NOVARA. Novara overcomes Pro Sesto 1-0 after R. Calcagni scored just 1 goal (60′).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola stadium in Novara on Tuesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Lorenzo Maccarini. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Novara

1 - 0

Pro Sesto

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 10 Total 5
  • 1 On Target 1
  • 6 Off Target 2
  • 6 Shots blocked 3
  • 99 Attack 98
  • 66 Dangerous attack 42
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 12 Total 18
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Novara was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Pro Sesto that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Novara was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Novara won the match​.

Novara shot 10 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Pro Sesto shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Novara received 3 yellow cards (Easton Ongaro, Salvatore Boccia and Riccardo Calcagni). Regarding the opposition, Pro Sesto received 4 yellow cards (Easton Ongaro, Tommaso Gattoni, Dario Toninelli and Luca Iotti).

Match Timeline

21'
L. Iotti- Yellow
S. Boccia- sub ->Samuele Bonaccorsi
46'
R. Calcagni- Yellow
46'
64'
D. Toninelli- Yellow
S. Boccia- Yellow
51'
R. Calcagni(goal)
60'
61'
G. Fornito- sub ->Marcello Sereni
61'
A. Poli- sub ->Alessandro Sala
E. Ongaro- Yellow
73'
N. Corti- sub ->Accursio Bentivegna
69'
71'
M. Bahlouli- sub ->Andrea Palazzi
71'
E. Toçi- sub ->Damiano Basili
75'
F. Mapelli- sub ->Luca Iotti
84'
D. Toninelli(yellowredcard)
E. Ongaro- Yellow
84'
C. Donadio- sub ->Easton Ongaro
87'
88'
T. Gattoni- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Mantova
80
38
Calcio Padova
77
38
Vicenza
71
38
Triestina
64
38
Atalanta II
59
38
Legnago Salus
56
38
Pro Vercelli
53
38
Giana Erminio
53
38
Lumezzane
53
38
Trento Calcio 1921
51
38
Virtus Verona
47
38
Pro Patria
46
38
AlbinoLeffe
45
38
Pergolettese
45
38
Renate
45
38
Union ArzignanoChiampo
44
38
Novara
43
38
Fiorenzuola
38
38
Pro Sesto
35
38
Alessandria
20
38

After this match, Novara has 28 points to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Pro Sesto will stays with 19 points to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone A, Novara will play away against Union ArzignanoChiampo on the 17th of February with a 1-1 head to head.

Pro Sesto will host Alessandria on the 9th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.

Novara – Formation

Novara
G
S. Minelli 1.Italy
D
S. Bonaccorsi 5.Italy
46'
D
D. Bertoncini 6.Italy
D
R. Calcagni 16.Italy
46' 60'
D
E. Lancini 79.Italy
M
O. Urso 3.Denmark
M
A. Di Munno 8.Italy
M
L. Kerrigan 17.Republic of Ireland
M
R. Ranieri 21.Italy
F
E. Ongaro 13.Canada
87' 73'
F
A. Bentivegna 18.Italy
69'
Substitutes
G
T. Menagaldo 22.Italy
G
A. Desjardins 31.Canada
D
S. Boccia 26.Italy
46' 51'
D
A. Cannavaro 28.Italy
D
F. Migliardi 30.Italy
D
L. Caradonna 32.Italy
M
T. Schirò 14.Italy
M
Antoni Caravaca 29.Spain
M
A. Ngamba 42.France
F
Á. Vilhjálmsson 77.Iceland
F
S. Scappini 9.Italy
F
C. Donadio 10.Italy
87'
F
N. Corti 11.Italy
69'

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

The manager Giacomo Gattuso decided to play with the following team: Stefano Minelli, Edoardo Lancini, Davide Bertoncini, Samuele Bonaccorsi, Liam Kerrigan, Riccardo Calcagni, Roberto Ranieri, Alessandro Di Munno, Oliver Urso, Easton Ongaro and Accursio Bentivegna.

The home team had on the bench: Stefano Scappini, Christian Donadio, Niccolò Corti, Thomas Schirò, Tommaso Menegaldo, Salvatore Boccia, Adrian Cannavaro, Toni Caravaca, Francesco Migliardi, Axel Desjardins, Harvey St Clair, Alvaro Ngamba and Árni Vilhjálmsson.

Substitutions

Novara made 3 changes: Samuele Bonaccorsi for Salvatore Boccia (46′), Accursio Bentivegna for Niccolò Corti (69′) and Easton Ongaro for Christian Donadio (87′).

Pro Sesto – Formation

Pro Sesto
G
F. Del Frate 1.Italy
D
E. Maurizii 3.Italy
D
L. Marianucci 5.Italy
D
D. Toninelli 30.Italy
64'
D
L. Iotti 50.Italy
75' 21'
M
T. Gattoni 4.Italy
88'
M
A. Sala 7.Italy
61'
M
D. Basili 9.Italy
71'
M
A. Palazzi 18.Italy
71'
F
M. Sereni 32.Italy
61'
F
N. Bruschi 98.Italy
Substitutes
G
S. Formosa 12.Italy
D
A. Poggesi 6.Italy
D
A. D'Alessio 17.Italy
D
F. Mapelli 23.Italy
75'
D
S. Giorgeschi 65.Italy
M
P. Santarpia 8.Italy
M
M. Bahlouli 10.France
71'
M
A. Poli 16.Italy
61'
M
G. Fornito 77.Italy
61'
F
E. Toçi 29.Albania
71'
F
M. Florio 80.Italy

Pro Sesto started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Massimo Paci played with: Federico Del Frate, Dario Toninelli, Luca Iotti, Luca Marianucci, Alessandro Sala, Andrea Palazzi, Tommaso Gattoni, Emanuele Maurizii, Nicolò Bruschi, Damiano Basili and Marcello Sereni.

These were the players on the bench: Andrea Poggesi, Pietro Santarpia, Mohamed Bahlouli, Simone Formosa, Andrea Poli, Leonardo D’Alessio, Francesco Mapelli, Eljon Toci, Simone Giorgeschi, Giuseppe Fornito and Mattia Florio.

Substitutions

Pro Sesto made 5 changes: Marcello Sereni for Giuseppe Fornito (61′), Alessandro Sala for Andrea Poli (61′), Andrea Palazzi for Mohamed Bahlouli (71′), Damiano Basili for Eljon Toci (71′) and Luca Iotti for Francesco Mapelli (75′).

Results of the day

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