ASCOLI PICENO. Parma conquers Ascoli 3-1. Parma was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with G. Tutino (8′), R. Inglese (18′) and D. Man (66′). Ascoli reduced the distance with a goal (79′) by C. Lungoyi, but there was not much to do for them. Ascoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera with the collaboration of Domenico Rocca and Mattia Politi. The 4th official was Mario Saia. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ascoli was in firm control of the ball 56% while Parma was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Parma had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Parma won the match.​

Ascoli shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Parma shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Ascoli received 4 yellow cards (A. Salvi, F. Dionisi, F. Dionisi and G. Bellusci). Talking about the opposition, Parma received 4 yellow cards (F. Vazquez, J. Oosterwolde, S. Juric and S. Juric).

Standings

After this contest, Ascoli will stay with 8 points like Cosenza and Cittadella to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Parma will have 9 points like SPAL to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of March with a 6-6 head to head record.

Parma will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 14th of January with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Parma (4 draws).

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Christian Bucchi decided to play with the following team: Noam Baumann (6.1), Alessandro Salvi (6.1), Eric Botteghin (6.5), Giuseppe Bellusci (6.2), Simone Giordano (6.3), Michele Collocolo (6.8), Marcel Büchel (7.1), Fabrizio Caligara (7.1), Marcello Falzerano (7.3), Cedric Gondo (6.4) and Soufiane Bidaoui (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Anthony Fontana, Federico Dionisi (6.9), Samuel Giovane, Enrico Guarna (6.8), Francesco Donati, Danilo Quaranta, Claud Adjapong, Christophe Lungoyi (7.4), Filippo Palazzino, Lorenco Šimić, Mirko Eramo and Pedro Mendes (6.7).

Ascoli could not rely on the presence of E. Guarna (injured).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: N. Baumann for E. Guarna (30′), M. Falzerano for C. Lungoyi (56′), C. Gondo for F. Dionisi (56′), S. Bidaoui for P. Mendes (74′) and S. Bidaoui for P. Mendes (74′).

Best player: Christophe Lungoyi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ascoli was Christophe Lungoyi.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 8 passes (50% accurate) and 0 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 56′.

Parma – Formation

Parma started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Fabio Pecchia played with: Gianluigi Buffon (6.9), Enrico Del Prato (7.4), Simone Romagnoli (6.5), Lautaro Valenti (6.5), Jayden Oosterwolde (6.9), Stanko Jurić (6.7), Nahuel Estévez (7.1), Drissa Camara (6.8), Franco Vázquez (6.0), Gennaro Tutino (7.1) and Roberto Inglese (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yordan Osorio, Woyo Coulibaly, Antoine Hainaut (6.1), Alessandro Circati (6.3), Simon Sohm (6.4), Botond Balogh, Adrian Benedyczak (6.8), Leandro Chichizola, Ange Yoan Bonny, Dennis Man (7.2), Edoardo Corvi and Vassilis Zagaritis.

Substitutions

Parma made 5 changes: S. Romagnoli for A. Circati (46′), D. Camara for D. Man (55′), G. Tutino for A. Hainaut (59′), G. Tutino for A. Hainaut (59′) and R. Inglese for A. Benedyczak (71′).

Best player: Enrico Del Prato​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Parma was Enrico Del Prato even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Cagliari – Bari 1908 – 0-1
• Venezia – Pisa – 1-1
• Südtirol – Cosenza – 1-1
• Reggina – Cittadella – 3-0
• Genoa – Modena – 1-0
• Frosinone – Palermo – 1-0
• Como – SPAL – 3-3
• Ascoli – Parma – 1-3