Benevento 1-2 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
Benevento 1-2 Cagliari
Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benevento 1-2 Cagliari: match report
Benevento lost to Cagliari 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Enrico Brignola opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Benevento's goal came from Enrico Brignola (46'). Cagliari scored through Leonardo Pavoletti (90+1') and Nicolò Barella (90+6', penalty).
Discipline: Benevento received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benevento were 20th on 10 points from 27 and Cagliari 15th on 26 points from 27. Benevento went on to finish that season 20th with 21 points, and Cagliari 16th with 39.
Benevento lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Ceppitelli of Cagliari (7.8), ahead of Nicolò Barella (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benevento wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Benevento's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Cagliari's D-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Leandro Castán
- 38'Yellow card · Paolo Faragò
- 46'Goal · Enrico Brignola
- 50'Yellow card · Enrico Brignola
- 66'Yellow card · Danilo Cataldi
- 90+1'Goal · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Nicolò Barella
Head-to-head
Team news
Benevento line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Puggioni, Gaetano Letizia, Berat Djimsiti, Alin Toșca, Bacary Sagna, Nicolas Viola, Sandro, Filip Djuricic, Guilherme, Enrico Brignola, Massimo Coda
Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)
Alessio Cragno, Leandro Castán, Luca Ceppitelli, Filippo Romagna, Senna Miangue, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Leonardo Pavoletti, Han Kwang-Sŏng