Serie A – Match 7 of 10: Cagliari vs Chievo

Result: 2 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Cagliari: Leonardo Pavoletti 15′, Lucas Castro 59′
  • Chievo: Mariusz Stepinski 79′

Match Statistics:

Cagliari Team Stats Chievo
15 Shots 12
3 Shots On Target 3
48% Possession 52%
473 Passes 505
81% Pass Accuracy 83%
16 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
8 Corners 2

Highlights:

  • Lucas Castro got the victor against his old club, as Chievo’s emergency increased with a 2-1 overcome away to Cagliari.
  • This was an dogfight and Rolando Maran confronted the side that terminated him in the last a long time of last season. His substitution, Lorenzo D’Anna, was sacked a little while back and Giampiero Ventura made his presentation with a 5-1 home whipping because of Atalanta.
  • Considering Chievo began the crusade with a 3-point penalty for false bookkeeping, and it is sheltered to state this has not been the best beginning.

  • Darijo Srna came back from damage for the Sardinians, however Ragnar Klavan, Diego Farias and Lykogiannis were still out. Chievo missed Fabrizio Cacciatore and Nenad Tomovic, in spite of the fact that Emanuele Giaccherini was accessible for a spot on the seat. The Flying Donkeys were still without a triumph this season, their most exceedingly bad beginning since their relegation in 2006-07.
  • Cagliari had just beaten Chievo four times in their aggregate 24 Serie A gatherings, with one win and three draws the last 12 experiences.

  • The hosts pushed from the begin, with two or three Nicolò Barella long-go endeavors, at that point Leonardo Pavoletti’s gymnastic volley was avoided wide after Joao Pedro ran after a goal kick.
  • Pavoletti did in the end get through with a trademark header from a Joao Pedro corner, jumping above Bani.
  • Lucas Castro saw a marvelous over-head kick pursued by Emanuele Giaccherini, however after the restart Giaccherini constrained a spare from the edge of the case and Riccardo Meggiorini’s header was well held.

  • Castro scored his first goal in a Cagliari shirt and he did it against his old club, releasing a rocket from more than 20 meters into the close best corner, putting a horrendous swerve on it.
  • Chievo created a few possibilities as time wore on, yet Valter Birsa pulled once again from the by-line for Emanuele Giaccherini to appallingly swell over from 12 yards absolutely plain.

  • The Sardinians did not notice the notice and Chievo got once again into the amusement, as Mariusz Stepinski was permitted a thoroughly free header from short proximity on Fabio Depaoli’s cross from the right.
  • Be that as it may, Cagliari clutched the last shriek and left Chievo on – 1 points.

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Serie A – Match 8 of 10: Milan vs Sampdoria

Result: 3 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Milan: Patrick Cutrone 17′, Gonzalo Higuain 36′, Suso 62′
  • Sampdoria: Riccardo Saponara 21′, Fabio Quagliarella 31′

Match Statistics:

Milan Team Stats Sampdoria
15 Shots 7
6 Shots On Target 2
45% Possession 55%
509 Passes 608
87% Pass Accuracy 88%
13 Fouls 10
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
5 Corners 1

Highlights:

Serie A

  • Patrick Cutrone scored one, helped another and saw Suso’s shocker give Milan the 3-2 triumph over Sampdoria, as the new 4-4-2 framework satisfied in today’s Serie A match.
  • The Rossoneri changed to 4-4-2 with Patrick Cutrone and Gonzalo Higuain forthright, Suso and Diego Laxalt wide, after consecutive thrashings against Inter and Real Betis.
  • Mattia Caldara and Giacomo Bonaventura were out harmed, while Franck Kessie shook off a knee issue to begin. Samp picked ex-Milan youth institute item Riccardo Saponara in the trequartista job.

  • Sampdoria had lost four of their past six gatherings with Milan, home and away in Serie A, triumphant the other two.
  • Gonzalo Higuain hit the side-netting on a corner, yet Suso whipped a cross in from the privilege for Cutrone’s transcending header at the back post. It was the 20-year-old striker’s first beginning of the season and his 5th goal in all opposition.
  • Notwithstanding, Sampdoria hit with their first endeavor to level. Fabio Quagliarella started the counter, Saponara controlled the go with a great first touch, cut inside Davide Calabria and set a snooker-shot into the far base corner.

  • It was an exceptional minute for the ex-Rossoneri youth player, his first goal in a Blucerchiati pullover, yet additionally affirmed Milan are the main side in Serie A this season without a perfect sheet.
  • Sampdoria lost Nicola Murru to a solid issue, however turned the diversion on its head with Quagliarella. Toward the finish of a long passing move, Saponara glided a ball over the finish to locate Quagliarella’s awe inspiring volley off within the left boot. It was just the veteran’s second vocation goal against Milan.

  • Higuain endeavored to do everything himself and kept running past a gathering of safeguards for a low drive, yet Emil Audero palmed it out of the far base corner.
  • He got the equalizer after a give-and-run with Cutrone, impacting in from a tight point past on-hurrying Audero.
  • Gianluigi Donnarumma played out an incredible response save money on Saponara’s overhead kick, yet the Samp man was offside. Straight after the restart, Audero spilled an intense Higuain volley and got it back under control before Cutrone could jump and the Samp goalkeeper likewise palmed a Suso strike round the base of the upright.

  • Gregoire Defrel pulled up with a speculated thigh strain and cleared a path for Dawid Kownacki, yet it was Milan who reestablished their unique lead through a Suso shocker. He cut inside and released a left-foot scorcher from the edge of the case.
  • Sampdoria had yielded 4 goals all season, yet three of every one go at San Siro. Cutrone hit the back of the net once more, yet simply after he’d jumped over his marker.
  • Davide Calabria ran off with a sprained lower leg and Diego Laxalt was extremely unfortunate not to include a fourth goal when he twice neglected to benefit as much as possible from Suso’s chipped draw once again from the by-line, scraping the header and packaging the bounce back on to the upright from point-clear range.

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Serie A – Match 9 of 10: Napoli vs Roma

Result: 1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Napoli: Dries Mertens 90′
  • Roma: Stephan El Shaarawy 14′

Match Statistics:

Napoli Team Stats Roma 
26 Shots 8
5 Shots On Target 4
63% Possession 37%
655 Passes 410
89% Pass Accuracy 79%
7 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
10 Offsides 1
17 Corners 3

Highlights:

Serie A

  • It was a Napoli attack for right around a hour and a half, yet Dries Mertens just grabbed a late equalizer after Stephan El Shaarawy’s opener for Roma in this Serie A encounter.
  • The Derby del Sole has dependably been an energetic undertaking and an unpleasant contention. Carlo Ancelotti confronted Roma as a rival out of the blue since 2009 and decided on Arkadiusz Milik close by Lorenzo Insigne only days after a 2-2 Champions League draw at PSG.
  • Alessandro Florenzi, Javier Pastore and Diego Perotti were conveying thumps, so Davide Santon played at ideal back. Daniele De Rossi showed up, while Marek Hamsik coordinated Giuseppe Bruscolotti’s unequaled club record of 511 recreations in a Napoli pullover.

  • The commencement was postponed by a few minutes because of specialized issues with the VAR stall.
  • Fabian Ruiz went on a striking mazy hurried to spill past three players in the container and laid it off to Lorenzo Insigne, whose shot was redirected over by a frantic Kostas Manolas sliding square.
  • Edin Dzeko’s screamer from separation swerved at last to move far from the best corner, yet minutes after the fact Roma led the pack.
  • Cengiz Under pulled over from the by-line and Dzeko could not control it, however it propped up to Stephan El Shaarawy for a scraped complete in off within the close post from six yards. Kalidou Koulibaly endeavored to clear, however simply after it had effectively gone too far.

  • Arkadiusz Milik’s scorcher stung Robin Olsen’s gloves and Insigne was offside when he attempted to jump on the bounce back. Napoli began pouring forward in waves, as Milik felt he was pushed, Hamsik’s calculated push was beaten away by Olsen and afterward Milik’s looking header skimmed the far post.
  • Manolas made a definitive capture attempt to stop Milik tapping in a wayward Callejon exertion from five yards, on the other hand to counteract Insigne going clear.
  • For all their ownership and possibilities, Napoli nearly went 2-0 down on 35 minutes. Under’s help sent Dzeko clear, Ospina did sufficiently only to send him wide and the Bosnian still figured out how to guide it on focus from a tight edge, however Raul Albiol played out a goal line clearance.

  • Insigne’s strike from separation shrieked wide, yet Roma lost Daniele De Rossi to damage before half-time. Milik was then a small amount of a second past the point where it is possible to meet Callejon’s help from six yards.
  • Close to the restart, Olsen needed to palm a Callejon pull-once again from the by-line far from Milik. The Pole’s plunging header was run after by Juan Jesus in an attack on the Roma objective.
  • Callejon’s draw once again from the by-line on the hour check was swung on to the upright by Olsen’s leg, at that point Insigne impacted over a Fabian Ruiz help from 12 yards.
  • At the point when Napoli got the ball in the net, Callejon had meandered offside in the development. Substitute Dries Mertens had a similar issue on 82 minutes, got only offside as he turned and penetrated home.

  • It was a constant Napoli push in the second half, yet at the same time Roma clutched their lead, Olsen punching a cross far from Callejon that Insigne couldn’t control.
  • The attack in the end satisfied at the 90th moment, in spite of the fact that Napoli nearly got that one wrong as well. Insigne figured out how to keep a troublesome ball in at the by-line and force it back for Callejon, whose shocking mis-hit transformed into an incidental help for Mertens to tap in. The Belgian was faster to respond than the noticeably not 100 percent fit Aleksandar Kolarov.

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