BENEVENTO. Ascoli and Benevento draw 1-1. E. Botteghin scored the first goal (6′) for Ascoli. D. Farias made it even (49′).
The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri who was helped by Dario Cecconi and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Francesco D’Eusanio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.1 degrees Celsius or 68.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Benevento was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Ascoli that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ascoli was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Ascoli to win the match.
Benevento shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Ascoli shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Benevento received 2 yellow cards (G. Acampora and D. Farias). Regarding the opposition, Ascoli received 5 yellow cards (C. Gondo, F. Caligara, M. Buchel, E. Botteghin and G. Bellusci).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Benevento will have 8 points like Venezia and Cittadella to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Ascoli will have 9 points like SPAL to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Benevento will play away against Bari 1908 on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 4th of March with a 6-6 head to head record.
Benevento – Formation
Benevento started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Fabio Cannavaro decided to play with the following team: Alberto Paleari
, Maxime Leverbe , Kamil Glik , Frédéric Veseli , Gaetano Letizia , Nermin Karić , Gennaro Acampora , Daam Foulon , Camillo Ciano , Riccardo Improta and Francesco Forte .The home team had on the bench: Igor Lucatelli, Edoardo Masciangelo, Andrés Tello, Diego Farias
, Nicolò Manfredini, Pasquale Schiattarella , Pape Samba Thiam, Christian Pastina , Ilias Koutsoupias, Riccardo Capellini , Dejan Vokić and Simy .Substitutions
Benevento made 5 changes: F. Veseli for R. Capellini (24′), N. Karic for D. Farias (46′), D. Foulon for P. Schiattarella (46′), F. Forte for Simy (46′) and K. Glik for C. Pastina (61′).
Best player: Maxime Leverbe
The most impressive player for Benevento was Maxime Leverbe.
His rating is
with 47 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.Ascoli – Formation
Ascoli started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Christian Bucchi played with: Enrico Guarna
, Giuseppe Bellusci , Eric Botteghin , Danilo Quaranta , Marcello Falzerano , Michele Collocolo , Marcel Büchel , Fabrizio Caligara , Nicola Falasco , Federico Dionisi and Cedric Gondo .They had on the bench: Simone Giordano, Alessandro Salvi, Luca Bolletta, Francesco Donati, Pedro Mendes
, Soufiane Bidaoui , Noam Baumann, Amato Ciciretti, Lorenco Šimić, Samuel Giovane, Mirko Eramo and Christophe Lungoyi.Substitutions
Ascoli made 5 changes: C. Gondo for P. Mendes (46′), F. Dionisi for S. Bidaoui (62′), M. Collocolo for M. Eramo (70′), M. Falzerano for A. Ciciretti (82′) and F. Caligara for A. Salvi (82′).
Best player: Eric Botteghin
The player that probably impressed the most for Ascoli was Eric Botteghin.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 42 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.