Cesena 3-1 Catanzaro: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2026

Result

Cesena 3-1 Catanzaro

Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cesena · Catanzaro · Serie B predictions

Cesena 3-1 Catanzaro: match report

Cesena defeated Catanzaro 3-1 in Serie B on Saturday 21 March 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mattia Liberali opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Cesena's goals came from Alberto Cerri (59'), Matteo Piacentini (72') and Tommaso Berti (90+4'). Catanzaro scored through Mattia Liberali (34').

Discipline: Cesena received 4 yellow cards; Catanzaro received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cesena were 8th on 40 points from 31 and Catanzaro 5th on 52 points from 30. Cesena went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Catanzaro 5th with 68.

Cesena lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Catanzaro in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommaso Berti of Cesena (8.1), ahead of Alberto Cerri (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cesena wins, 0 draws and 3 for Catanzaro.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Mattia LiberaliCatanzaro · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Alberto CerriCesena · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Tommaso CorazzaCesena
  • 72'Goal · Matteo PiacentiniCesena · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Alberto CerriCesena
  • 82'Yellow card · Giovanni ZaroCesena
  • 87'Red card · Patrick NuamahCatanzaro
  • 87'Yellow card · Marco OlivieriCesena
  • 90+4'Goal · Tommaso BertiCesena · 3-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Pietro IemmelloCatanzaro

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cesena 3, draws 0, Catanzaro 3.

Team news

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

Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Matteo Piacentini, Tommaso Corazza, Dimitri Bisoli, Simone Bastoni, Riccardo Ciervo, Tommaso Berti, Cristian Shpendi, Giacomo Vrioni

Catanzaro line-up (3-4-3)

Mirko Pigliacelli, Tommaso Cassandro, Matias Antonini, Nicolò Brighenti, Costantino Favasuli, Jacopo Petriccione, Simone Pontisso, Gabriele Alesi, Mattia Liberali, Filippo Pittarello, Pietro Iemmello