LECCE, Italy (AP) — Andrea Belotti scored in each half as Cagliari beat Lecce 2-1 to record back-to-back wins in Serie A on Friday for the first time in more than a year.
Lecce started the game well and took the lead in the fifth minute when Riccardo Sottil skipped past the right back and crossed for Tiago Gabriel to head home.
But Belotti was in clinical form at the other end for the Sardinian club.
Marco Palestra's exquisite first touch from a Michael Folorunsho through pass gave him a split-second advantage and he squared to Belotti to lift over the goalkeeper minutes before halftime.
The well-travelled center forward made no mistake from the penalty spot in the second half to give the visitors all three points and lift them into fifth place.
Lecce remained on the bottom of the table with one point after four games, marking their worst start to a season since 2005.