REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Lazio conquers Sassuolo with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Anderson (28′) and a goal from L. Alberto (35′).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello who was helped by Matteo Bottegoni and Gaetano Massara. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.17 degrees Celsius or 71.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sassuolo was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Lazio that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lazio was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lazio won the match.
Sassuolo shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lazio shot 18 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Marcus Pedersen). On the other side, Lazio received 5 yellow cards (Danilo Cataldi, Ciro Immobile, Pedro, Nicolò Rovella and Luis Alberto).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sassuolo will stay with 10 points to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Lazio will have 13 points like Atalanta to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Atalanta on the 18th of February with a 17-4 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Lazio will host Bologna on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head in favor of Lazio (9 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
46'
31'
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: Nedim Bajrami, Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Ruan , Gian Marco Ferrari , Marcus Pedersen , Daniel Boloca , Uroš Račić , Domenico Berardi , Samu Castillejo , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Martin Erlić , Matías Viña , Filippo Missori, Samuele Mulattieri , Emil Konradsen Ceide, Cristian Volpato, Gianluca Pegolo, Daniel Theiner, Luca Lipani, Kristian Thorstvedt and Grégoire Defrel .
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Ruan for Martin Erlić (46′), Uroš Račić for Kristian Thorstvedt (46′), Marcus Pedersen for Matías Viña (46′), Samu Castillejo for Grégoire Defrel (61′) and Andrea Pinamonti for Samuele Mulattieri (88′).
Best player: Gian Marco Ferrari
The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Gian Marco Ferrari.
His rating is with 92 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
35'
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel , Manuel Lazzari , Patric , Alessio Romagnoli , Adam Marušić , Mattéo Guendouzi , Nicolò Rovella , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Valentin Castellanos , Pedro .
These were the players on the bench: Nicolò Casale, Elseid Hysaj, Luca Pellegrini, Matías Vecino , Daichi Kamada , Ciro Immobile , Gustav Isaksen, Mattia Zaccagni , Toma Bašić, Danilo Cataldi , Luigi Sepe, Mario Gila Fuentes and Christos Mandas.
Substitutions
Lazio made 5 changes: Nicolò Rovella for Danilo Cataldi (53′), Pedro for Mattia Zaccagni (53′), Mattéo Guendouzi for Matías Vecino (67′), Luis Alberto for Daichi Kamada (79′) and Valentin Castellanos for Ciro Immobile (80′).
Best player: Luis Alberto
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lazio was Luis Alberto.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
