Crotone-Foggia is a match valid for the return leg of the second round of the Serie C playoffs and is played on Wednesday at 20:30: TV, formations, predictions.
There will be a big crowd at the ‘Scida’ to push Lamberto Zauli’s boys towards the Final Four. Crotone will need the support of their fans to overcome Delio Rossi’s Foggia, who surprisingly won 1-0 in the first leg.
For now, what decides the double challenge between Calabria and Apulia is the goal of the Argentine Peralta, who last Saturday in the match at the “Zaccheria” pierced the red-blue defence and gave an important and unhoped-for advantage to the Satanelli. Foggia, in fact, would qualify even with a draw to the playoff semifinals, despite not being seeded. For its part, Crotone has no alternative but to win if it wants to continue chasing the B objective and return among the cadets after only one year of purgatory. The Sharks have paid dearly for the month of stop between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs – Crotone, Lecco and Cesena were the last to take the field thanks to the second place conquered in their respective groups – while Foggia appeared from the start more on the ball. But especially galvanised by the sensational comeback in the provincial derby against Audace Cerignola, beaten 3-0 in the return leg after losing 4-1 away from home. Zauli and his men are betting on the home factor, where they have barely lost a game this year and only conceded eight goals.
Only the unreachable Catanzaro, absolute dominators of the championship, have done better than them. There are three seasonal precedents between the two teams: in addition to the two played in the regular season – Foggia won 1-0 at home, 1-1 in the return in Calabria – there is also the one in the Coppa Italia of Serie C. On that occasion, too, Crotone failed to get the better of the Rossoneri, who prevailed with a 2-0 result. Zauli will recover D’Errico and Cuomo, while Rossi will have to do without the disqualified Leo, a heavy absence.
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The Prediction
The Crotone side, who appeared packed last Saturday, should assert their superiority in the return match, although Foggia are confident and will not give up easily. It will be a hard-fought match between two teams fighting for their season. At least two goals in total are expected: the Pythagoreans will only need to win by a single goal to advance to the semi-finals, thanks to the fact that they are top seeds.
Crotone v Foggia: the likely line-up
- CROTONE (4-2-3-1): Branduani; Mogos, Cuomo, Golemic, Crialese; Petriccione, Vitale; Tribuzzi, D’Ursi, Chiricò; Gomez.
- FOGGIA (3-5-2): Dalmasso; Rutjens, Kontek, Rizzo; Bjarkason, Schenetti, Petermann, Frigerio, Costa; Iacoponi, Peralta.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1