GENOVA. Sampdoria was able to reverse the scoreline against Ascoli to win 2-1. It was Ascoli to strike first with a goal of David Duris at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 77′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Manuel De Luca gave the win to Sampdoria in the 84′ minute. Sampdoria was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi who was helped by Pasquale De Meo and Paolo Bitonti. The 4th official was Luca Cherchi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.29 degrees Celsius or 54.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sampdoria had a strong ball possession 62% while Ascoli was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sampdoria won the match.
Sampdoria shot 16 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ascoli shot 12 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (Petar Stojanovic, Manuel De Luca and Sebastiano Esposito). On the other side, Ascoli received 3 yellow cards (Devis Vasquez, Luca Valzania and Danilo Quaranta).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sampdoria has 37 points like Pisa and Cittadella to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Ascoli will stays with 28 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Sampdoria will play away against Bari 1908 on the 16th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Sampdoria (3 draws).
Ascoli will host Lecco on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Ascoli (0 draws).
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
67'
77'
29'
Sampdoria started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Filip Stankovic , Giovanni Leoni , Daniele Ghilardi , Facundo González , Gerard Yepes , Petar Stojanovic , Pajtim Kasami , Ebrima Darboe , Antonio Barreca , Agustín Álvarez and Manuel De Luca .
The home team had on the bench: Kristoffer Askildsen, Sebastiano Esposito , Arttu Lötjönen, Fabio Borini , Simone Giordano, Nicola Ravaglia, Fabio Depaoli , Stefano Girelli, Francesco Conti, Samuel Lukisa, Gabriele Alesi and Simone Pozzato.
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 3 changes: Ebrima Darboe for Sebastiano Esposito (60′), Giovanni Leoni for Fabio Depaoli (67′) and Agustín Álvarez for Fabio Borini (82′).
Player of the match: Pajtim Kasami
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Pajtim Kasami.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 20. He performed 1 cross.
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
Ascoli started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Fabrizio Castori played with: Devis Vasquez , Valerio Mantovani , Giuseppe Bellusci , Danilo Quaranta , Marcello Falzerano , Luca Valzania , Samuel Giovane , Karim Zedadka , Fabrizio Caligara , David Duris and Pablo Rodríguez .
They had on the bench: Jeremiah Streng, Luca Bolletta, Raffaele Celia , Simone D’Uffizi , Sauli Väisänen , Jacopo Tarantino, Tommaso Milanese, Ilija Nestorovski , Brian Bayeye, Aljaž Tavčar, Yehiya Maiga Silvestri and Luigi Sciammarella.
Substitutions
Ascoli made 4 changes: Giuseppe Bellusci for Sauli Väisänen (82′), Fabrizio Caligara for Simone D’Uffizi (66′), David Duris for Ilija Nestorovski (67′) and Marcello Falzerano for Raffaele Celia (82′).
Player of the match: Devis Vasquez
The player that probably impressed the most for Ascoli was the goalkeeper: Devis Vasquez. His rating is 7.34. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
