CAGLIARI. Cagliari bested Palermo to win 2-1. A goal from A. Di was decisive in the 120min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Cagliari to strike first with a goal of at the 100′. Then Alberto Dossena scored again for Cagliari in the 100′ minute. Eventually, reduced the distance for Palermo (120′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Leonardo Pavoletti missed a penalty (23′) for Cagliari.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 9:15 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli assisted by Gaetano Massara and . The 4th official was Luca Cherchi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 29.31 degrees Celsius or 84.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cagliari was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Palermo that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cagliari was putting more pressure with 85 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cagliari won the match.
Cagliari shot 18 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Palermo shot 19 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (Gaetano Oristanio and Alberto Dossena). Regarding the opposition, Palermo received 2 yellow cards (Claudio Gomes and Aljosa Vasic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cagliari has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Palermo stays with points (0th).
Next matches
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Boris Radunović
, Gabriele Zappa , Alberto Dossena , Adam Obert , Tommaso Augello , Nahitan Nández , Antoine Makoumbou , Ibrahim Sulemana , Paulo Azzi , Leonardo Pavoletti and Gaetano Oristanio .The home team had on the bench: Edoardo Goldaniga, Nicolas Viola
, Alessandro Deiola , Giorgio Altare, Simone Aresti, Jakub Jankto, Simone Scuffet, Nunzio Lella, Elio Capradossi, Christos Kourfalidis, Eldor Shomurodov , Zito Luvumbo and Alessandro Di Pardo .Cagliari could not rely on the presence of Nicolas Viola (injured) and Edoardo Goldaniga (injured).
Substitutions
Cagliari made 6 changes: Nahitan Nández for Alessandro Deiola (58′), Paulo Azzi for Zito Luvumbo (58′), Gaetano Oristanio for Alessandro Di Pardo (85′), Antoine Makoumbou for Nicolas Viola (85′), Leonardo Pavoletti for Eldor Shomurodov (85′) and Gabriele Zappa for Edoardo Goldaniga (120′).
Best player: Boris Radunović
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was the goalkeeper: Boris Radunović. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Palermo – Formation
Palermo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Eugenio Corini played with: Mirko Pigliacelli
, Aleš Matějů , Fabio Lucioni , Ivan Marconi , Pietro Ceccaroni , Aljosa Vasic , Leo Štulac , Claudio Gomes , Roberto Insigne , Matteo Brunori and Francesco Di Mariano .They had on the bench: Sebastiano Desplanches, Simon Graves Jensen, Leonardo Mancuso
, Jacopo Segre , Manfredi Nespola, Ionuț Nedelcearu, Samuele Damiani , Dario Šarić , Alessio Buttaro, Edoardo Soleri and Nicola Valente .Palermo could not rely on the presence of Edoardo Soleri (injured).
Substitutions
Palermo made 6 changes: Leo Štulac for Dario Šarić (64′), Roberto Insigne for Leonardo Mancuso (70′), Francesco Di Mariano for Nicola Valente (70′), Aljosa Vasic for Jacopo Segre (76′), Claudio Gomes for Samuele Damiani (91′) and Matteo Brunori for Edoardo Soleri (104′).
Best player: Mirko Pigliacelli
The most impressive player for Palermo was the goalkeeper: Mirko Pigliacelli. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Coppa Italia.
- Empoli – Cittadella – 1-2
- Bari 1908 – Parma – 0-3
- Hellas Verona – Ascoli – 3-1
- Cagliari – Palermo – 2-1