BENEVENTO. Benevento beats Foggia 1-0 after E. Lanini scored just 1 goal (55′).

The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Roberto Lovison. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.97 degrees Celsius or 57.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Benevento was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Foggia that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Benevento was putting more pressure with 90 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benevento won the match​.

Benevento shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Foggia shot 13 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Benevento received 3 yellow cards (Camillo Ciano , Marco Pinato and Alessandro Marotta). Regarding the opposition, Foggia received 2 yellow cards (Vincenzo Millico and Emmanuel Salines).

Standings

After playing this contest, Benevento has 54 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Foggia will stays with 35 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Benevento will play away against Potenza Calcio on the 6th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Benevento (0 draws).

Foggia will host Picerno on the 6th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Picerno (1 draw).

Benevento – Formation

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

The manager Gaetano Auteri decided to play with the following team: Alberto Paleari, Filippo Berra, Riccardo Capellini, Emanuele Terranova , Pier Luigi Simonetti , Filippo Nardi, Marco Pinato, Riccardo Improta, Don Bolsius, Eric Lanini and Amato Ciciretti .

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Nunziante, Amedeo Benedetti, Edoardo Masciangelo, Nermin Karić , Krzysztof Kubica, Alessandro Marotta, Camillo Ciano , Alexis Ferrante, Nicolò Manfredini, Davide Agazzi, Francesco Rillo, Angelo Viscardi, Ernesto Starita, Lorenzo Carfora and Angelo Talia .

Substitutions

Benevento made 4 changes: Don Bolsius for Alessandro Marotta (62′), Eric Lanini for Lorenzo Carfora (62′), Amato Ciciretti  for Camillo Ciano  (57′) and Marco Pinato for Angelo Viscardi (86′).

Foggia – Formation

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

Mirko Cudini played with: Pietro Perina, Alessandro Silvestro, Emmanuel Salines, Davide Riccardi, Tomislav Papazov, Simone Tascone, Moses Odjer, Franco Vezzoni, Andrea Schenetti, Emanuele Santaniello and Vincenzo Millico.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Giovanni Castaldi, Joshua Tenkorang, Jacopo Martini, Andrea Marino, Riccardo Tonin, Mattia Rolando, De Simone De Simone, Gianmarco Antonacci, Kalifa Manneh, Giovanni Di Noia, Luca Gagliano, Alessandro Brancato and Tommaso Nobile .

Substitutions

Foggia made 4 changes: Moses Odjer for Andrea Marino (11′), Simone Tascone for Mattia Rolando (71′), Andrea Schenetti for Luca Gagliano (83′) and Alessandro Silvestro for Giovanni Di Noia (83′).

Results of the day

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

• Brindisi – ACR Messina – 1-3
• Benevento – Foggia – 1-0
• Crotone – SSC Giugliano – 2-3
• Sorrento – Potenza Calcio – 1-1