BENEVENTO. ACR Messina succeeded in capture a draw against Benevento with a late goal from G. Frisenna scored in the (90′) after Benevento got a lead with a goal from E. Lanini (31′).

The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Dario Di Francesco. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.18 degrees Celsius or 64.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Benevento was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. ACR Messina that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

ACR Messina was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough ACR Messina to win the match​.

Benevento shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, ACR Messina shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Benevento received 5 yellow cards (Don Bolsius, Biagio Meccariello , Filippo Berra, Marco Pinato and Lorenzo Carfora). On the other side, ACR Messina received 2 yellow cards (Giuseppe Salvo and Vincenzo Polito).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Benevento has 58 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, ACR Messina will has 40 points like Audace Cerignola to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone C, Benevento will play away against SSC Giugliano on the 17th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

ACR Messina will play away against Latina on the 17th of March with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of ACR Messina (0 draws).

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, Emanuele Terranova , Riccardo Capellini, Pier Luigi Simonetti , Filippo Nardi, Marco Pinato, Edoardo Masciangelo, Camillo Ciano , Eric Lanini and Amato Ciciretti .

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Nunziante, Amedeo Benedetti, Biagio Meccariello , Krzysztof Kubica, Alessandro Marotta, Alexis Ferrante, Nicolò Manfredini, Davide Agazzi, Francesco Rillo, Angelo Viscardi, Lorenzo Carfora, Francesco Perlingieri, Angelo Talia , Christian Pastina and Don Bolsius.

Substitutions

Benevento made 5 changes: Eric Lanini for Alexis Ferrante (73′), Marco Pinato for Davide Agazzi (87′), Edoardo Masciangelo for Angelo Viscardi (87′), Camillo Ciano  for Don Bolsius (65′) and Amato Ciciretti  for Lorenzo Carfora (88′).

ACR Messina – Formation

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

Giacomo Modica played with: Ermanno Fumagalli, Giuseppe Salvo, Vincenzo Polito, Daniel Dumbravanu , Pasqualino Ortisi, Marco Firenze, Francesco Giunta, Marco Zunno, Marco Civilleri, Antonino Ragusa and Vincenzo Plescia.

These were the players on the bench: Samuele Zona, Damiano Lia, Giulio Frisenna, Pierluca Luciani, Domenico Franco, Sabino Signorile, Antonio Di Bella, Federico Pacciardi, Carlo Cavallo, Marco Rosafio, Francesco Paolo Scafetta and Jacopo Fumagalli.

Substitutions

ACR Messina made 5 changes: Marco Civilleri for Giulio Frisenna (54′), Marco Firenze for Marco Rosafio (66′), Antonino Ragusa for Domenico Franco (66′), Daniel Dumbravanu  for Damiano Lia (83′) and Vincenzo Plescia for Pierluca Luciani (83′).

Results of the day

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

• Benevento – ACR Messina – 1-1
• Virtus Francavilla – Avellino – 0-0
• Sorrento – Foggia – 1-1
• Brindisi – SSC Giugliano – 0-0
• Crotone – Latina – 1-3
• Audace Cerignola – Monopoli – 1-3
• Catania – Potenza Calcio – 0-0