrea Masiello gave the win to Südtirol in the 78′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Perenzoni with the support of Filippo Bercigli and Marco Belsanti. The 4th official was Gianluca Catanzaro. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 16.73 degrees Celsius or 62.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Ascoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Südtirol that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ascoli was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Südtirol found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Ascoli shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Südtirol shot 7 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Ascoli received 1 yellow card (Marcello Falzerano). On the other side, Südtirol received 4 yellow cards (Tommaso Arrigoni, Hamza El Kaouakibi, Nicola Rauti and Fabian Tait ).

Standings

After this encounter, Ascoli stays with 22 points to remain in the 16th place. On the other side, Südtirol will has 27 points like Pisa, Sampdoria and Bari 1908 to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will play away with Catanzaro on the 10th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.

Südtirol will host Venezia on the 10th of February with a 4-4 head to head record.

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Fabrizio Castori decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Viviano (7.0), Giuseppe Bellusci (7.0), Eric Botteghin (7.1), Valerio Mantovani (7.0), Marcello Falzerano (7.5), Luca Valzania  (7.3), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.0), Samuel Giovane (7.0), Raffaele Celia (7.0), Pedro Mendes (6.7) and Jeremiah Streng (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Riccardo Gagliolo, Karim Zedadka, Fabrizio Caligara (7.0), Luca Bolletta, Danilo Quaranta (6.6), Simone D’Uffizi (7.3), Sauli Väisänen (6.3), Tommaso Milanese, Devis Vasquez, Patrizio Masini, Yehiya Maiga Silvestri and Pablo Rodríguez (7.5).

Ascoli could not rely on the presence of Sauli Väisänen (injured) and Pablo Rodríguez (injured).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Raffaele Celia for Danilo Quaranta (77′), Valerio Mantovani for Sauli Väisänen (77′), Samuel Giovane for Simone D’Uffizi (46′), Francesco Di Tacchio for Fabrizio Caligara (70′) and Pedro Mendes for Pablo Rodríguez (26′).

Player of the match: Marcello Falzerano​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Marcello Falzerano.

His rating is 7.5 with 36 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Südtirol – Formation

Also Südtirol adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Federico Valente played with: Giacomo Poluzzi (7.5), Andrea Giorgini (6.7), Filippo Scaglia (7.1), Andrea Masiello (7.5), Hamza El Kaouakibi (6.4), Tommaso Arrigoni (7.0), Fabian Tait  (7.0), Daniele Casiraghi (7.1), Simone Davi (7.9), Silvio Merkaj (6.6) and Raphael Odogwu (6.6).

They had on the bench: Andrea Cagnano (6.8), Alessandro Mallamo, Emanuele Pecorino (6.3), Riccardo Ciervo (6.8), Giacomo Drago, Jérémie Broh, Nicola Rauti (7.0), Andrea Cisco, Jasmin Kurtic, Raphael Kofler (6.7), Daouda Peeters and Lorenzo Lonardi.

Südtirol could not rely on the presence of Andrea Cagnano (injured).

Substitutions

Südtirol made 5 changes: Andrea Giorgini for Raphael Kofler (70′), Andrea Masiello for Andrea Cagnano (83′), Raphael Odogwu for Emanuele Pecorino (58′), Silvio Merkaj for Nicola Rauti (58′) and Hamza El Kaouakibi for Riccardo Ciervo (69′).

Player of the match: Simone Davi​

The most impressive player for Südtirol was Simone Davi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Ascoli – Südtirol – 1-2