CAGLIARI. Lazio tops Cagliari 3-1. Lazio got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Alessandro Deiola (26′) and Ciro Immobile (49′). Cagliari tried to recover with a goal from Gianluca Gaetano (51′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (65′) scored by Felipe Anderson for Lazio.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello assisted by Marcello Rossi and Nicolò Cipriani. The 4th official was Marco Monaldi. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.17 degrees Celsius or 57.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cagliari was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Lazio that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cagliari had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Lazio managed to find the solution to win this match.
Cagliari shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Lazio shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 1 yellow card (Antoine Makoumbou). On the other side, Lazio received 3 yellow cards (Alessio Romagnoli, Matías Vecino and Ciro Immobile).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Cagliari stays with 18 points like Hellas Verona to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, Lazio will has 37 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will play away with Udinese on the 18th of February with a 16-10 head to head record in favor of Udinese (8 draws).
Lazio will play away against Torino on the 21st of January with a 14-6 head to head record in favor of Lazio (12 draws).
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
63'
51'
52'
Cagliari started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Zito Luvumbo, Simone Scuffet , Gabriele Zappa , Yerry Mina , Adam Obert , Nahitan Nández , Antoine Makoumbou , Gianluca Gaetano , Alessandro Deiola , Paulo Azzi , Nicolas Viola and Gianluca Lapadula .
The home team had on the bench: Boris Radunović, Simone Aresti, Jakub Jankto, Tommaso Augello , Leonardo Pavoletti , Alessandro Di Pardo, Mateusz Wieteska , Alberto Dossena , Matteo Prati, Andrea Petagna and Zito Luvumbo .
Substitutions
Cagliari made 5 changes: Paulo Azzi for Alberto Dossena (46′), Nicolas Viola for Zito Luvumbo (46′), Adam Obert for Tommaso Augello (63′), Yerry Mina for Mateusz Wieteska (73′) and Gianluca Lapadula for Leonardo Pavoletti (74′).
Player of the match: Gianluca Gaetano
The player that probably impressed the most for Cagliari was Gianluca Gaetano.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel , Adam Marusic , Mario Gila Fuentes , Alessio Romagnoli , Elseid Hysaj , Mattéo Guendouzi , Danilo Cataldi , Luis Alberto , Gustav Isaksen , Ciro Immobile , Felipe Anderson .
They had on the bench: Luca Pellegrini, Matías Vecino , Daichi Kamada , Pedro , Nicolò Casale, Dimitrije Kamenović, Valentin Castellanos , Luigi Sepe, Christos Mandas, Luca Napolitano, Saná Fernandes and Manuel Lazzari.
Substitutions
Lazio made 4 changes: Ciro Immobile for Valentin Castellanos (62′), Luis Alberto for Matías Vecino (62′), Danilo Cataldi for Daichi Kamada (78′) and Gustav Isaksen for Pedro (84′).
Player of the match: Felipe Anderson
The most impressive player for Lazio was Felipe Anderson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 60 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
