Cesena vs Novara, 2016/17 Italian Serie B, 2016/2017 Italian Serie B

· Italian Serie B

Cesena

FT
0 - 1

Novara

37': Federico Macheda
73': Francesco Bolzoni

About

Cesena are hosting Novara at Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

23': Alessandro Ligi (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': Substitution, Cesena. Giuseppe Panico replaces Andrea Cocco because of an injury.
37': Goal! Cesena 0, Novara 1. Federico Macheda (Novara) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Orlandi.
53': Lorenzo Montipò (Novara) is shown the yellow card.
58': Francesco Bolzoni (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Andrea Orlandi (Novara) is shown the yellow card.
70': Substitution, Cesena. Moussa Koné replaces Nunzio Di Roberto.
73': Second yellow card to Francesco Bolzoni (Novara) for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Novara. Magnus Troest replaces Andrea Orlandi.
75': Substitution, Novara. Filippo Nardi replaces Federico Macheda.
80': Marco Calderoni (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84': Substitution, Novara. Antonio Lukanovic replaces Gianluca Sansone.
90'+3': Substitution, Cesena. Mattia Vitale replaces Alessandro Ligi.
90'+4': Antonio Lukanovic (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi
Location: Cesena, Italy
Attendance: 11,697

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Palermo	3	+4	9
2	Sudtirol	4	+3	8
3	Mantova	3	+3	7
4	Modena	4	+3	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cesena (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Federico Agliardi (GK)
25	Daniele Capelli
27	Alessandro Ligi
2	Romano Perticone
7	Luca Garritano
6	Marco Crimi
5	Karim Laribi
33	Francesco Renzetti
34	Nunzio Di Roberto
9	Alejandro Rodriguez
11	Andrea Cocco

Cesena Substitutes:

Andrea Schiavone, Lorenzo Bardini, Michele Rigione, Daniele Cavallari, Isaac Donkor, Giuseppe Panico, Mattia Vitale, Carmine Setola, Moussa Kone.

Novara (3-5-2)

No.	Name
25	Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
3	Andrea Mantovani
8	Marco Chiosa
17	Edoardo Lancini
29	Andrea Orlandi
19	Francesco Bolzoni
28	Ransford Selasi
27	Marco Calderoni
20	Tomasz Kupisz
18	Gianluca Sansone
10	Federico Macheda

Novara Substitutes:

Filippo Nardi, Francesco Di Mariano, Krisztián Adorján, Philipp Koch, Moutir Chajia, Antonio Lukanovic, Elia Benedettini, Magnus Troest, Andrej Galabinov.

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