CESENA. Cesena tops Olbia 1-0 after S. Corazza scored just 1 goal (19′).

The match was played at the Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi stadium in Cesena on Sunday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. In front of 8,345 spectators.​ The referee was Antonio Di Reda. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 8.15 degrees Celsius or 46.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Cesena was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Olbia that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cesena was more aggressive with 100 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cesena won the match​.

Cesena shot 26 times, 9 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Olbia shot 6 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cesena received 4 yellow cards (Matteo Francesconi, Luigi Silvestri, Giuseppe Prestia and Saber Hraiech). On the opposite side, Olbia received 5 yellow cards (Roberto Biancu, Davide Mordini, Luigi Palomba, Mattia Motolese and Nicola Nanni).

Standings

After playing this match, Cesena has 49 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Olbia will stays with 17 points to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Cesena will play away against SPAL on the 14th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of SPAL (1 draw).

Olbia will host Vis Pesaro on the 14th of January with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Vis Pesaro (1 draw).

Cesena – Formation

Cesena adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Domenico Toscano decided to play with the following team: Matteo Pisseri, Luigi Silvestri, Giuseppe Prestia, Simone Pieraccini, Daniele Donnarumma, Francesco De Rose, Saber Hraiech, Ivan Varone, Emanuele Adamo, Simone Corazza and Augustus Kargbo.

The home team had on the bench: Enea Pitti, Riccardo Chiarello, Cristian Shpendi, Roberto Ogunseye, Luca Coccolo, Tommaso Berti, Edoardo Pierozzi, Antonio David, Matteo Piacentini, Alessandro Giovannini, Giulio Veliaj, Alessandro Siano and Matteo Francesconi.

Substitutions

Cesena made 4 changes: Ivan Varone for Matteo Francesconi (57′), Augustus Kargbo for Cristian Shpendi (58′), Saber Hraiech for Tommaso Berti (46′) and Cristian Shpendi for Roberto Ogunseye (85′).

Olbia – Formation

Also Olbia adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Leandro Greco played with: Filippo Rinaldi, Luigi Palomba, Gabriele Bellodi, Mattia Motolese, Christian Arboleda, Roberto Biancu, Daniele Dessena, Matteo Montebugnoli, Daniele Ragatzu, Gianluca Contini and Nicola Nanni.

These were the players on the bench: Francesco Zallu, Luca La Rosa, Davide Incerti, Davide Mordini, Mattia Gennari, Federico Zanchetta, Maarten van der Want, Marco Caggiu, Thomas Scapin and Andrea Schiavone.

Substitutions

Olbia made 3 changes: Matteo Montebugnoli for Andrea Schiavone (74′), Luigi Palomba for Davide Mordini (46′) and Gianluca Contini for Thomas Scapin (86′).

Results of the day

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

• Juventus Next Gen – Pescara – 4-3
• Sassari Torres – Recanatese – 3-2
• Pineto – Gubbio – 1-2
• Perugia – Lucchese – 3-0
• Cesena – Olbia – 1-0
• Ancona – Virtus Entella – 0-1
• Sestri Levante – Pontedera – 0-2