FOGGIA. Foggia managed to find the solution against Crotone to win 2-1. A. Silvestro was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Crotone to strike first with a goal of Niccolò Zanellato at the 64′. Then it was a goal in the 88′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Alessandro Silvestro gave the win to Foggia in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Crotone lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria stadium in Foggia on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.99 degrees Celsius or 62.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crotone was in firm control of the ball 59% while Foggia was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crotone had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Foggia succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Foggia shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Crotone shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Foggia received 4 yellow cards (Moses Odjer, Joshua Tenkorang, Luca Ercolani and Alessandro Silvestro). Talking about the opposition, Crotone received 4 yellow cards (Maxime Giron, Lucas Felippe, Guillaume Gigliotti  and Niccolò Zanellato).

Standings

After this match, Foggia has 35 points like Potenza Calcio to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Crotone will stays with 43 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Foggia will play away against Benevento on the 3rd of March with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Benevento (4 draws).

Crotone will host SSC Giugliano on the 3rd of March with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Crotone (0 draws).

Foggia – Formation

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

The manager Mirko Cudini decided to play with the following team: Pietro Perina, Emmanuel Salines, Luca Ercolani, Luigi Carillo, Alessandro Silvestro, Simone Tascone, Moses Odjer, Franco Vezzoni, Mattia Rolando, Emanuele Santaniello and Vincenzo Millico.

The home team had on the bench: Giovanni Castaldi, Joshua Tenkorang, Jacopo Martini, Andrea Schenetti, Andrea Marino, Riccardo Tonin, De Simone De Simone, Gianmarco Antonacci, Davide Riccardi, Kalifa Manneh, Tomislav Papazov, Luca Gagliano, Alessandro Brancato and Tommaso Nobile .

Substitutions

Foggia made 4 changes: Luigi Carillo for Joshua Tenkorang (73′), Vincenzo Millico for Tomislav Papazov (90′), Mattia Rolando for Andrea Schenetti (63′) and Emanuele Santaniello for Luca Gagliano (63′).

Crotone – Formation

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

Silvio Baldini played with: Andrea Dini, Andrea Rispoli, Guillaume Gigliotti , Matteo Battistini, Maxime Giron, Mattia Vitale, Niccolò Zanellato, Alessio Tribuzzi, Sonny D’Angelo, Eugenio D’Ursi and Guido Gomez.

These were the players on the bench: Davide Bove, Lucas Felippe, Gianmario Comi, Dimitar Kostadinov, Alex Valentini, Giovanni Bruzzaniti, Giuseppe Loiacono, Daniel Leo, Francesco D’Alterio and Raffaele Cantisani.

Substitutions

Crotone made 4 changes: Eugenio D’Ursi for Gianmario Comi (46′), Guillaume Gigliotti  for Davide Bove (46′), Sonny D’Angelo for Lucas Felippe (62′) and Mattia Vitale for Dimitar Kostadinov (79′).

Results of the day

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

• Foggia – Crotone – 2-1
• Virtus Francavilla – Monopoli – 0-0
• Benevento – Sorrento – 4-0
• Juve Stabia – Turris – 1-0