Benevento 1-2 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018

Result

Benevento 1-2 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 18 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Benevento · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Benevento 1-2 Cagliari: match report

Benevento lost to Cagliari 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Enrico Brignola opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Benevento's goal came from Enrico Brignola (46'). Cagliari scored through Leonardo Pavoletti (90+1') and Nicolò Barella (90+6', penalty).

Discipline: Benevento received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benevento were 20th on 10 points from 27 and Cagliari 15th on 26 points from 27. Benevento went on to finish that season 20th with 21 points, and Cagliari 16th with 39.

Benevento lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Ceppitelli of Cagliari (7.8), ahead of Nicolò Barella (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benevento wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cagliari.

Going into the match Benevento's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Cagliari's D-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Leandro CastánCagliari
  • 38'Yellow card · Paolo FaragòCagliari
  • 46'Goal · Enrico BrignolaBenevento · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Enrico BrignolaBenevento
  • 66'Yellow card · Danilo CataldiBenevento
  • 90+1'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiCagliari · 1-1
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Nicolò BarellaCagliari · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benevento 0, draws 0, Cagliari 1.

Team news

Benevento line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Puggioni, Gaetano Letizia, Berat Djimsiti, Alin Toșca, Bacary Sagna, Nicolas Viola, Sandro, Filip Djuricic, Guilherme, Enrico Brignola, Massimo Coda

Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)

Alessio Cragno, Leandro Castán, Luca Ceppitelli, Filippo Romagna, Senna Miangue, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Leonardo Pavoletti, Han Kwang-Sŏng