PERUGIA. Cesena was eventually too strong for Perugia with the goal of Saber Hraiech (18′), Saber Hraiech (39′) and Tommaso Berti (70′). Cesena was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Curi stadium in Perugia on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.32 degrees Celsius or 50.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cesena had a strong ball possession 62% while Perugia was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Perugia was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Cesena succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Perugia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Cesena shot 16 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Perugia received 2 yellow cards (Cristian Dell’Orco and Paolo Bartolomei). On the other side, Cesena received 2 yellow cards (Tommaso Berti and Simone Pieraccini).

Standings

After playing this match, Perugia stays with 30 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Cesena will has 46 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Perugia will host Lucchese on the 7th of January with a 0-0 head to head.

Cesena will host Olbia on the 7th of January with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Cesena (0 draws).

Perugia – Formation

Perugia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Francesco Baldini decided to play with the following team: Jacopo Furlan, Raul Morichelli, Stipe Vulikić, Cristian Dell’Orco, Yeferson Paz, Christian Kouan, Paolo Bartolomei, Andrea Bozzolan, Federico Ricci, Alessandro Seghetti, Simone Santoro and Ryder Matos.

The home team had on the bench: Alessio Abibi, Damiano Cancellieri, Edoardo Iannoni, Gabriele Angella, Federico Vázquez, Marius Adamonis, Daniel Bezziccheri, Christian Acella, Nicolò Cudrig, Francesco Lisi, Emanuele Torrasi, Matteo Polizzi, Adrian Lickūnas, Alessio Lavorgna, Younes Ebnoutalib, Francesco Mezzoni and Giovanni Giunti.

Substitutions

Perugia made 2 changes: Raul Morichelli for Francesco Mezzoni (46′) and Paolo Bartolomei for Nicolò Cudrig (62′).

Cesena – Formation

Cesena started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Domenico Toscano played with: Ivan Varone, Matteo Pisseri, Luigi Silvestri, Giuseppe Prestia, Simone Pieraccini, Daniele Donnarumma, Francesco De Rose, Saber Hraiech, Emanuele Adamo, Simone Corazza, Augustus Kargbo.

They had on the bench: Enea Pitti, Riccardo Chiarello, Jonathan Bumbu, Cristian Shpendi, Roberto Ogunseye, Luca Coccolo, Tommaso Berti, Andrea Ciofi, Edoardo Pierozzi, Antonio David, Matteo Piacentini, Alessandro Giovannini, Giulio Veliaj, Alessandro Bagli, Giordo Bagli, Alessandro Siano, Matteo Francesconi and Giovanni Nannelli.

Substitutions

Cesena made 8 changes: Augustus Kargbo for Cristian Shpendi (61′), Ivan Varone for Matteo Francesconi (62′), Saber Hraiech for Tommaso Berti (62′), Saber Hraiech for Tommaso Berti (61′), Ivan Varone for Matteo Francesconi (61′), Emanuele Adamo for Edoardo Pierozzi (74′), Emanuele Adamo for Edoardo Pierozzi (74′) and Augustus Kargbo for Roberto Ogunseye (85′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie C: Girone B.​

• Juventus Next Gen – Vis Pesaro – 1-1
• Perugia – Cesena – 0-3
• Recanatese – Virtus Entella – 0-1
• Sestri Levante – Arezzo – 0-0
• SPAL – Olbia – 2-0
• Pescara – Fermana – 1-1