Benevento vs Cesena 2-0

Benevento beat Cesena 2-0 at Stadio Ciro Vigorito, with Antonis Siatounis and substitute Luigi Cherubini scoring either side of the break. Cherubini wrapped it up three minutes into stoppage time after coming off the bench on 79 minutes.

Benevento took the lead in the 25th minute when Antonis Siatounis finished from David Okereke to make it 1-0. Christian Kouan was booked in the 44th minute, and Cesena made two changes at half-time, sending on Matteo Guidi for Emil Bohinen and Antonio Fiori for Marco Dalla Vecchia. The interval score was 1-0.

Cesena had a goal ruled out by VAR on 51 minutes for Dimitri Bisoli, and the visitors kept chasing an equaliser through a series of changes. Benevento answered with a double substitution on 79 minutes, as David Okereke went off for Luigi Cherubini and Edoardo Pierozzi made way for Raffaele Romano, before Cherubini scored from Pietro Saio in stoppage time to make it 2-0. Benevento also sent on Christian Dalle Mura on 62 minutes and Pier Luigi Simonetti on 84 minutes as it saw out the win.

The numbers pointed to a game that did not follow possession. Cesena had 57% of the ball and 455 passes to Benevento's 344, but Benevento had 17 shots to 11, 6 on target to 1, and 0.97 expected goals to 0.51. The home side also had 5 corners apiece, fewer offsides at 2 to 5, and more saves, 3 to 1.

Benevento were booked five times. Christian Kouan saw yellow on 44 minutes, Luigi Cherubini on 81, and Raffaele Romano, Stefano Scognamillo and Francesco Salvemini all went into the book on 85 and 86 minutes. Cesena had no bookings and no red cards were shown.