Pescara vs Cittadella, 2017-18 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Pescara

37': Ahmad Benali (P)

FT
1 - 2

Cittadella

2': Davide Adorni
18': Nicholas Siega

About

Pescara are hosting Cittadella at Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

2': Goal! Pescara 0, Cittadella 1. Davide Adorni (Cittadella) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paolo Bartolomei with a cross following a corner.
18': Goal! Pescara 0, Cittadella 2. Nicholas Siega (Cittadella) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Amedeo Benedetti.
33': Enrico Alfonso (Cittadella) is shown the yellow card.
37': Goal! Pescara 1, Cittadella 2. Ahmed Benali (Pescara) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
59': Substitution, Cittadella. Andrea Settembrini replaces Manuel Iori.
61': Franck Kanouté (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Cittadella. Lucas Chiaretti replaces Nicholas Siega.
64': Substitution, Pescara. Simone Ganz replaces Stefano Pettinari.
70': Substitution, Cittadella. Andrea Arrighini replaces Luca Strizzolo.
81': Substitution, Pescara. Alessandro Crescenzi replaces Ferdinando Del Sole.
81': Substitution, Pescara. Pierluigi Cappelluzzo replaces Antonio Mazzotta.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Adriatico
Location: Pescara, Italy
Attendance: 7,801

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Palermo	3	+4	9
2	Mantova	3	+3	7
3	Sudtirol	3	+3	7
4	Ascoli	3	+2	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Pescara (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Mirko Pigliacelli (GK)
18	Michele Fornasier
6	Cesare Bovo
27	Antonio Mazzotta
11	Francesco Zampano
16	Gastón Brugman
8	Franck Kanouté
33	Mamadou Coulibaly
17	Stefano Pettinari
10	Ahmad Benali
34	Ferdinando Del Sole

Pescara Substitutes:

Vincenzo Fiorillo, Antonio Balzano, Alessandro Crescenzi, Luca Valzania, Pierluigi Cappelluzzo, Marco Carraro, Andrea Coda, Marco Perrotta, Jaime Báez, Simone Ganz.

Cittadella (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Enrico Alfonso (GK)
24	Davide Adorni
19	Carlo Pelagatti
3	Amedeo Benedetti
2	Alessandro Salvi
17	Luca Strizzolo
4	Manuel Iori
7	Andrea Schenetti
21	Nicholas Siega
16	Paolo Bartolomei
11	Christian Kouamé

Cittadella Substitutes:

Giacomo Caccin, Simone Pasa, Giulio Bizzotto, Andrea Settembrini, Andrea Arrighini, Gianluca Litteri, Agostino Camigliano, Alberto Paleari, Lucas Chiaretti.

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