BUSTO ARSIZIO. Pro Patria conquered Pro Vercelli to win 2-1. D. Castelli was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Pro Patria to strike first with an early goal of Davide Castelli at the 3′. Then Davide Castelli scored again for Pro Patria in the 46′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Mirco Petrella reduced the distance for Pro Vercelli (83′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Pro Vercelli lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Speroni stadium in Busto Arsizio on Tuesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Gioiele Iacobellis. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 11.03 degrees Celsius or 51.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pro Vercelli was in firm control of the ball 56% while Pro Patria was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pro Vercelli was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Pro Patria succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Pro Patria shot 15 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pro Vercelli shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Pro Patria received 3 yellow cards (Gianluca Nicco, Angelo Ndrecka and Lorenzo Saporetti). On the opposite side, Pro Vercelli received 4 yellow cards (Agostino Camigliano, Salvatore Santoro, Francesco Rodio and Daniele Sarzi Puttini).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Pro Patria has 39 points like AlbinoLeffe, Pro Vercelli, Giana Erminio and Virtus Verona to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Pro Vercelli will stays with 39 points like AlbinoLeffe, Giana Erminio, Virtus Verona and Pro Patria to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone A, Pro Patria will play away against Lumezzane on the 10th of March with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Lumezzane (2 draws).

Pro Vercelli will host Legnago Salus on the 10th of March with a 1-1 head to head.

Pro Patria – Formation

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

The manager Riccardo Colombo decided to play with the following team: Giulio Mangano, Alessandro Minelli, Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Saporetti, Marco Somma, Davide Ferri, Gianluca Nicco, Angelo Ndrecka, D. Curatolo, Jonathan Pitou and Davide Castelli.

The home team had on the bench: William Rovida, Stefano Vaghi, Ervin Bashi, Francesco Marano, Sean Parker, Luca Bertoni, Giovanni Fietta, Giorgio Citterio, Leonardo Piran, Luca Bongini, Filippo Ghioldi and Christophe Renault.

Substitutions

Pro Patria made 5 changes: Marco Somma for Christophe Renault (69′), Jonathan Pitou for Francesco Marano (69′), Gianluca Nicco for Giovanni Fietta (78′), D. Curatolo for Luca Bertoni (78′) and Davide Castelli for Giorgio Citterio (61′).

Pro Vercelli – Formation

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

Andrea Dossena played with: Davide Mastrantonio, Francesco Rodio, Roberto Iezzi, Agostino Camigliano, Daniele Sarzi Puttini, Hamza Haoudi, Salvatore Santoro, Ilario Iotti, Orazio Pannitteri, Matteo Maggio and Luis Rojas.

These were the players on the bench: Daniel Nicolas Frey, Alessio Nepi, Francesco Contaldo, Filippo Gheza, Carlo Mattia Rutigliano, Gabriele Casazza, Raffaele Sibilio, Massimo Forte, Alessandro Citi, R. Pinzi, Nicolò Vaccarezza, Alessandro Ghisleri, Olaf Kozlowski and Mirco Petrella.

Substitutions

Pro Vercelli made 5 changes: Ilario Iotti for R. Pinzi (55′), Matteo Maggio for Alessio Nepi (55′), Roberto Iezzi for Daniel Nicolas Frey (70′), Orazio Pannitteri for Mirco Petrella (70′) and Hamza Haoudi for Francesco Contaldo (79′).

Results of the day

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

• Union ArzignanoChiampo – AlbinoLeffe – 0-0
• Pro Sesto – Giana Erminio – 0-0
• Atalanta II – Lumezzane – 1-0
• Legnago Salus – Pergolettese – 2-1
• Pro Patria – Pro Vercelli – 2-1
• Alessandria – Trento Calcio 1921 – 0-1
• Mantova – Virtus Verona – 4-0