Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cagliari 4th with 60 points, Benevento 20th with 35, 25 apart. The last five rounds placed Benevento 13th in the league for form — higher than their 20th in the standings. Per game in the league, Cagliari were scoring 1.32 and conceding 0.89, Benevento 0.87 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Benevento. From the last five rounds, Cagliari held 10 points of 15 and Benevento 1.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cagliari 4, draws 0, Benevento 1, at 3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Sardegna Arena in Cagliari staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,233. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.