CAGLIARI. Lazio was in the end too much to handle for Cagliari with the goal of C. Immobile (19′ pen), L. Alberto (42′) and F. Anderson (62′).

Lazio remained with 10 players after A. Marusic received a double yellow card in the 89′.

The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Fabio Maresca with the support of Daniele Bindoni and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lazio had a strong ball possession 55% while Cagliari was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cagliari was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Lazio was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Cagliari shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (G. Altare, R. Marin and M. Lovato). Regarding the opposition, Lazio received 1 yellow card (A. Marusic).

Also, Lazio didn’t end the match with 11 players after A. Marusic (Lazio) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (89′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Cagliari will stay with 25 points to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Lazio will have 46 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will play away with Spezia on the 12th of March with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Lazio will host Venezia on the 14th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Lazio (0 draws).

Cagliari – Formation

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

The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Alessio Cragno (6.3), Edoardo Goldaniga (6.4), Matteo Lovato (6.8), Giorgio Altare (6.1), Raoul Bellanova (7.2), Alberto Grassi (7.1), Alessandro Deiola (6.6), Dalbert (6.6), Răzvan Marin (7.8), Gastón Pereiro (6.5) and João Pedro (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: A. Obert, C. Kourfalidis, K. Baldé, Luca Ceppitelli (6.8), B. Radunović, Andrea Carboni (6.3), Leonardo Pavoletti (6.7), Daniele Baselli (7.2), C. Lykogiannis, S. Aresti and Gabriele Zappa (6.4).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: G. Altare for A. Carboni (57′), A. Deiola for L. Pavoletti (57′), G. Pereiro for D. Baselli (67′), E. Goldaniga for L. Ceppitelli (77′) and H. Dalbert for G. Zappa (77′).

Best player: Răzvan Marin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cagliari was Răzvan Marin.

His rating is (7.8) with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Lazio – Formation

Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Maurizio Sarri played with: Thomas Strakosha (7.4), Adam Marušić (6.8), Luiz Felipe (8.0), Francesco Acerbi (7.4), Ştefan Radu (7.4), Sergej Milinković-Savić (7.1), Lucas Leiva (7.4), Luis Alberto (7.9), Felipe Anderson (8.5), Ciro Immobile (7.8) and Mattia Zaccagni (6.4).

They had on the bench: M. Adamonis, Luka Romero (6.6), J. Akpa Akpro, Jovane Cabral, Patric, E. Hysaj, D. Kamenović, Pepe Reina, Toma Bašić (6.6), Raul Moro, A. Anderson and Pedro (6.5).

Substitutions

Lazio made 3 changes: M. Zaccagni for Pedro (68′), F. Anderson for L. Romero (84′) and L. Alberto for T. Basic (88′).

Best player: Felipe Anderson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lazio was Felipe Anderson.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Cagliari – Lazio – 0-3
• Roma – Atalanta – 1-0
• Udinese – Sampdoria – 2-1