PESCARA. SPAL managed to reverse the scoreline against Pescara to win 2-1. It was Pescara to strike first with a goal of Davide Merola at the 31′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Fabio Maistro gave the win to SPAL in the 70′ minute. Pescara lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia stadium in Pescara on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Samuele Andreano. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 11.22 degrees Celsius or 52.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pescara had a strong ball possession 59% while SPAL was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pescara was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, SPAL found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Pescara shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, SPAL shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Pescara received 3 yellow cards (Salvatore Aloi, Gianmarco Cangiano and Niccolo Squizzato). Regarding the opposition, SPAL received 1 yellow card (Tomi Petrović).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Pescara stays with 41 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, SPAL will has 27 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Pescara will play away against Vis Pesaro on the 18th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Pescara (2 draws).
SPAL will play away against Fermana on the 18th of February with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Pescara – Formation
Pescara
23'
66'
31'
Pescara started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Zdenek Zeman decided to play with the following team: Ivan Mesík, Alessandro Plizzari, Romano Floriani, Filippo Pellacani, Brando Moruzzi, Niccolo Squizzato, Salvatore Aloi, Lorenzo Meazzi, Davide Merola, Luigi Cuppone and Gianmarco Cangiano.
The home team had on the bench: Manuel Gasparini, Lorenzo Milani, Davide Di Pasquale, Michele Masala, Georgi Tunjov, Roberto Pierno, Luca Sasanelli, Andrea Capone, Antonino De Marco, Matteo Dagasso, Simone Franchini and Cornelius Staver.
Substitutions
Pescara made 3 changes: Lorenzo Meazzi for Simone Franchini (66′), Gianmarco Cangiano for Luca Sasanelli (77′) and Davide Merola for Matteo Dagasso (84′).
SPAL – Formation
SPAL
SPAL started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Domenico Di Carlo played with: Cesare Galeotti, Alessandro Fiordaliso, Matteo Bruscagin, Nahuel Valentini, Luca Ghiringhelli, Marco Carraro , Marcel Büchel, Simone Edera, Nicola Dalmonte , Mirco Antenucci and Tomi Petrović.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Enrico Alfonso, Nicolò Contiliano, Alessandro Orfei , Simone Rabbi, Giuseppe Iglio, Marco Meneghetti, Mattia Del Favero, Steven Nador, Alessandro Tripaldelli , Philipp Breit, Fabio Maistro, Emanuele Rao and Massimo Zilli.
Substitutions
SPAL made 5 changes: Tomi Petrović for Massimo Zilli (57′), Marcel Büchel for Nicolò Contiliano (68′), Nicola Dalmonte for Fabio Maistro (57′), Mirco Antenucci for Simone Rabbi (68′) and Simone Edera for Giuseppe Iglio (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone B.
