TERNI. Ternana tops Catanzaro 1-0 after F. Distefano scored just 1 goal (78′). Catanzaro was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Stadio Libero Liberati stadium in Terni on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Fourneau with the assistance of Domenico Palermo and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Matteo Canci. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.62 degrees Celsius or 72.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Catanzaro was in firm control of the ball 65% while Ternana was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ternana was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ternana won the match.
Ternana shot 13 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Catanzaro shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Ternana received 1 yellow card (Tiago Casasola). Talking about the opposition, Catanzaro received 3 yellow cards (J. Petriccione, J. Vandeputte and S. Pontisso).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ternana has 40 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Catanzaro will stays with 60 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Ternana will play away with FeralpiSalò on the 10th of May with a 1-1 head to head record.
Catanzaro will host Sampdoria on the 10th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Catanzaro (0 draws).
Ternana – Formation
Ternana
5'
73'
78'
Ternana started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Roberto Breda decided to play with the following team: Tommaso Vitali , Tiago Casasola , Christian Dalle Mura , Lorenzo Lucchesi , Costantino Favasuli , Gregorio Luperini , Lorenzo Amatucci , G. Faticanti , Franco Carboni , Gastón Pereiro and Filippo Distefano .
The home team had on the bench: Marco Bonugli, Riccardo Zoia , Frederik Sörensen, Kees de Boer, Antonio Raimondo , Carmelo Ferrara, Denis Franchi, Federico Viviani , Jakub Labojko, Federico Dionisi and Filippo Novelli.
Ternana could not rely on the presence of Riccardo Zoia (injured).
Substitutions
Ternana made 4 changes: Franco Carboni for Federico Dionisi (66′), Gastón Pereiro for Antonio Raimondo (73′), G. Faticanti for Federico Viviani (73′) and Filippo Distefano for Riccardo Zoia (83′).
Player of the match: Gastón Pereiro
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ternana was Gastón Pereiro even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 25 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Catanzaro – Formation
Catanzaro
Catanzaro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Vincenzo Vivarini played with: A. Fulignati , M. Šitum , S. Scognamillo , Matias Antonini , D. Veroli , A. Oliveri , S. Pontisso , J. Petriccione , J. Vandeputte , T. Biasci and P. Iemmello .
They had on the bench: L. Verna, A. Sala, E. Brignola, M. Stoppa , M. Pompetti , E. Borrelli, L. Krajnc, Giacint R., Alessandro Viotti, K. Miranda , A. Donnarumma and Giacint Rafele.
Substitutions
Catanzaro made 5 changes: J. Vandeputte for M. Stoppa (59′), P. Iemmello for A. Donnarumma (59′), A. Oliveri for K. Miranda (69′), S. Pontisso for M. Pompetti (69′) and M. Šitum for L. Verna (90′).
Player of the match: A. Fulignati
The most impressive player for Catanzaro was the goalkeeper: A. Fulignati. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Cittadella – Bari 1908 – 1-1
- Brescia – Lecco – 4-1
- Venezia – FeralpiSalò – 2-1
- Ternana – Catanzaro – 1-0
- Sampdoria – Reggiana – 1-0
- Pisa – Südtirol – 2-2
- Parma – Cremonese – 1-1
- Palermo – Ascoli – 2-2
- Modena – Como – 0-0
- Cosenza – Spezia – 2-2
