Serie B (Week 27) : Cagliari beats Pescara 2-1
ITALY, Feb. 20, 2016 (AMP) — Serie B / Match day 27: Five wins in a row for Cagliari. After their success against Ternana, Avellino, Virtus Entella and Latina, the Rossoblu continued their sensational form in the Serie B with a 2-1 victory over Pescara this Saturday.
Pescara had started off well by taking the lead in the 2nd minute with a goal by Torreira Lucas. Trailing 1-0 at half time, the Rossoblu nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Farias Diego '61 and Lapadula Gianluca '68 own).
Cagliari remains in first place with 61 points from 27 games, a 6-point lead over runner-up FC Crotone, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Serie B table (as of February 20, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cagliari | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 24 | 28 | 61 |
| 2 | Crotone | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Pescara | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | Novara | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Cesena | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 43 |
| 6 | Bari | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Virtus Entella | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Spezia | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Brescia | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 38 | -1 | 39 |
| 10 | Avellino | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Ternana | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Perugia | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | Latina | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 33 |
| 14 | Trapani | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 33 |
| 15 | Livorno | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 31 |
| 16 | Ascoli | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 38 | -15 | 31 |
| 17 | Vicenza | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 30 |
| 18 | Modena | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 29 |
| 19 | Pro Vercelli | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 28 |
| 20 | Virtus Lanciano | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 28 |
| 21 | Salernitana | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 39 | -13 | 24 |
| 22 | Como | 27 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 42 | -19 | 21 |
Fixtures and Results : Serie B 2015-2016
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Overview
Cagliari
- Position: 1
- Best performance of the season:Cagliari 4-0 Crotone (7 Sep.)
- Previous game:Latina 1-3 Cagliari (13 Feb.)
- Next game:Cesena - Cagliari (26 Feb.)
Pescara Calcio
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Perugia 0-4 Pescara (24 Jan.)
- Previous game:Pescara 1-1 Vicenza (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Pescara - Ascoli (27 Feb.)
- 20 February 2016
- 15:00
- Cagliari
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cagliari | 61 |
| 2 |  Crotone | 55 |
| 3 | Pescara | 48 |
| 4 | Novara | 44 |
| 5 |  Cesena | 43 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 19 February 2016 | ||||
 | Bari | 0-0 | Latina |  |
| Saturday 20 February 2016 | ||||
 | Spezia | 2-0 | Virtus Lanciano |  |
| Cagliari | 2-1 | Pescara | |
 | Vicenza | 0-0 | Avellino |  |
 | Modena | 1-0 | Brescia |  |
 | Livorno | 1-1 | Cesena | |
| Novara | 1-2 | Ternana |  | |
| Ascoli | 1-0 | Como | ||
 | Pro Vercelli | 2-3 | Virtus Entella |  |
| Sunday 21 February 2016 | ||||
| Salernitana | 12:30 | Crotone | | |
| Monday 22 February 2016 | ||||
 | Perugia | 20:30 | Trapani |  |