Novara 3-1 Cesena: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Novara 3-1 Cesena

Serie B · Saturday 17 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Novara 3-1 Cesena: match report

Novara defeated Cesena 3-1 in Serie B on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.

G. Sansone opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Novara's goals came from G. Sansone (21'), G. Scognamiglio (39') and Alexander Belinger (41'). Cesena scored through Luca Garritano (81').

Discipline: Novara received 1 yellow card; Cesena received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Novara were 11th on 22 points from 18 and Cesena 18th on 19 points from 18. Novara went on to finish that season 9th with 56 points, and Cesena 12th with 53.

Novara lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cesena in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Novara win, 2 draws and 1 for Cesena.

Going into the match Novara's last five read D-W-D-L-W and Cesena's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · G. SansoneNovara · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Camillo CianoCesena
  • 33'Yellow card · Moussa KonéCesena
  • 39'Goal · G. ScognamiglioNovara · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Alexander BelingerNovara · 3-0
  • 47'Yellow card · A. LigiCesena
  • 52'Yellow card · A. BalzanoCesena
  • 77'Yellow card · G. ScognamiglioNovara
  • 81'Goal · Luca GarritanoCesena · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Novara 1, draws 2, Cesena 1.

Team news

Novara line-up (3-5-2)

David Da Costa, Magnus Troest, Andrea Mantovani, Gennaro Scognamiglio, Lorenzo Dickmann, Marco Calderoni, Nicolas Viola, Federico Casarini, Paolo Faragò, Andrey Gălăbinov, Gianluca Sansone

Cesena line-up (4-3-3)

Michael Agazzi, Antonio Balzano, Michele Rigione, Alessandro Ligi, Francesco Renzetti, Karim Laribi, Luca Garritano, Andrea Schiavone, Moussa Koné, Camillo Ciano, Milan Djuric