TERNI. Ternana defeats Cosenza with a 2-0 win with a goal from I. Koutsoupias (27′) and a goal from A. Donnarumma (41′). Cosenza was definitely better in terms of ball possession (66%).
Ternana remained in players after M. Defendi received a red card in the 32′. Still, Ternana still managed to win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Stadio Libero Liberati stadium in Terni on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Niccolò Baroni who was helped by Luigi Lanotte and Dario Garzelli. The 4th official was Adalberto Fiero. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cosenza had a strong ball possession 66% while Ternana was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cosenza was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Ternana was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Ternana shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cosenza shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Ternana received 2 yellow cards (M. Proietti and D. Agazzi). Regarding the opposition, Cosenza received 3 yellow cards (G. Caso, R. Boultam and S. Sy).
(Ternana) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (32′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ternana will have 37 points like Como to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Cosenza will stay with 23 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Cosenza will play away agasint Reggina on the 19th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Reggina (2 draws).
Ternana – Formation
Ternana adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Cristiano Lucarelli decided to play with the following team: Antony Iannarilli , Luka Bogdan , Frederik Sørensen , Alessandro Celli , Marino Defendi , Ilias Koutsoupias , Mattia Proietti , Antonio Palumbo , Bruno Martella , Anthony Partipilo and Alfredo Donnarumma .
The home team had on the bench: Pietro Rovaglia, Titas Krapikas, Diego Peralta, Matija Boben, Aniello Salzano , Stefano Pettinari, Simone Mazzocchi , Federico Furlan, Luca Ghiringhelli, Davide Agazzi , Christian Capone and Salim Diakite .
Substitutions
Ternana made 4 changes: M. Proietti for D. Agazzi (52′), A. Donnarumma for S. Diakite (69′), I. Koutsoupias for S. Mazzocchi (69′) and A. Partipilo for A. Salzano (83′).
Best player: Antonio Palumbo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ternana was Antonio Palumbo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 28 passes (75% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.
Cosenza – Formation
Also Cosenza adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Pierpaolo Bisoli played with: Mauro Vigorito , Andrea Hristov , Sauli Väisänen , Michele Rigione , Mario Šitum , Rodney Kongolo , Luca Palmiero , Reda Boultam , Sanasi Sy , Gaëtan Laura and Giuseppe Caso .
They had on the bench: Daniele Liotti , Aldo Florenzi , Andrea Vallocchia, Idriz Voca, Marco Carraro, Andrea Tiritiello, Joaquín Larrivey , Alessandro Di Pardo , Michael Venturi, Alessandro Arioli, Kristjan Matošević and Alberto Gerbo.
Substitutions
Cosenza made 5 changes: R. Boultam for J. Larrivey (46′), S. Vaisanen for A. Di Pardo (46′), S. Sy for D. Liotti (59′), R. Kongolo for A. Florenzi (59′) and R. Kongolo for A. Arioli (85′).
Best player: Mario Šitum
The player that probably impressed the most for Cosenza was Mario Šitum.
His rating is with 52 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Ternana – Cosenza – 2-0
- Reggina – Perugia – 0-1
- Monza – Vicenza – 4-0
- Benevento – Crotone – 3-1
- Pordenone – Como – 1-1
- Lecce – Brescia – 1-1
- SPAL – Ascoli – 1-2
- Frosinone – Alessandria – 3-0