Cesena 3-1 Novara: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2012
Result
Cesena 3-1 Novara
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Cesena 3-1 Novara: match report
Cesena won against Novara 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 15 January 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.
Adrian Mutu opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Cesena's goals came from Adrian Mutu (20'), Adrian Mutu (39', penalty) and an own goal by Leandro Rinaudo (45'). Novara scored through Takayuki Morimoto (89').
Discipline: Cesena received 2 yellow cards; Novara received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cesena were 19th on 12 points from 17 and Novara 18th on 12 points from 17. Cesena went on to finish that season 20th with 22 points, and Novara 19th with 32.
Cesena lined up in a 4-4-2 and Novara in a 5-3-2.
Going into the match Cesena's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Novara's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · P. Dellafiore
- 20'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 37'Yellow card · Marco Rigoni
- 39'Penalty goal · Adrian Mutu
- 42'Yellow card · Roberto Guana
- 45'Own goal · Leandro Rinaudo
- 61'Yellow card · Leandro Rinaudo
- 62'Missed penalty · Antonio Candreva
- 69'Yellow card · M. Paci
- 78'Yellow card · Steve von Bergen
- 89'Goal · Takayuki Morimoto
Team news
Cesena line-up (4-4-2)
Francesco Antonioli, Guillermo Rodríguez, Marco Rossi, Gianluca Comotto, Steve von Bergen, Luca Ceccarelli, Roberto Guana, Antonio Candreva, Marco Parolo, Éder, Adrian Mutu
Novara line-up (5-3-2)
Samir Ujkani, Giuseppe Gemiti, Michel Morganella, Paolo Dellafiore, Leandro Rinaudo, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Ivan Radovanović, Giuseppe Mascara, Andrea Caracciolo, Marco Rigoni, Massimo Paci