ASCOLI PICENO. Lecce and Ascoli draw 1-1. G. Strefezza scored the first goal (7′) for Lecce. A. Iliev settled the score 1-1 (74′). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Saturday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi who had the assistance of Sergio Ranghetti and Davide Miele. The 4th official was Tarcisio Villa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ascoli had a strong ball possession 61% while Lecce was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Lecce to win the encounter.
Ascoli shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Lecce shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Ascoli received 5 yellow cards (D. Fabbrini, A. Sabiri, S. Bidaoui, M. Eramo and D. Saric). On the opposite side, Lecce received 2 yellow cards (V. Gendrey and M. Coda).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Ascoli will have 14 points like Brescia to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Lecce will have 15 points like Cremonese to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will play away with Frosinone on the 23rd of October with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Frosinone (4 draws).
Lecce will host Perugia on the 23rd of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Lecce (1 draw).
Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli
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74'Ascoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Nicola Leali , Alessandro Salvi , Eric Botteghin , Danilo Quaranta , Gian Filippo Felicioli , Dario Šarić , Mirko Eramo , Fabrizio Caligara , Fabio Maistro , Federico Dionisi and Soufiane Bidaoui .
The home team had on the bench: Atanas Iliev , M. Collocolo, Tommaso D’Orazio , Federico Baschirotto , Diego Fabbrini , Abdelhamid Sabiri , C. Donis, A. Tavčar, A. De Paoli, M. Castorani, E. Guarna and A. Avlonitis.
Ascoli could not rely on the presence of T. D’Orazio (injured).
Substitutions
Ascoli made 5 changes: G. Felicioli for T. D’Orazio (19′), D. Saric for A. Sabiri (58′), F. Maistro for D. Fabbrini (58′), M. Eramo for A. Iliev (71′) and A. Salvi for F. Baschirotto (71′).
Best player: Abdelhamid Sabiri
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ascoli was Abdelhamid Sabiri.
His rating is with 32 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 58′.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Marco Baroni played with: Gabriel , Valentin Gendrey , Alessandro Tuia , Fabio Lucioni , Antonio Barreca , Þórir Jóhann Helgason , Morten Hjulmand , Mario Gargiulo , Gabriel Strefezza , Massimo Coda and Francesco Di Mariano .
These were the players on the bench: B. Meccariello, L. Paganini, Marco Olivieri , M. Bleve, Pablo Rodríguez , J. Björkengren, Alexis Blin , A. Calabresi, M. Listkowski, B. Vera, Ž. Majer and K. Dermaku.
Substitutions
Lecce made 3 changes: T. Helgason for A. Blin (46′), F. Di Mariano for M. Olivieri (79′) and G. Strefezza for P. Rodriguez (79′).
Best player: Morten Hjulmand
The most impressive player for Lecce was Morten Hjulmand.
His rating is with 26 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Ascoli – Lecce – 1-1
- Crotone – Pisa – 2-1
- Vicenza – Reggina – 0-1
- Pordenone – Ternana – 1-3
- Perugia – Brescia – 1-0
- Cosenza – Frosinone – 1-1
- Como – Alessandria – 2-0
