PICERNO. Benevento was able to reverse the scoreline against Picerno to win 2-1. It was Picerno to strike first with an early goal of Tommaso Ceccarelli at the 6′. Then it was a penalty in the 79′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Lorenzo Carfora gave the win to Benevento in the 80′ minute.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio stadium in Picerno on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Filippo Giaccaglia. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Picerno was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Benevento that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Benevento was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benevento won the encounter.​

Picerno shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Benevento shot 12 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Picerno received 2 yellow cards (Francesco Pio Petito and Eric Biasiol). On the other side, Benevento received 2 yellow cards (Filippo Nardi and Christian Pastina).

Standings

After this match, Picerno stays with 49 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Benevento will has 48 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Picerno will play away with ACR Messina on the 25th of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Picerno (3 draws).

Benevento will host Sorrento on the 25th of February with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Benevento (1 draw).

Picerno – Formation

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

The manager Emilio Longo decided to play with the following team: Davide Merelli, Mattia Novella, Matteo Gilli, Andrea Cadili, Gabriele Pagliai, Andrea Gallo, Francesco Pitarresi, Pasquale Maiorino, Tommaso Ceccarelli, Jacopo Murano and Giuseppe D’Agostino.

The home team had on the bench: Andrea Allegretto, Andrea Esposito, Andrea Santarcangelo, Sevo Ciko, Francesco Pio Petito, Alessandro Albertini, Elia Summa, Eric Biasiol, Walter Guerra, Matteo Savarese, Vittorio Graziani and Diego Albadoro.

Substitutions

Picerno made 5 changes: Pasquale Maiorino for Diego Albadoro (23′), Giuseppe D’Agostino for Sevo Ciko (63′), Tommaso Ceccarelli for Eric Biasiol (63′), Eric Biasiol for Alessandro Albertini (84′) and Jacopo Murano for Francesco Pio Petito (84′).

Benevento – Formation

Benevento started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Gaetano Auteri played with: Alberto Paleari, Filippo Berra, Emanuele Terranova , Christian Pastina, Pier Luigi Simonetti , Filippo Nardi, Angelo Talia , Edoardo Masciangelo, Ernesto Starita, Eric Lanini and Camillo Ciano .

These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Nunziante, Amedeo Benedetti, Krzysztof Kubica, Alessandro Marotta, Alexis Ferrante, Nicolò Manfredini, Riccardo Improta, Davide Agazzi, Matteo Giangregorio, Francesco Rillo, Angelo Viscardi, Lorenzo Carfora, Riccardo Capellini, Don Bolsius and Amato Ciciretti .

Substitutions

Benevento made 5 changes: Ernesto Starita for Lorenzo Carfora (58′), Camillo Ciano  for Amato Ciciretti  (57′), Angelo Talia  for Marco Pinato (58′), Eric Lanini for Alexis Ferrante (90′) and Edoardo Masciangelo for Riccardo Improta (88′).

Results of the day

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

• SSC Giugliano – ACR Messina – 1-0
• Picerno – Benevento – 1-2
• Catania – Juve Stabia – 2-0
• Monopoli – Latina – 0-1
• Audace Cerignola – Nuova Monterosi – 1-2
• Crotone – Taranto – 2-2