Cagliari 2-1 Benevento: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017
Result
Cagliari 2-1 Benevento
Serie A · Wednesday 25 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cagliari 2-1 Benevento: match report
Cagliari defeated Benevento 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 25 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Paolo Faragò opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Paolo Faragò (9') and Leonardo Pavoletti (90+5'). Benevento scored through P. Iemmello (90+4', penalty).
Discipline: Cagliari received 5 yellow cards; Benevento received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 6 points from 9 and Benevento 20th on 0 points from 9. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Benevento 20th with 21.
Cagliari lined up in a 3-5-2 and Benevento in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Leonardo Pavoletti of Cagliari (8.0), ahead of Paolo Faragò (7.7).
Going into the match Cagliari's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Benevento's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Paolo Faragò
- 15'Yellow card · Gianluca Di Chiara
- 16'Missed penalty · Marco Sau
- 28'Yellow card · Paolo Faragò
- 55'Yellow card · Onur Cinel
- 76'Yellow card · Simone Padoin
- 83'Yellow card · Nicolò Barella
- 88'Yellow card · Leonardo Pavoletti
- 90+4'Penalty goal · P. Iemmello
- 90+5'Goal · Leonardo Pavoletti
Team news
Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)
Rafael, Filippo Romagna, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Onur Cinel, Senna Miangue, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Marco Sau, Leonardo Pavoletti
Benevento line-up (3-4-3)
Alberto Brignoli, Berat Djimsiti, Gianluca Di Chiara, Luca Antei, Gaetano Letizia, Danilo Cataldi, Raman Chibsah, Achraf Lazaar, Amato Ciciretti, Ledian Memushaj, Pietro Iemmello