Sampdoria 1-2 Cesena: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 13 September 2025
Result
Sampdoria 1-2 Cesena
Serie B · Saturday 13 September 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sampdoria 1-2 Cesena: match report
Sampdoria were beaten by Cesena 1-2 in Serie B on Saturday 13 September 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Michele Castagnetti opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sampdoria's goal came from Nikolas Ioannou (90+2'). Cesena scored through Michele Castagnetti (37') and Giovanni Zaro (53').
Discipline: Sampdoria received 4 yellow cards; Cesena received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sampdoria were 20th on 0 points from 2 and Cesena 5th on 4 points from 2. Sampdoria went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.
Sampdoria lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cesena in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giovanni Zaro of Cesena (7.8), ahead of Michele Castagnetti (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sampdoria wins, 2 draws and 2 for Cesena.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Stipe Vulikic
- 24'Yellow card · Alessandro Pio Riccio
- 37'Goal · Michele Castagnetti
- 53'Goal · Giovanni Zaro
- 57'Yellow card · Liam Henderson
- 71'Yellow card · Cristian Shpendi
- 82'Yellow card · Tommaso Berti
- 86'Yellow card · Fabio Depaoli
- 90+2'Goal · Nikolas Ioannou
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sampdoria line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Lorenzo Venuti, Alessandro Riccio, Stipe Vulikic, Nikolas Ioannou, Oliver Abildgaard, Liam Henderson, Francesco Conti, Antonín Barák, Estanis Pedrola, Massimo Coda
Cesena line-up (3-5-2)
Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Massimiliano Mangraviti, Riccardo Ciervo, Dimitri Bisoli, Michele Castagnetti, Tommaso Berti, Gianluca Frabotta, Jalen Blesa, Cristian Shpendi