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- 25′Benevento, goal:1–0assist
- 44′Benevento, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Cesena, substitution:off
- 46′Cesena, substitution:off
- 51′Cesena, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 62′Benevento, substitution:off
- 67′Cesena, substitution:off
- 68′Cesena, substitution:off
- 74′Cesena, yellow card:Alessandro DiamantiDissent
- 75′Cesena, substitution:off
- 79′Benevento, substitution:off
- 79′Benevento, substitution:off
- 81′Benevento, yellow card:Foul
- 84′Benevento, substitution:off
- 85′Benevento, yellow card:Foul
- 85′Benevento, yellow card:Dissent
- 86′Benevento, yellow card:Foul
- 90+3′Benevento, goal:2–0assist
- Full-time2 – 0
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Match report
Benevento beat Cesena 2-0 as Siatounis opens the scoring
Benevento beat Cesena 2-0 at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito in a Serie B Matchday 6 fixture, a result that left the hosts on 10 points after six games, seventh in the table. Cesena, who started the day tenth on seven points, found little to build on over the 90 minutes.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough arrived in the 25th minute. David Okereke supplied the pass and Antonis Siatounis finished to make it 1-0, a lead Benevento carried into the interval. Cesena, managed by Alessandro Diamanti, had the greater share of the ball across the match, with 57 per cent possession, but rarely turned it into danger.
Benevento held their advantage through the second half before sealing it deep into stoppage time. In the 90+3 minute, Pietro Saio set up Luigi Cherubini, whose goal made it 2-0 and ended any hope of a late Cesena response. Antonio Floro Flores's side finished with 18 shots to 11 and six on target to one.
Antonis Siatounis scored the opening goal and earned a match rating of 8.2, the highest of any player on the pitch. Pietro Beruatto (7.91) and David Okereke (7.59), who provided the assist for the first goal, were the next best rated.
Cesena managed just one shot on target from their 11 attempts, against six for Benevento from 18.
Benevento beat Cesena 2–0 (half-time 1–0).
Benevento met Cesena in the Serie B (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Saturday, 10 October 2026, 13:00 UTC at Stadio Ciro Vigorito. Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi.
Key moments
- 25' Goal: Antonis Siatounis (assist: David Okereke) — 1–0
- 90+3' Goal: Luigi Cherubini (assist: Pietro Saio) — 2–0
Starting line-ups
Benevento (4-5-1)
Cesena (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Benevento 42%, the draw 35%, Cesena 23%. It finished Benevento 2–0 Cesena.
Level sides, home ground counts for less here — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and Benevento's 42% is home ground and little else. The draw at 35% is helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Benevento in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1354 to 1347. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,702 home games (draw 27.7%, visitors 26.6%).
Why only 42%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Serie B home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (32.3% vs 25.4% norm) and away wins (26.0% vs 30.0%). Serie B homes won 41.7% of 4,063 games vs 44.6% across all 101,016 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Benevento's column. Across 11,252 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.7%, with draws up 1.4 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Cesena win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,118. Serie B runs draw-heavy, adding 6.9 points. Early-season fixtures add 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Benevento are newly promoted — game 6 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides are said to struggle, but our rating already carries most of it: across 3,012 first-ten games since 2016 they won 26.8% where the rating expected 28.1% — inside the noise band, below it in six of the ten full seasons we hold and about level last season. Cesena have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336).
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