REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sampdoria topped Sassuolo to win 2-1. It was Sampdoria to strike first with a goal of Manolo Gabbiadini at the 26′. Then Tommaso Augello scored again for Sampdoria in the 28′ minute. Eventually, Domenico Berardi reduced the distance for Sassuolo a penalty (64′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sassuolo was truly better in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia. The referee was Fabio Maresca with the help of Pietro Dei Giudici and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Luca Zufferli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sassuolo was in firm control of the ball 68% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Sampdoria was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sassuolo shot 17 times, 2 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Sampdoria shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards (Domenico Berardi and Rogério). Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (Ronaldo Vieira, Bruno Amione and Daniele Montevago).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will stay with 16 points to remain in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Sampdoria will have 9 points to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away with Milan on the 29th of January with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Milan (3 draws).
Sampdoria will play away agasint Atalanta on the 28th of January with a 13-13 head to head stats.
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
87'
81'
64'
Sassuolo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alessio Dionisi decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Ruan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Matheus Henrique , Kristian Thorstvedt , Domenico Berardi , Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente .
The home team had on the bench: Agustín Álvarez, Hamed Junior Traorè , Luca D’Andrea, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Filippo Romagna, Alessandro Russo, Kaan Ayhan, Janis Antiste, Grégoire Defrel, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Riccardo Marchizza, Martin Erlić, Gianluca Pegolo and Pedro Obiang.
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 4 changes: Kristian Thorstvedt for Hamed Junior Traorè (46′), Davide Frattesi for Agustín Álvarez (81′), Andrea Pinamonti for Grégoire Defrel (81′) and Domenico Berardi for Emil Konradsen Ceide (87′).
Best player: Hamed Junior Traorè
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Hamed Junior Traorè.
His rating is with 27 passes (96% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
Sampdoria started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Dejan Stankovic played with: Emil Audero , Bartosz Bereszyński , Bram Nuytinck , Bruno Amione , Mehdi Léris , Ronaldo Vieira , Tomás Rincón , Tommaso Augello , Valerio Verre , Manolo Gabbiadini and Sam Lammers .
These were the players on the bench: Nikita Contini, Lorenzo Villa, Nicola Murru , Nicola Ravaglia, Gerard Yepes, Daniele Montevago , Gonzalo Villar, Jeison Murillo, Flavio Paoletti, Simone Trimboli and Lorenzo Malagrida.
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: Sam Lammers for Daniele Montevago (72′), Bruno Amione for Nicola Murru (72′), Valerio Verre for Jeison Murillo (87′) and Valerio Verre for Jeison Murillo (87′).
Best player: Tommaso Augello
The most impressive player for Sampdoria was Tommaso Augello.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
- Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
- Inter – Napoli – 1-0
- Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
- Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
- Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
- Roma – Bologna – 1-0
- Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
- Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
- Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1
