Cagliari recovers a 0-1 deficit to beat Cittadella 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CAGLIARI. Cagliari was able to reverse the score against Cittadella to win 2-1.

August 22, 2022

CAGLIARI. Cagliari succeeded in turn the tables against Cittadella to win 2-1. It was Cittadella to strike first with a goal of R. Asencio at the 29′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Makoumbou gave the win to Cagliari in the 87′ minute. Cagliari was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato assisted by Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini. The 4th official was Mattia Ubaldi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26 degrees Celsius or 78.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

Cagliari

2 - 1

Cittadella

! 65 Ball Possession 35

Shots

16 Total 10
8 On Target 3
8 Off Target 7
0 Shots blocked 0

107 Attack 91
54 Dangerous attack 56
102 Ball safe 70

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 2
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 16
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Cagliari was in firm control of the ball 65% while Cittadella was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cittadella was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Cagliari found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

Cagliari shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cittadella shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Cagliari didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cittadella received 3 yellow cards (V. Mastrantonio, G. Carriero and I. Lores).

Match Timeline

29'

56'

Zito Luvumbo- sub ->G. Pereiro

57'

71'

Nicola Pavan- sub ->S. Branca

71'

Valerio Mastrantonio- sub ->A. Danzi

Marco Mancosu (goal)Z. Luvumbo

72'

74'

Valerio Mastrantonio- Yellow

Leonardo Pavoletti - sub ->G. Lapadula

81'

82'

Giuseppe Carriero- sub ->A. Vita

84'

Giuseppe Carriero- Yellow

Antoine Makoumbou(goal)V. Millico

87'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Cagliari has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. On the opposite side, Cittadella stays with points (0th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cagliari will play away with Bari 1908 on the 18th of February with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Cagliari (1 draw).

Cittadella will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 1st of May with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (6 draws).

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari

Boris Radunović 1.Serbia

7.1

Edoardo Goldaniga 3.Italy

6.8

Giorgio Altare 15.Italy

7.9

Gabriele Zappa 28.Italy

7.0

Adam Obert 33.Slovakia

7.0

82'

Alessandro Deiola 14.Italy

7.6

82'

Nahitan Nández 8.Uruguay

6.8

57'

Antoine Makoumbou 29.France

6.7

87'

Marco Mancosu 5.Italy

7.9

72'

Gianluca Lapadula 9.Peru

6.2

81'

Gastón Pereiro 20.Uruguay

7.0

57'

Substitutes

G. Ciocci 22.Italy

Simone Aresti 18.Italy

Alessandro Di Pardo 99.Italy

S. Boccia 26.Italy

Franco Carboni 16.Argentina

6.1

82'

Marko Rog 6.Croatia

7.0

57'

Vincenzo Millico 19.Italy

7.1

82'

Nunzio Lella 23.Italy

Nicolas Viola 10.Italy

C. Kourfalidis 39.Greece

Leonardo Pavoletti 30.Italy

6.6

81'

Zito Luvumbo 77.Angola

6.9

57'

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

The manager Alessandro Agostini decided to play with the following team: Boris Radunović (7.1), Gabriele Zappa (7.0), Edoardo Goldaniga (6.8), Giorgio Altare (7.9), Adam Obert (7.0), Nahitan Nández (6.8), Alessandro Deiola (7.6), Antoine Makoumbou (6.7), Gastón Pereiro (7.0), Gianluca Lapadula (6.2) and Marco Mancosu (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Rog (7.0), Giuseppe Ciocci, Vincenzo Millico (7.1), Leonardo Pavoletti (6.6), Alessandro Di Pardo, Nunzio Lella, Zito Luvumbo (6.9), Nicolas Viola, Simone Aresti, Salvatore Boccia, Franco Carboni (6.1) and Christos Kourfalidis.

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: G. Pereiro for Z. Luvumbo (57′), N. Nandez for M. Rog (57′), G. Lapadula for L. Pavoletti (81′), A. Deiola for V. Millico (82′) and A. Obert for F. Carboni (82′).

Best player: Giorgio Altare

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Giorgio Altare even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 67 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Cittadella – Formation

Cittadella

Elhan Kastrati 36.Albania

7.1

Romano Perticone 2.Italy

6.7

D. Donnarumma 17.Italy

6.3

Domenico Frare 15.Italy

6.8

Tommaso Cassandro 84.Italy

6.4

Simone Branca 23.Italy

7.4

71'

Alessio Vita 16.Italy

7.3

82'

Andrea Danzi 72.Italy

7.3

71'

Mirko Antonucci 10.Italy

6.4

56'

Enrico Baldini 92.Italy

7.0

Raúl Asencio 90.Spain

7.5

71'

29'

Substitutes

Luca Maniero 77.Italy

S. Visentin 6.Argentina

A. Mattioli 18.Italy

G. Felicioli 3.Italy

Dario Del Fabro 5.Italy

Nicola Pavan 26.Italy

6.2

71'

Valerio Mastrantonio 29.Italy

6.4

71'

74'

Giuseppe Carriero 20.Italy

6.3

82'

84'

I. Lores 30.Uruguay

6.8

56'

90'

Mamadou Tounkara 9.Spain

Giacomo Beretta 11.Italy

6.7

71'

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

Edoardo Gorini played with: Elhan Kastrati (7.1), Tommaso Cassandro (6.4), Romano Perticone (6.7), Domenico Frare (6.8), Daniele Donnarumma (6.3), Alessio Vita (7.3), Andrea Danzi (7.3), Simone Branca (7.4), Mirko Antonucci (6.4), Enrico Baldini (7.0) and Raúl Asencio (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Nicola Pavan (6.2), Ignacio Lores Varela (6.8), Mamadou Tounkara, Santiago Visentin, Alessandro Mattioli, Gian Filippo Felicioli, Dario Del Fabro, Valerio Mastrantonio (6.4), Giuseppe Carriero (6.3), Giacomo Beretta (6.7) and Luca Maniero.

Substitutions

Cittadella made 5 changes: M. Antonucci for I. Lores (56′), R. Asencio for G. Beretta (71′), S. Branca for N. Pavan (71′), A. Danzi for V. Mastrantonio (71′) and A. Vita for G. Carriero (82′).