Benevento 3-2 Crotone: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 18 February 2018

Result

Benevento 3-2 Crotone

Serie A · Sunday 18 February 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Benevento · Crotone · Serie A predictions

Benevento 3-2 Crotone: match report

Benevento won against Crotone 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 18 February 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Giovanni Crociata opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Benevento's goals came from Sandro (37'), Nicolas Viola (65') and C. Diabaté (89'). Crotone scored through Giovanni Crociata (11') and Ahmad Benali (73').

Discipline: Benevento received 5 yellow cards; Crotone received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benevento were 20th on 7 points from 24 and Crotone 17th on 21 points from 24. Benevento went on to finish that season 20th with 21 points, and Crotone 18th with 35.

Benevento lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crotone in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Viola of Benevento (8.8), ahead of Sandro (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benevento wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crotone.

Going into the match Benevento's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Crotone's D-D-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Giovanni CrociataCrotone · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Massimo CodaBenevento
  • 32'Yellow card · Gaetano LetiziaBenevento
  • 37'Goal · SandroBenevento · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Enrico BrignolaBenevento
  • 65'Goal · Nicolas ViolaBenevento · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Ante BudimirCrotone
  • 67'Yellow card · Filip DjuricicBenevento
  • 73'Goal · Ahmad BenaliCrotone · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Ahmad BenaliCrotone
  • 80'Yellow card · SandroBenevento
  • 89'Goal · C. DiabatéBenevento · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benevento 0, draws 0, Crotone 1.

Team news

Benevento line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Puggioni, Gaetano Letizia, Berat Djimsiti, Alin Toșca, Lorenzo Venuti, Nicolas Viola, Vittorio Parigini, Sandro, Filip Djuricic, Enrico Brignola, Massimo Coda

Crotone line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Cordaz, Federico Ceccherini, Marco Capuano, Davide Faraoni, Bruno Martella, Rolando Mandragora, Ahmad Benali, Arlind Ajeti, Andrea Nalini, Federico Ricci, Giovanni Crociata