A 2-1 home win for AZ Picerno against Audace Cerignola in Serie C, Group B. The half-time score was 2-0. Player of the match: M. Kanoute of AZ Picerno, with a ScoreMondo rating of 7.1. Saturday 26 September, Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio (Picerno): AZ Picerno against Audace Cerignola in Serie C, Group B, kick-off 16:30.
Key moments
AZ Picerno took the lead on 16 minutes thanks to S. Pugliese, set up by A. Gemignani. AZ Picerno extended their lead to 2-0 in the 45th minute through M. Kanoute, set up by P. Virgilio. It was AZ Picerno 2-0 Audace Cerignola at half-time.
Audace Cerignola pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 52nd minute through M. Perlingieri.
The statistics
Booked for AZ Picerno: P. Virgilio (20'), S. Bianchi (53'), L. Abreu (78') and S. Pugliese (83'). Audace Cerignola's yellow cards went to A. Boccadamo in the 56th minute, M. Sellaf in the 63rd minute, K. Miranda in the 79th minute and C. Padula in the 79th minute.
Who stood out
Behind him, A. Gemignani at 6.9, S. Pugliese at 6.9 and M. Perlingieri at 6.8 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. AZ Picerno made 4 changes: A. Oliviero for M. Kanoute (51'), G. Coppola for S. Bianchi (68'), L. Nocerino for D. Franco (85') and S. Maselli for S. Pugliese (85'). From the Audace Cerignola bench came A. Silvestro on 64 minutes, A. Vinciguerra on 64 minutes, G. Volpe on 73 minutes and C. Padula on 73 minutes, among 5 changes.
Before the match
Before kick-off, AZ Picerno's last 5 matches had brought 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. AZ Picerno lost 2-1 away to Team Altamura in their last match. Audace Cerignola came into the match with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches. Audace Cerignola were held 0-0 by Casertana FC in their latest outing. The record between them over the last 4 matches reads 0-3-1 from AZ Picerno's point of view. When they last met, on 3 January 2026, it ended 1-1. There have been 9 goals in the 4 meetings, 2.3 a game. Stefano Striamo was the referee.
The bigger picture
AZ Picerno end a run of 3 straight defeats. It is AZ Picerno's first win over Audace Cerignola in the last 4 meetings on record.
Coming up
AZ Picerno's next match is away to SSD Casarano on 14 November.
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Serie C, Group B
