Catanzaro beats Ascoli after recovering from a 1-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CATANZARO. Catanzaro was able to reverse the scoreline against Ascoli.

February 11, 2024

CATANZARO. Catanzaro found a way to turn the tables against Ascoli. Catanzaro was truly better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

Luca Valzania received a red card (58′). This red card was one of the reason why Ascoli lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo stadium in Catanzaro on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the help of Marco Ceccon and Marco Ceolin. The 4th official was Enrico Gemelli. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.73 degrees Celsius or 58.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.

Match Statistics

Catanzaro

3 - 2

Ascoli

! 71 Ball Possession 29

Shots

11 Total 10
2 On Target 3
5 Off Target 5
4 Shots blocked 2

106 Attack 108
46 Dangerous attack 26
168 Ball safe 117

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

18 Total 23
5 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Catanzaro had a strong ball possession 71% while Ascoli was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Catanzaro had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Catanzaro won the match.

Catanzaro shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ascoli shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Catanzaro received 5 yellow cards (Marco Pompetti, Mario Šitum, Pietro Iemmello, Stefano Scognamillo and Dimitrios Sounas). Regarding the opposition, Ascoli received 4 yellow cards (Danilo Quaranta, Simone D’Uffizi, Francesco Di Tacchio and Giuseppe Bellusci).

Also, Ascoli didn’t end the match with 11 players after Luca Valzania (Ascoli) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (58′).

Match Timeline

14'

S. D'Uffizi- Yellow

Matias Antonini(goal)Giuseppe Ambrosino

17'

S. Scognamillo- Yellow

21'

24'

Valerio Mantovani(goal)Marcello Falzerano

37'

Eric Botteghin (goal)Raffaele Celia

40'

Giuseppe Bellusci- Yellow

D. Sounas- Yellow

43'

P. Iemmello- sub ->Tommaso Biasci

46'

J. Petriccione- sub ->Luca Verna

46'

51'

Francesco Di Tacchio- Yellow

58'

Luca Valzania- Red

61'

S. Giovane- sub ->Raffaele Celia

61'

Karim Zedadka- sub ->Simone D\'Uffizi

L. D'Andrea- sub ->Dimitrios Sounas

63'

57'

Luca Valzania(VAR_CARD)

70'

David Duris- sub ->Jeremiah Streng

A. Donnarumma- sub ->Matteo Stoppa

71'

A. Oliveri- sub ->Davide Veroli

75'

81'

Giuseppe Bellusci(own-goal)

82'

Danilo Quaranta- sub ->Marcello Falzerano

83'

Sauli Väisänen- sub ->Francesco Di Tacchio

85'

Danilo Quaranta- Yellow

P. Iemmello(goal)Alfredo Donnarumma

86'

P. Iemmello- Yellow

87'

M. Šitum- Yellow

90'

M. Pompetti- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Catanzaro has 38 points to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Ascoli will stays with 22 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Catanzaro will host Südtirol on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).

Ascoli will host Cremonese on the 17th of February with a 3-3 head to head statistic.

Catanzaro – Formation

Catanzaro

A. Fulignati 1.Italy

6.4

Matias Antonini 4.Brazil

7.9

17'

S. Scognamillo 14.Italy

6.8

21'

D. Veroli 72.Italy

6.6

75'

M. Šitum 92.Croatia

7.0

90'

L. Verna 8.Italy

6.7

46'

M. Stoppa 19.Italy

7.0

71'

M. Pompetti 21.Italy

7.3

90'

D. Sounas 24.Greece

6.3

63'

43'

G. Ambrosino 70.Italy

7.5

T. Biasci 28.Italy

6.4

46'

Substitutes

A. Sala 16.Italy

E. Borrelli 22.Italy

N. Brighenti 23.Italy

L. Krajnc 32.Slovenia

K. Miranda 44.Italy

J. Petriccione 10.Italy

7.3

46'

S. Pontisso 20.Italy

A. Oliveri 33.Italy

6.6

75'

L. D'Andrea 7.Italy

7.3

63'

P. Iemmello 9.Italy

7.5

46'

87'

86'

E. Brignola 17.Italy

A. Donnarumma 99.Italy

7.3

71'

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

The manager Vincenzo Vivarini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Fulignati (6.4), Mario Šitum (7.0), Stefano Scognamillo (6.8), Matias Antonini Lui (7.9), Davide Veroli (6.6), Dimitrios Sounas (6.3), Marco Pompetti (7.3), Luca Verna (6.7), Matteo Stoppa (7.0), Giuseppe Ambrosino (7.5) and Tommaso Biasci (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Luca D’Andrea (7.3), Pietro Iemmello (7.5), Jacopo Petriccione (7.3), Andrea Sala, Enrico Brignola, Simone Pontisso, Edoardo Borrelli, Nicolò Brighenti, Luka Krajnc, Andrea Oliveri (6.6), Kevin Miranda and Alfredo Donnarumma (7.3).

Substitutions

Catanzaro made 5 changes: Tommaso Biasci for Pietro Iemmello (46′), Luca Verna for Jacopo Petriccione (46′), Dimitrios Sounas for Luca D’Andrea (63′), Matteo Stoppa for Alfredo Donnarumma (71′) and Davide Veroli for Andrea Oliveri (75′).

Player of the match: Matias Antonini Lui

The player that probably impressed the most for Catanzaro was Matias Antonini Lui.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 92 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12.

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli

Emiliano Viviano 2.Italy

6.1

Valerio Mantovani 3.Italy

7.5

24'

Eric Botteghin 33.Brazil

8.1

37'

Giuseppe Bellusci 55.Italy

6.1

40'

Raffaele Celia 13.Italy

7.5

61'

Francesco Di Tacchio 18.Italy

6.6

83'

51'

Marcello Falzerano 23.Italy

7.5

82'

Luca Valzania 41.Italy

5.7

58'

Patrizio Masini 73.Italy

6.4

Jeremiah Streng 11.Finland

6.7

70'

S. D'Uffizi 15.Italy

7.0

61'

14'

Substitutes

L. Bolletta 12.Italy

Devis Vásquez 32.Colombia

Danilo Quaranta 14.Italy

6.4

82'

85'

Sauli Väisänen 16.Finland

6.4

83'

Karim Zedadka 7.France

6.8

61'

S. Giovane 8.Italy

6.4

61'

Fabrizio Caligara 10.Italy

Tommaso Milanese 20.Italy

Yehiya Maiga Silvestri 94.

David Duris 29.Slovakia

6.7

70'

Pablo Rodríguez 99.Spain

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

Fabrizio Castori played with: Emiliano Viviano (6.1), Giuseppe Bellusci (6.1), Eric Botteghin (8.1), Valerio Mantovani (7.5), Marcello Falzerano (7.5), Luca Valzania (5.7), Francesco Di Tacchio (6.6), Patrizio Masini (6.4), Raffaele Celia (7.5), Jeremiah Streng (6.7) and Simone D’Uffizi (7.0).

They had on the bench: Karim Zedadka (6.8), Samuel Giovane (6.4), Fabrizio Caligara, Luca Bolletta, Danilo Quaranta (6.4), Sauli Väisänen (6.4), Jacopo Tarantino, Tommaso Milanese, David Duris (6.7), Devis Vasquez, Yehiya Maiga Silvestri and Pablo Rodríguez.

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Raffaele Celia for Samuel Giovane (61′), Simone D’Uffizi for Karim Zedadka (61′), Jeremiah Streng for David Duris (70′), Francesco Di Tacchio for Sauli Väisänen (83′) and Marcello Falzerano for Danilo Quaranta (82′).