Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 7, 2015
Cagliari LLDLL 0
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Sampdoria LDLDW 2
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Luigi Ferraris · 21,127 att.

Match Report

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Samuel Eto'o scores his first goal for Sampdoria win win over Cagliari

Samuel Eto'o opened his goalscoring account for Sampdoria in a 2-0 home victory over Cagliari that boosted the Ligurian club into a share of fifth place.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
47.1
Possession
52.9
10
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
378
Accurate Passes
438
466
Passes
532
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
35
Long Balls
68
11
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
16
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
23
27
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CAG leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SAM · 4-3-3

  1. 2Emiliano VivianoG
  2. 5Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 26Matías SilvestreCD-R
  4. 19Vasco ReginiLB
  5. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRB
  6. 17Angelo PalomboCM
  7. 14Pedro ObiangLM
  8. 30Afriyie AcquahRM
  9. 99Samuel Eto'oF
  10. 23ÉderLF
  11. 24Luis MurielRF

CAG · 4-3-3

  1. 44Zeljko BrkicG
  2. 33Marco CapuanoCD-L
  3. 15Luca RossettiniCD-R
  4. 8Danilo AvelarLB
  5. 2Alejandro GonzálezRB
  6. 4Lorenzo CrisetigCM
  7. 7Andrea CossuLM
  8. 16Daniele DessenaRM
  9. 9Sam LongF
  10. 40M'Poku Paul-JoséLF
  11. 17Diego FariasRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Sampdoria 1, Cagliari 0. Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luis Muriel with a cross following a corner.
  2. 35' Danilo Avelar (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Andrea Cossu (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Afriyie Acquah (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' Alessio Romagnoli (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Sampdoria. Stefano Okaka replaces Luis Muriel.
  7. 61' Substitution, Cagliari. Marco Sau replaces Daniele Dessena.
  8. 67' Substitution, Sampdoria. Roberto Soriano replaces Afriyie Acquah.
  9. 72' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Cagliari 0. Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matías Silvestre.
  10. 77' Substitution, Cagliari. Josef Husbauer replaces Lorenzo Crisetig.
  11. 82' Second yellow card to Danilo Avelar (Cagliari) for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Sampdoria. Alfred Duncan replaces Samuel Eto'o.
  13. 86' Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Ceppitelli replaces Alejandro González.

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