
Sampdoria vs Cesena, 2014-15 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ASampdoria suffer surprise draw with Cesena but move up to fourth
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Ambitious Sampdoria were held to an unlikely goalless draw by Cesena on Saturday but used the point to take a share of fourth place in the Serie A table.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Foul by Emmanuel Cascione (Cesena).
- 2': Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 3': Corner, Cesena. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 4': Foul by Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena).
- 4': Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Emmanuel Cascione.
- 7': Alejandro Rodriguez (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria).
- 9': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria).
- 9': Franco Brienza (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Davide Succi (Cesena) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria).
- 11': Attempt saved. Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Éder.
- 11': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Massimo Volta.
- 12': Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Foul by Gabriele Perico (Cesena).
- 13': Foul by Luigi Giorgi (Cesena).
- 13': Pedro Obiang (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria).
- 14': Massimo Volta (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Emmanuel Cascione.
- 33': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Luka Krajnc.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luigi Giorgi.
- 18': Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 18': Foul by Davide Succi (Cesena).
- 20': Attempt saved. Alejandro Rodriguez (Cesena) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Franco Brienza.
- 21': Attempt missed. Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 22': Hand ball by Davide Succi (Cesena).
- 23': Attempt blocked. Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Eto'o.
- 23': Davide Succi (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria).
- 24': Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Davide Succi (Cesena).
- 24': Attempt blocked. Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Muriel.
- 24': Attempt missed. Éder (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 27': Offside, Sampdoria. Djamel Mesbah tries a through ball, but Stefano Okaka is caught offside.
- 30': Attempt saved. Alejandro Rodriguez (Cesena) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luigi Giorgi.
- 30': Foul by Gabriele Perico (Cesena).
- 30': Éder (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Gabriele Perico (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Alejandro Rodriguez.
- 33': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Emmanuel Cascione.
- 34': Foul by Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena).
- 34': Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Davide Succi (Cesena).
- 37': Attempt missed. Éder (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Eto'o.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Djamel Mesbah.
- 40': Offside, Sampdoria. Pedro Obiang tries a through ball, but Stefano Okaka is caught offside.
- 41': Alessio Romagnoli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Franco Brienza (Cesena).
- 42': Attempt missed. Éder (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
- 43': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Emmanuel Cascione.
- 44': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Davide Succi.
- 45': Attempt missed. Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Sampdoria 0, Cesena 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sampdoria 0, Cesena 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 0, Cesena 0.
- 48': Attempt missed. Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Éder.
- 49': Foul by Éder (Sampdoria).
- 49': Franco Brienza (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Corner, Cesena. Conceded by Djamel Mesbah.
- 53': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Luka Krajnc.
- 54': Attempt missed. Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Eto'o with a cross following a corner.
- 57': Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Foul by Franco Brienza (Cesena).
- 58': Alejandro Rodriguez (Cesena) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria).
- 59': Alejandro Rodriguez (Cesena) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria).
- 59': Matías Silvestre (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Substitution, Cesena. Gregoire Defrel replaces Alejandro Rodriguez.
- 61': Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Foul by Davide Succi (Cesena).
- 62': Corner, Cesena. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
- 63': Corner, Cesena. Conceded by Djamel Mesbah.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Gregoire Defrel (Cesena) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 64': Delay in match Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) because of an injury.
- 64': Delay in match Stefano Lucchini (Cesena) because of an injury.
- 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Muriel.
- 68': Substitution, Sampdoria. Joaquin Correa replaces Luis Muriel.
- 69': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Luka Krajnc.
- 71': Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Gabriele Perico (Cesena).
- 73': Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 74': Foul by Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena).
- 74': Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Joaquin Correa (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 75': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Gabriele Perico.
- 75': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Gregoire Defrel.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Alessio Romagnoli (Sampdoria) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Joaquin Correa with a cross.
- 76': Foul by Stefano Lucchini (Cesena).
- 76': Éder (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Luka Krajnc (Cesena) is shown the yellow card.
- 77': Substitution, Cesena. Zé Eduardo replaces Gaby Mudingayi.
- 78': Foul by Zé Eduardo (Cesena).
- 78': Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Gabriele Perico.
- 82': Attempt missed. Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Éder.
- 84': Substitution, Cesena. Riccardo Cazzola replaces Luigi Giorgi.
- 85': Attempt missed. Éder (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
- 86': Substitution, Sampdoria. Roberto Soriano replaces Angelo Palombo.
- 86': Attempt saved. Gregoire Defrel (Cesena) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 87': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Massimo Volta.
- 89': Attempt saved. Djamel Mesbah (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
- 89': Foul by Emmanuel Cascione (Cesena).
- 89': Joaquin Correa (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joaquin Correa.
- 90'+3': Foul by Gabriele Perico (Cesena).
- 90'+3': Éder (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sampdoria 0, Cesena 0.
Statistics
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SAM![]() |
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19 | Fouls | 8 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 2 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 14 |
3 | Saves | 3 |
38.1 | Possession | 61.9 |
5 | SHOTS | 18 |
3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
0.6 | On Target % | 0.2 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
214 | Accurate Passes | 388 |
303 | Passes | 471 |
0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 11 |
12 | Crosses | 40 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
61 | Long Balls | 69 |
21 | Accurate Long Balls | 43 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
17 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
24 | Tackles | 13 |
0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
0 | Interceptions | 0 |
53 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
53 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 21,182
Serie A Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Napoli | 3 | +5 | 9 |
2 | Juventus | 3 | +4 | 9 |
3 | Cremonese | 3 | +2 | 7 |
4 | Udinese | 3 | +2 | 7 |
Line-Ups
Sampdoria (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
5 | Alessio Romagnoli |
26 | Matías Silvestre ![]() |
3 | Djamel Mesbah |
2 | Emiliano Viviano |
29 | Lorenzo De Silvestri |
99 | Samuel Eto'o |
17 | Angelo Palombo |
14 | Pedro Obiang |
9 | Stefano Okaka ![]() |
23 | Éder |
24 | Luis Muriel |
Cesena (4-3-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
30 | Federico Agliardi (GK) |
15 | Luka Krajnc ![]() |
14 | Massimo Volta |
6 | Stefano Lucchini |
24 | Gabriele Perico ![]() |
9 | Alejandro Rodriguez |
26 | Gaby Mudingayi ![]() |
11 | Franco Brienza |
34 | Emmanuel Cascione |
5 | Luigi Giorgi |
19 | Davide Succi |
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