ASCOLI PICENO. Venezia didn’t concede much to Ascoli to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Sunday. Venezia was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Ivano Pezzuto with the assistance of Vito Mastrodonato and Giuseppe Di Giacinto. The 4th official was Giuseppe Mucera. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.25 degrees Celsius or 75.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Venezia was in firm control of the ball 61% while Ascoli was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ascoli had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Ascoli to win the match​.

Ascoli shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Venezia shot 11 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Ascoli received 2 yellow cards (Danilo Quaranta and Francesco Di Tacchio). On the other side, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (Jay Idzes and Mikael Egill Ellertsson).

(Ascoli) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Ascoli has 32 points to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Venezia will has 58 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will play away against Cittadella on the 13th of April with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Cittadella (8 draws).

Venezia will host TBC on the 13th of April with a 0-0 head to head.

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Massimo Carrera decided to play with the following team: Devis Vásquez (7.0), Valerio Mantovani (7.3), Giuseppe Bellusci (7.5), Danilo Quaranta (7.0), Marcello Falzerano  (7.3), Patrizio Masini  (7.0), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.0), S. Giovane (6.8), Karim Zedadka (7.7), David Duris (7.0) and Pablo Rodríguez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Emiliano Viviano, Fabrizio Caligara (6.8), Jeremiah Streng (6.4), S. D’Uffizi (7.0), Sauli Väisänen, Claud Adjapong  (7.0), Tommaso Milanese, Luca Valzania (6.7), Aljaz Tavcar, Yehiya Maiga Silvestri, Luigi Sciammarella and Emiliano Rossi.

Ascoli could not rely on the presence of Claud Adjapong  (injured).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Pablo Rodríguez for S. D’Uffizi (56′), David Duris for Luca Valzania (72′), S. Giovane for Fabrizio Caligara (46′), Marcello Falzerano  for Claud Adjapong  (78′) and Patrizio Masini  for Jeremiah Streng (79′).

Player of the match: Karim Zedadka​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Karim Zedadka.

His rating is 7.7 with 28 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Venezia – Formation

Also Venezia adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paolo Vanoli played with: Jesse Joronen (7.1), Jay Idzes (7.3), Michael Svoboda (7.3), Marin Šverko (7.1), Antonio Candela (6.4), Magnus Kofod Andersen (7.1), T. Tessmann (7.7), G. Busio (6.7), Francesco Zampano (6.4), Christian Gytkjaer (7.0) and Marco Olivieri (6.3).

They had on the bench: Nicholas Pierini (6.8), Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo , Giorgio Altare (6.8), Mato Jajalo, Bjarki Bjarkason (7.0), Denis Cheryshev, M. Grandi, Nunzio Lella, Maximilian Ullmann and Mikael Egill Ellertsson (6.3).

Substitutions

Venezia made 4 changes: Marco Olivieri for Nicholas Pierini (69′), Marin Šverko for Giorgio Altare (88′), Magnus Kofod Andersen for Mikael Egill Ellertsson (62′) and G. Busio for Bjarki Bjarkason (63′).

Player of the match: T. Tessmann​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was T. Tessmann.

His rating is 7.7 with 78 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Ascoli – Venezia – 0-0