CAGLIARI. Cagliari conquers Benevento 1-0 after G. Lapadula scored just 1 goal (76′).
Cagliari remained with 10 players after Giorgio Altare received a double yellow card in the 73′. Nevertheless, Cagliari still found a way to win this match playing only in 10.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza with the help of Dario Garzelli and Antonio Severino. The 4th official was Enrico Maggio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.8 degrees Celsius or 55.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Cagliari was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Benevento that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Benevento was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Cagliari succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Cagliari shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Benevento shot 11 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (Giorgio Altare, Vincenzo Millico and Alberto Dossena). On the opposite side, Benevento received 2 yellow cards (Fran Martinez Nion and Antonino La Gumina).
Giorgio Altare (Cagliari) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (73′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Cagliari will play away against Bari 1908 on the 18th of February with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Cagliari (1 draw).
Benevento will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of April with a 1-1 head to head record.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
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73'
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76'
Cagliari started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Boris Radunović , Giorgio Altare , Alberto Dossena , Adam Obert , Gabriele Zappa , Antoine Makoumbou , Christos Kourfalidis , Paulo Azzi , Marco Mancosu , Gianluca Lapadula and Nik Prelec .
The home team had on the bench: Simone Aresti, Edoardo Goldaniga, Isaias Del Pupo, Zito Luvumbo , Eldin Lolic, Elio Capradossi, Vincenzo Millico , Adam Griger, Nunzio Lella , Michele Carboni and Michele Carboni.
Substitutions
Cagliari made 4 changes: C. Kourfalidis for Nunzio Lella (19′), Marco Mancosu for Zito Luvumbo (46′), N. Prelec for Vincenzo Millico (64′) and A. Obert for Edoardo Goldaniga (82′).
Best player: Gianluca Lapadula
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Gianluca Lapadula.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (41% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 25.
Benevento – Formation
Benevento
Benevento started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Roberto Stellone played with: Alberto Paleari , Frédéric Veseli , Maxime Leverbe , Alin Toșca , Riccardo Improta , Nermin Karić , Gennaro Acampora , Andrés Tello , Daam Foulon , Antonino La Gumina and Simy .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Riccardo Capellini, Emanuele Agnello, Stefano Pettinari , Francesco Perlingieri, Siriki Sanogo, Ilias Koutsoupias, Gaetano Letizia, Niccolò Manfredini, Krzysztof Kubica, Roko Jureskin , Igor Lucatelli and Abdallah Basit.
Substitutions
Benevento made 5 changes: Simy for Stefano Pettinari (65′), Daam Foulon for Roko Jureskin (65′), Nermin Karić for Ilias Koutsoupias (79′), Fran Martinez Nion for Gaetano Letizia (79′) and Maxime Leverbe for Krzysztof Kubica (90′).
Best player: Riccardo Improta
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benevento was Riccardo Improta.
His rating is with 33 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Venezia – SPAL – 2-1
- Ternana – Parma – 1-1
- Südtirol – Como – 1-1
- Reggina – Pisa – 0-2
- Frosinone – Cittadella – 3-0
- Cagliari – Benevento – 1-0
- Brescia – Modena – 0-1
- Ascoli – Perugia – 1-0
