CAGLIARI. Cagliari was capable to reverse the scoreline against Bologna to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Bologna to strike first with a goal of R. Orsolini at the 54′. Then it was a goal in the 71′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, G. Pereiro gave the win to Cagliari in the 90′ minute.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Ghersini who was helped by Alessandro Costanzo and Marco Trinchieri. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Cagliari was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Bologna that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cagliari was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cagliari won the match.
Cagliari shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Bologna shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (A. Carboni, G. Altare and A. Deiola). Talking about the opposition, Bologna received 2 yellow cards (A. Theate and L. De Silvestri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cagliari will have 16 points to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Bologna will stay with 27 points like Hellas Verona to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will play away with Roma on the 16th of January with a 17-6 head to head stats in favor of Roma (9 draws).
Bologna will host Napoli on the 17th of January with a 18-7 head to head in favor of Napoli (4 draws).
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
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58'
71'
Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Alessio Cragno , Giorgio Altare , Matteo Lovato , Andrea Carboni , Raoul Bellanova , Răzvan Marin , Alberto Grassi , Alessandro Deiola , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Leonardo Pavoletti and João Pedro .
The home team had on the bench: Gastón Pereiro , Gabriele Zappa , Dalbert , Riccardo Ladinetti, Boris Radunović, Luca Gagliano, Adam Obert and Simone Aresti.
Cagliari could not rely on the presence of G. Zappa (injured).
Substitutions
Cagliari made 3 changes: C. Lykogiannis for H. Dalbert (58′), A. Deiola for G. Pereiro (63′) and L. Pavoletti for G. Zappa (80′).
Best player: Gastón Pereiro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Gastón Pereiro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
Bologna started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
Siniša Mihajlović played with: Łukasz Skorupski , Kevin Bonifazi , Luis Binks , Arthur Theate , Nicolás Domínguez , Andreas Skov Olsen , Roberto Soriano , Mattias Svanberg , Mitchell Dijks , Riccardo Orsolini and Marko Arnautović .
The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Stivanello, Gianmarco Cangiano, Diego Falcinelli , Niklas Pyyhtiä, Mattia Pagliuca, Nicolas Viola, Francesco Bardi, Lorenzo De Silvestri , Nicola Bagnolini and Sydney van Hooijdonk.
Bologna could not rely on the presence of L. De Silvestri (injured), D. Falcinelli (injured) and N. Viola (injured).
Substitutions
Bologna made 3 changes: K. Bonifazi for L. De Silvestri (65′), R. Orsolini for D. Falcinelli (89′) and N. Dominguez for N. Viola (90′).
Best player: Riccardo Orsolini
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Riccardo Orsolini.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
