REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sassuolo defeats Juventus 4-2. Juventus lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the collaboration of Edoardo Raspollini and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Simone Sozza. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was hot at 26.33 degrees Celsius or 79.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Juventus had a strong ball possession 58% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Juventus was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Sassuolo managed to find the solution to win this match.
Sassuolo shot 18 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Juventus shot 15 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards (Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti, Daniel Boloca and Matías Viña). Regarding the opposition, Juventus received 2 yellow cards (Adrien Rabiot and Danilo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will have 6 points like Atalanta to hold in the 11th place. On the other side, Juventus will stay with 10 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Atalanta on the 18th of February with a 17-4 head to head statistic in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Juventus will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 18th of February with a 12-3 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (4 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Alessio Dionisi decided to play with the following team: Alessio Cragno
, Jeremy Toljan , Martin Erlić , Ruan , Matías Viña , Daniel Boloca , Matheus Henrique , Domenico Berardi , Nedim Bajrami , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .The home team had on the bench: Samuele Mulattieri, Cristian Volpato, Mattia Viti
, Filippo Missori, Samu Castillejo , Emil Konradsen Ceide, Grégoire Defrel , Gian Marco Ferrari, Uroš Račić, Marcus Pedersen , Pedro Obiang, Kristian Thorstvedt, Daniel Theiner and Gianluca Pegolo.Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Ruan for Mattia Viti (46′), Nedim Bajrami for Grégoire Defrel (85′), Armand Laurienté for Marcus Pedersen (85′), Andrea Pinamonti for Samu Castillejo (85′) and Matías Viña for Gian Marco Ferrari (90′).
Best player: Matheus Henrique
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Matheus Henrique even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10.Juventus – Formation
Juventus started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczęsny
, Federico Gatti , Bremer , Danilo , Weston McKennie , Fabio Miretti , Manuel Locatelli , Adrien Rabiot , Filip Kostić , Dušan Vlahović and Federico Chiesa .These were the players on the bench: Nicolò Fagioli
, Mattia Perin, Daniele Rugani, Dean Huijsen, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, Arkadiusz Milik , Moise Kean , Samuel Iling , Timothy Weah , Carlo Pinsoglio and Andrea Cambiaso.Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: Filip Kostić for Samuel Iling (46′), Weston McKennie for Timothy Weah (60′), Fabio Miretti for Nicolò Fagioli (46′), Dušan Vlahović for Moise Kean (76′) and Manuel Locatelli for Arkadiusz Milik (83′).
Best player: Federico Chiesa
The most impressive player for Juventus was Federico Chiesa.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.