CESENA. Cesena tops Gubbio with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Adamo (50′) and a goal from C. Shpendi (74′). Gubbio lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi stadium in Cesena on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 10,120 spectators.​ The referee was Carlo Rinaldi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.41 degrees Celsius or 57.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Gubbio was in firm control of the ball 56% while Cesena was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cesena was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cesena won the match​.

Cesena shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Gubbio shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Cesena received 3 yellow cards (Augustus Kargbo, Edoardo Pierozzi and Francesco De Rose). Regarding the opposition, Gubbio received 4 yellow cards (Gabriele Morelli, Bernardo Calabrese, Alessandro Mercati and Federico Casolari).

Standings

After this encounter, Cesena has 77 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Gubbio will stays with 51 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie C: Girone B, Cesena will play away against Vis Pesaro on the 17th of March with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Cesena (1 draw).

Gubbio will host Perugia on the 17th of March with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Perugia (1 draw).

Cesena – Formation

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

The manager Domenico Toscano decided to play with the following team: Matteo Pisseri, Matteo Piacentini, Giuseppe Prestia, Luigi Silvestri, Edoardo Pierozzi, Francesco De Rose, Matteo Francesconi, Emanuele Adamo, Tommaso Berti, Cristian Shpendi and Augustus Kargbo.

The home team had on the bench: Enea Pitti, Riccardo Chiarello, Ivan Varone, Luca Coccolo, Andrea Ciofi, Antonio David, Alessandro Giovannini, Diego Tampieri, Jonathan Klinsmann, Alessandro Siano and Valentino Coveri.

Substitutions

Cesena made 4 changes: Augustus Kargbo for Riccardo Chiarello (81′), Edoardo Pierozzi for Antonio David (81′), Matteo Piacentini for Andrea Ciofi (66′) and Tommaso Berti for Ivan Varone (71′).

Gubbio – Formation

Gubbio started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Piero Braglia played with: Thomas Vettorel, Alessandro Tozzuolo, Bernardo Calabrese, Andrea Signorini, Francesco Corsinelli, Federico Casolari, Alessandro Mercati, Jonathan Bumbu, Jacopo Desogus, Alessio Di Massimo and Gabriele Bernardotto.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mario Mercadante, Giacomo Rosaia, Luca Chierico, Gabriele Morelli, Alessio Brambilla, Guerrini, Stefano Greco, Roberto Pirrello, Christian Dimarco and King Udoh.

Substitutions

Gubbio made 5 changes: Bernardo Calabrese for Christian Dimarco (58′), Alessandro Mercati for Gabriele Morelli (58′), Francesco Corsinelli for Giacomo Rosaia (76′), Alessio Di Massimo for King Udoh (76′) and Jonathan Bumbu for Luca Chierico (71′).

Results of the day

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

• Cesena – Gubbio – 2-0
• Sestri Levante – Recanatese – 2-0