Sudtirol vs Cesena 1-1

Sudtirol and Cesena drew 1-1 at Stadio Druso after Fabio Rispoli put the hosts ahead and Cristian Shpendi levelled after the break.

Rispoli opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, turning in Simone Tronchin’s cross to make it 1-0. That remained the half-time score after a first period that also brought a booking for Tronchin in the 37th minute and a change at the break, when Federico Davi made way for Simone Davì.

Cesena levelled in the 65th minute through Shpendi, who finished from Dimitri Bisoli’s cross after Bisoli had come on in the 59th minute. The visitors had already made two changes in the 59th minute, while Sudtirol made two on 63 minutes, and Cesena later made two more changes on 72 minutes. Cesena pressed for a winner in the second half, but Sudtirol held on for the point after the equaliser.

Cesena had 54% of the ball, 508 passes to Sudtirol’s 434 and more shots, 25 to 16, with 7 on target to 3. They also led the xG count 2.4 to 1.35 and won 4 corners to 2, while Sudtirol’s 7 saves pointed to the pressure they faced. Fouls finished 10-10, and Cesena were caught offside 6 times to none for Sudtirol.

Sudtirol’s only booking went to Simone Tronchin in the 37th minute. Cesena were shown four yellow cards, for Massimiliano Mangraviti in the 49th minute, Gianluca Frabotta in the 69th, Mihajlo Ilic in the 86th and Matteo Francesconi three minutes into stoppage time.