TERNI. Genoa managed to find the solution against Ternana to win 2-1. M. Coda was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Ternana to strike first with a goal of A. Favilli at the 44′. Then it was a penalty in the 76′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Coda gave the win to Genoa in the 78′ minute scoring a double. Genoa was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Libero Liberati stadium in Terni on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the collaboration of Marco Trinchieri and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Kevin Bonacina. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Genoa was in firm control of the ball 67% while Ternana was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Genoa had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genoa won the encounter.
Ternana shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Genoa shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ternana received 1 yellow card (A. Favilli). On the other side, Genoa received 1 yellow card (J. Martinez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Ternana will stay with 19 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Genoa will have 21 points like Frosinone to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Ternana will host Bari 1908 on the 18th of March with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Bari 1908 (3 draws).
Genoa will host Bari 1908 on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Ternana – Formation
Ternana started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Cristiano Lucarelli decided to play with the following team: Antony Iannarilli , Salim Diakite , Valerio Mantovani , Frederik Sørensen , Niccolò Corrado , Anthony Partipilo , Francesco Di Tacchio , César Falletti , Antonio Palumbo , Francesco Cassata and Andrea Favilli .
The home team had on the bench: Stefano Pettinari , Alfredo Donnarumma, Alessandro Celli , Luka Bogdan, Raúl Moro, Mattia Proietti, Luca Ghiringhelli, Fabrizio Paghera, Titas Krapikas, Davide Agazzi , Bruno Martella and Marino Defendi.
Substitutions
Ternana made 5 changes: C. Falletti for D. Agazzi (61′), A. Favilli for S. Pettinari (71′), F. Cassata for A. Celli (71′), S. Diakite for R. Moro (83′) and F. Di Tacchio for A. Donnarumma (84′).
Best player: Francesco Cassata
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ternana was Francesco Cassata.
His rating is with 7 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Genoa – Formation
Genoa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alexander Blessin played with: Josep Martínez , Stefano Sabelli , Alessandro Vogliacco , Radu Drăguşin , Marko Pajač , Morten Frendrup , Milan Badelj , Güven Yalçın , Mattia Aramu , Albert Guðmundsson and Massimo Coda .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kelvin Yeboah, Silvan Hefti, Lennart Czyborra , Gabriele Calvani, Abdoulaye Touré, George Pușcaș , Manolo Portanova, Filip Jagiełło, Kevin Strootman , Giuseppe Agostino and Adrian Šemper.
Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: M. Pajac for L. Czyborra (42′), G. Yalcin for G. Puscas (58′), M. Frendrup for K. Strootman (58′), M. Coda for M. Portanova (90′) and A. Gudmundsson for A. Toure (90′).
Best player: Massimo Coda
The most impressive player for Genoa was Massimo Coda.
His rating is with 2 goals, 21 passes (61% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Frosinone – Bari 1908 – 1-0
- Reggina – Perugia – 2-3
- Ternana – Genoa – 1-2
- Südtirol – Parma – 1-0
- SPAL – Cosenza – 5-0
- Como – Benevento – 2-1
- Brescia – Venezia – 1-1