FIRENZE. Fiorentina bested Sassuolo to win 2-1. A penalty from N. González was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Fiorentina to strike first with a goal of Riccardo Saponara at the 49′. Then it was a penalty in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Nicolás González gave the win to Fiorentina in the 90′ minute with a penalty.
The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the collaboration of Fabiano Preti and Giovanni Baccini. The 4th official was Daniele Rutella. The weather was drizly. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 16 Total 15
- 4 On Target 4
- 12 Off Target 11
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 124 Attack 82
- 42 Dangerous attack 27
- 98 Ball safe 100
- 1 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Fiorentina was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sassuolo that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match.
Fiorentina shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sassuolo shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (Nikola Milenković, Dodô, Gaetano Castrovilli and Nicolás González). On the other side, Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards (Hamed Junior Traorè, Ruan Tressoldi and Domenico Berardi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Fiorentina will have 23 points to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Sassuolo will stay with 16 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away with Lazio on the 29th of January with a 23-11 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (5 draws).
Sassuolo will play away agasint Milan on the 29th of January with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Milan (3 draws).
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
76'
10'
49'
Fiorentina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano , Lorenzo Venuti , Nikola Milenković , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Alessandro Bianco , Alfred Duncan , Jonathan Ikoné , Giacomo Bonaventura , Christian Kouamé and Arthur Cabral .
The home team had on the bench: Luca Ranieri, Riccardo Saponara , Dodô , Lorenzo Amatucci, Antonín Barák, Filippo Distefano, Sofyan Amrabat, Michele Cerofolini, Nicolás González , Lucas Martínez Quarta, Gaetano Castrovilli , Aleksa Terzić , Tommaso Martinelli and Michael Kayode.
Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: Alessandro Bianco for Gaetano Castrovilli (46′), Arthur Cabral for Riccardo Saponara (46′), Lorenzo Venuti for Dodô (54′), Alfred Duncan for Nicolás González (72′) and Cristiano Biraghi for Aleksa Terzić (76′).
Best player: Riccardo Saponara
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Riccardo Saponara.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (45% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
Sassuolo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Ruan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Pedro Obiang , Hamed Junior Traorè , Domenico Berardi , Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kaan Ayhan, Martin Erlić, Gianluca Pegolo, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Agustín Álvarez , Grégoire Defrel, Matheus Henrique, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Riccardo Marchizza, Abdou Harroui, Luca D’Andrea, Filippo Romagna, Alessandro Russo, Kristian Thorstvedt and Janis Antiste.
Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Agustín Álvarez (injured).
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 3 changes: Andrea Pinamonti for Agustín Álvarez (69′), Armand Laurienté for Emil Konradsen Ceide (80′) and Hamed Junior Traorè for Grégoire Defrel (90′).
Best player: Domenico Berardi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Domenico Berardi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
