REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sassuolo tops Cagliari 1-0 after A. Harroui scored just 1 goal (18′).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the support of Stefano Del Giovane and Gabriele Nuzzi. The 4th official was Francesco Meraviglia. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.4 degrees Celsius or 38.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sassuolo was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Cagliari that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cagliari was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Sassuolo managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Sassuolo shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (G. M. Ferrari). On the opposite side, Cagliari received 1 yellow card (A. Obert).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Sassuolo has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. On the opposite side, Cagliari stays with points (0th).
Next matches
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: Gianluca Pegolo
, Mert Müldür , Ruan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Abdou Harroui , Francesco Magnanelli , Grégoire Defrel , Giacomo Raspadori , Giorgos Kyriakopoulos and Gianluca Scamacca .The home team had on the bench: Edoardo Pieragnolo, Vlad Chiricheş, Federico Peluso
, Andrea Consigli, Salim Abubakar, Yeferson Paz, Asan Mata, Davide Frattesi , Maxime López , Christian Aucelli and Giacomo Satalino.Substitutions
Sassuolo made 3 changes: F. Magnanelli for M. Lopez (46′), G. Scamacca for D. Frattesi (69′) and G. Kyriakopoulos for F. Peluso (74′).
Best player: Rogério
The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Rogério even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 50 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Walter Mazzarri played with: Boris Radunović
, Giorgio Altare , Andrea Carboni , Adam Obert , Gabriele Zappa , Nahitan Nández , Riccardo Ladinetti , Christos Kourfalidis , Dalbert , Luca Gagliano and Leonardo Pavoletti .The following players were sitting on the bench: Luigi Palomba, Lisandru Tramoni, Gastón Pereiro
, Jacopo Desogus , Eldin Lolic, Edoardo Goldaniga , Nicolò Cavuoti and Iurie Iovu.Substitutions
Cagliari made 4 changes: G. Altare for E. Goldaniga (46′), L. Gagliano for G. Pereiro (68′), C. Kourfalidis for J. Desogus (78′) and R. Ladinetti for N. Cavuoti (87′).
Best player: Boris Radunović
The most impressive player for Cagliari was the goalkeeper: Boris Radunović. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Coppa Italia.