REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sassuolo succeeded in turn the table against Venezia. It was Venezia to score first with a goal from D. Okereke. However, later Sassuolo found the way to turn the table scoring 3 consecutive goals with D. Berardi (37′), T. Henry (50′) and D. Frattesi (67′). Sassuolo was vastly superior ball possession (63%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Di Martino with the assistance of Niccolò Pagliardini and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sassuolo had a strong ball possession 63% while Venezia was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sassuolo won the match.
Sassuolo shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Venezia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Rogerio). On the other side, Venezia received 2 yellow cards (T. Henry and D. Crnigoj).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will have 11 points like Torino to stay in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Venezia will stay with 8 points like Hellas Verona to stay in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away with Juventus on the 27th of October with a 12-1 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (3 draws).
Venezia will host Salernitana on the 26th of October with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Salernitana (2 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
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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: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Vlad Chiricheş , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Maxime López , Domenico Berardi , Giacomo Raspadori , Filip Đuričić and Gianluca Scamacca .
The home team had on the bench: Federico Peluso, Hamed Junior Traorè , Matheus Henrique , Giacomo Satalino, Edoardo Goldaniga, Gianluca Pegolo, Mert Müldür , Grégoire Defrel , Francesco Magnanelli, Kaan Ayhan , Abdou Harroui and Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of H. J. Traore (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: F. Djuricic for H. J. Traore (28′), V. Chiriches for K. Ayhan (69′), G. Scamacca for G. Defrel (69′), D. Frattesi for M. Muldur (83′) and D. Berardi for Matheus Henrique (83′).
Best player: Hamed Junior Traorè
The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Hamed Junior Traorè even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 45 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 28′.
Venezia – Formation
Venezia
Venezia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Regarding the opposition, Paolo Zanetti played with: Sergio Romero , Tyronne Ebuehi , Michael Svoboda , Pietro Ceccaroni , Ridgeciano Haps , Domen Črnigoj , Ethan Ampadu , Gianluca Busio , Sofian Kiyine , David Okereke and Thomas Henry .
They had on the bench: Marco Modolo, Niki Mäenpää, Dor Peretz , Francesco Forte , Cristian Molinaro, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Arnór Sigurðsson , Filippo Neri, Pasquale Mazzocchi , David Schnegg, Tanner Tessmann and Mattia Caldara.
Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: G. Busio for D. Peretz (46′), T. Henry for F. Forte (58′), D. Crnigoj for A. Sigurdsson (58′), T. Ebuehi for P. Mazzocchi (68′) and E. Ampadu for T. Tessmann (68′).
Best player: Ethan Ampadu
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Ethan Ampadu.
His rating is with 47 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
