BENEVENTO. Benevento and Pisa didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Pisa was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito stadium in Benevento on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivano Pezzuto with the help of Giuseppe Maccaddino and Marco Ceccon. The 4th official was Andrea Ancora. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.6 degrees Celsius or 72.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pisa had a strong ball possession 58% while Benevento was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benevento had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Benevento to win the match​.

Benevento shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pisa shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Benevento received 3 yellow cards (D. Foulon, R. Improta and M. Leverbe). On the opposite side, Pisa received 3 yellow cards (G. Sibilli, M. Marin and A. Calabresi).

Standings

After this match, Benevento will have 10 points to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Pisa will have 11 points like Cittadella and Cosenza to remain in the 14th 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 stats.

Pisa will host Bari 1908 on the 22nd of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Bari 1908 (3 draws).

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 (7.3), Maxime Leverbe (6.9), Riccardo Capellini (7.5), Christian Pastina (6.8), Gaetano Letizia (6.9), Nermin Karić (6.7), Pasquale Schiattarella (7.0), Daam Foulon (7.1), Riccardo Improta (6.5), Diego Farias (6.5) and Antonino La Gumina (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolò Manfredini, Igor Lucatelli, Angelo Veltri, Edoardo Masciangelo (6.4), Emanuele Agnello, Ilias Koutsoupias (6.4), Abdallah Basit, Siriki Sanogo, Francesco Forte (6.4), Pape Samba Thiam, , and Francesco Perlingieri.

Substitutions

Benevento made 3 changes: A. La Gumina for I. Koutsoupias (68′), R. Improta for F. Forte (68′) and D. Foulon for E. Masciangelo (73′).

Best player: Riccardo Capellini​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benevento was Riccardo Capellini.

His rating is (7.5) with 20 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Pisa – Formation

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

Luca D\’Angelo played with: Alessandro Livieri (6.7), Arturo Calabresi (6.7), Adrian Rus (7.4), Hjörtur Hermannsson (7.1), Pietro Beruatto (7.4), Idrissa Toure (7.3), Ádám Nagy (7.0), Marius Marin (6.8), Olimpiu Moruțan (6.9), Giuseppe Sibilli (6.2) and Ettore Gliozzi (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nicolas, Tomás Esteves (6.8), Simone Canestrelli, Federico Barba, Alessandro De Vitis, Matteo Tramoni (6.9), Artur Ioniță (6.4), Giuseppe Mastinu, Roko Jureskin, Ernesto Torregrossa (6.4), Moustapha Cissé and Gaetano Masucci (6.2).

Substitutions

Pisa made 5 changes: G. Sibilli for M. Tramoni (57′), M. Marin for A. Ionita (57′), E. Gliozzi for E. Torregrossa (64′), A. Calabresi for T. Esteves (74′) and O. Morutan for G. Masucci (74′).

Best player: Adrian Rus​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pisa was Adrian Rus.

His rating is (7.4) with 57 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Venezia – Ascoli – 0-2
• SPAL – Südtirol – 1-1
• Parma – Como – 1-0
• Modena – Palermo – 0-2
• Genoa – Brescia – 1-1
• Cosenza – Frosinone – 1-2
• Cagliari – Reggina – 1-1
• Benevento – Pisa – 0-0