REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Sassuolo recovers against Cagliari with a goal on the K. Balde 40′ and a penalty kick on the J. Pedro 56′. Sassuolo was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Sunday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Niccolò Baroni with the collaboration of Filippo Meli and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Luca Zufferli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sassuolo had a strong ball possession 60% while Cagliari was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo was was more pushing with 30 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Sassuolo to win the match.
Sassuolo shot 21 times, 4 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, Cagliari shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (K. Ayhan). On the other side, Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (A. Grassi and R. Marin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will have 15 points like Venezia to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Cagliari will have 7 points like Salernitana to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Milan on the 28th of November with a 10-5 head to head in favor of Milan (2 draws).
Cagliari will host Salernitana on the 26th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Cagliari (0 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
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85'
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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 , Kaan Ayhan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Maxime López , Hamed Junior Traorè , Domenico Berardi , Gianluca Scamacca and Giacomo Raspadori .
The home team had on the bench: Vlad Chiricheş, Francesco Magnanelli, Gianluca Pegolo, Giacomo Satalino, Grégoire Defrel , Matheus Henrique , Abdou Harroui, Luigi Samele, Mert Müldür, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos and Federico Peluso.
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 4 changes: G. Scamacca for G. Defrel (74′), H. J. Traore for Matheus Henrique (85′), Rogerio for G. Kyriakopoulos (85′) and G. Raspadori for M. Muldur (90′).
Best player: Domenico Berardi
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Domenico Berardi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
Cagliari started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Walter Mazzarri played with: Alessio Cragno , Gabriele Zappa , Luca Ceppitelli , Andrea Carboni , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Nahitan Nández , Alberto Grassi , Raoul Bellanova , Răzvan Marin , Keita Baldé and João Pedro .
They had on the bench: Alessandro Deiola , Martín Cáceres , Gastón Pereiro, Simone Aresti, Giorgio Altare, Kevin Strootman, Dalbert, Adam Obert, Boris Radunović, Christian Oliva and Leonardo Pavoletti .
Substitutions
Cagliari made 4 changes: A. Grassi for A. Deiola (78′), G. Zappa for M. Caceres (78′), K. Balde for L. Pavoletti (84′) and R. Marin for C. Oliva (84′).
Best player: João Pedro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was João Pedro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Bologna – Venezia – 0-1
- Genoa – Roma – 0-2
- Inter – Napoli – 3-2
- Salernitana – Sampdoria – 0-2
- Sassuolo – Cagliari – 2-2
