CAGLIARI. Cagliari and Reggina draw 1-1. G. Lapadula scored the first goal (2′) for Cagliari. R. Gagliolo equalized (24′). Cagliari was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Federico La Penna with the help of Emanuele Prenna and Marco Ricci. The 4th official was Andrea Calzavara. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.4 degrees Celsius or 75.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cagliari was in firm control of the ball 57% while Reggina was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Reggina was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Reggina to win the encounter​.

Cagliari shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Reggina shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (A. Di Pardo, N. Viola and G. Lapadula). Talking about the opposition, Reggina received 3 yellow cards (Hernani, R. Gagliolo and J. Obi).

Standings

After this encounter, Cagliari will have 15 points to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Reggina will have 19 points like Bari 1908 and Parma to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

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

Reggina will play away agasint Bari 1908 on the 13th of May with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Reggina (1 draw).

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Fabio Liverani decided to play with the following team: Boris Radunović (6.9), Alessandro Di Pardo (6.8), Giorgio Altare (7.2), Elio Capradossi (7.2), Antonio Barreca (6.4), Nahitan Nández (6.9), Antoine Makoumbou (6.6), Marko Rog (6.8), Zito Luvumbo (6.4), Gianluca Lapadula (7.3) and Vincenzo Millico (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Franco Carboni, Alessandro Deiola (6.2), Nunzio Lella, Adam Obert, Eldin Lolic, Filippo Falco, Gastón Pereiro, Simone Aresti, Christos Kourfalidis, Gabriele Zappa, Nicolas Viola (6.4) and Alberto Dossena.

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: A. Makoumbou for N. Viola (46′), V. Millico for A. Deiola (56′), A. Barreca for F. Carboni (79′), M. Rog for G. Pereiro (85′) and G. Altare for A. Obert (86′).

Best player: Gianluca Lapadula​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Gianluca Lapadula.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Reggina – Formation

Also Reggina adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Filippo Inzaghi played with: Federico Ravaglia (6.4), Niccolò Pierozzi (7.3), Michele Camporese (6.2), Riccardo Gagliolo (7.3), Gianluca Di Chiara (7.0), Giovanni Fabbian (7.1), Žan Majer (7.0), Hernani (7.7), Luigi Canotto (6.6), Jérémy Ménez (6.7) and Rigoberto Rivas (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Federico Ricci, Simone Colombi, Lorenzo Crisetig, Giuseppe Loiacono, Emanuele Cicerelli (6.8), Tommaso Aglietti, Thiago Cionek (6.3), Joel Obi, Federico Giraudo, Devid Eugene Bouah, Gabriele Gori (6.8) and Daniele Liotti.

Substitutions

Reggina made 5 changes: R. Rivas for E. Cicerelli (65′), R. Gagliolo for T. Cionek (65′), J. Menez for G. Gori (66′), G. Fabbian for J. Obi (77′) and G. Di Chiara for F. Giraudo (85′).

Best player: Hernani​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggina was Hernani.

His rating is (7.7) with 27 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Venezia – Ascoli – 0-2
• SPAL – Südtirol – 1-1
• Parma – Como – 1-0
• Modena – Palermo – 0-2
• Genoa – Brescia – 1-1
• Cosenza – Frosinone – 1-2
• Cagliari – Reggina – 1-1
• Benevento – Pisa – 0-0