ROMA. Lazio manages to recover against Cagliari with a goal on the Joao Pedro 46′ and a goal on the K. Balde 62′. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%)
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini who had the assistance of Marco Bresmes and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Francesco Meraviglia. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up. On the other side, Cagliari adopted a 3-5-2 formation.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
42'
74'
45'
The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina , Manuel Lazzari , Luiz Felipe , Francesco Acerbi , Elseid Hysaj , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Lucas Leiva , Luis Alberto , Pedro , Ciro Immobile and Felipe Anderson .
The home team had on the bench: Danilo Cataldi , Raúl Moro, Marius Adamonis, Gonzalo Escalante, Thomas Strakosha, Vedat Muriqi, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Ştefan Radu, Mattia Zaccagni , Adam Marušić , Patric and Toma Bašić.
Best player: Luis Alberto
The player that probably impressed the most for Lazio was Luis Alberto.
His rating is with 93 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
On the other side, Walter Mazzarri played with: Alessio Cragno , Luca Ceppitelli , Andrea Carboni , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Martín Cáceres , Nahitan Nández , Răzvan Marin , Alessandro Deiola , Dalbert , João Pedro and Keita Baldé .
They had on the bench: Leonardo Pavoletti, Alberto Grassi, Gastón Pereiro , Gabriele Zappa , Diego Farias, Christian Oliva, Giorgio Altare, Simone Aresti, Sebastian Walukiewicz , Boris Radunović and Raoul Bellanova .
Best player: João Pedro
The player that probably impressed the most for Cagliari was João Pedro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Match Statistics
Lazio was in firm control of the ball 73% while Cagliari was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Lazio was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 10 were on target. However, that was not enough Lazio to win the match.
Lazio shot 25 times, 10 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Cagliari shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Lazio received 1 yellow card (Luiz Felipe). On the other side, Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (M. Caceres, G. Zappa and W. Mazzarri).
Also, Cagliari didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after G. Zappa (Cagliari) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lazio will have 7 points like Udinese to stay in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Cagliari will have 2 points like Juventus to move up in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will play away with Torino on the 23rd of September with a 13-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lazio (9 draws).
Cagliari will host Empoli on the 22nd of September with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Empoli (3 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Empoli – Sampdoria – 0-3
- Hellas Verona – Roma – 3-2
- Juventus – Milan – 1-1
- Lazio – Cagliari – 2-2
- Venezia – Spezia – 1-2
