The 18th day of the Serie B championship, which opened with a goalless draw between Salernitana and Brescia, ended with a 1-1 draw between Cremonese and Sampdoria, who shared a point for each side, which was more useful for the mood of the Blucerchiati than for the standings of the two teams, thanks to the goals scored by Bellemo and Vazquez. Keep flying Sassuolo who collected the three points against Palermo and reached 43 points. Behind the neroverdi, Spezia went up and won narrowly at Catanzaro thanks to Francesco Pio Esposito’s ninth goal of the season, and overtook the Pisa which falls at Modena’s home. Bad day also for Bari who were defeated 1-0 by Sudtirol who scored with El Kaouakibi in the 90th minute. The fairy tale of Carrarese and Juve Stabia continues, beating Cosenza and Cesena respectively with the same result of 1-0.
Late night, however, for the Frosinone who suffered their second consecutive defeat in Mantua, where it ended 3-1: the Ciociari, three goals down after just 44′, scored the winning goal at the start of the second half with Begic, without managing to change the fate of the match, and found themselves stuck in last place. Cittadella also wins 3-1, sinking Reggiana and making a leap forward, overtaking Frosinone and Cosenza in one fell swoop.
THE RESULTS OF THE 18TH DAY OF SERIES B
Salernitana-Brescia 0-0
Bari-Sudtirol – 90′ El Kaouakibi
Sassuolo-Palermo 2-1 – 9′ Laurienté (S), 21′ Le Douaron (P), 70′ Pierini (S)
Mantova-Frosinone 3-1 – 23′ Bragantini (M), 38′ Trimboli (M), 44′ Aramu (M), 55′ Begic (F)
Carrarese-Cosenza 1-0 – 77′ Cicconi
Cittadella-Reggiana 3-1 – 62′ Pandolfi (C), 78′ Tronchin (C), 84′ Gondo (R), 96′ Rabbi (C)
Catanzaro-Spezia 1-0 – 18′ P. Esposito
Modena-Pisa 1-0 – 57′ Chance
Juve Stabia-Cesena 1-0 – 21′ Floriani Mussolini
Cremonese-Sampdoria 1-1 – 37′ Belletto (S), 61′ Vazquez (C)
NEXT TURN
Thursday 26/12
12.30pm
Pisa-Sassuolo
3pm
Spezia-Mantua
Frosinone-Salernitana
Sudtirol-Cittadella
Brescia-Modena
Reggiana-Juve Stabia
Cesena-Cremonese
Cosenza-Catanzaro
6pm
Palermo-Bari
8.30pm
Sampdoria-Carrarese
THE RANKING
Sassuolo 43
Spice 37
Pisa 37
Juve Stabia 28
Cremonese 26
Cesena 25
Bari 24
Catanzaro 23
Modena 23
Carrarese 23
Mantua 22
Palermo 21
Brescia 21
Sampdoria 19
Reggiana 18
Salernitana 18
South Tyrol 17
Citadel 17
Cosenza 16**
Frosinone 16
** four penalty points.