REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Genoa and Sassuolo draw 1-1. M. Destro scored the first goal (7′) for Genoa. D. Berardi settled the score (55′). Sassuolo was truly superior in terms of ball possession (74%)​

The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the support of Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Gaetano Massara. The 4th official was Federico Dionisi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sassuolo was in firm control of the ball 74% while Genoa was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sassuolo was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sassuolo to win the match​.

Sassuolo shot 29 times, 8 on target, 21 off target. Talking about the opposition, Genoa shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards (G. Raspadori, Rogerio and M. Lopez). Regarding the opposition, Genoa didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Sassuolo will have 25 points like Torino to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Genoa will have 12 points to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Empoli on the 9th of January with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sassuolo (3 draws).

Genoa will host Spezia on the 9th of January with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Genoa (2 draws).

Sassuolo – Formation

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 (6.3), Jeremy Toljan (6.5), Vlad Chiricheş (7.0), Gian Marco Ferrari (7.4), Rogério (7.1), Abdou Harroui (7.3), Maxime López (7.4), Domenico Berardi (8.6), Giacomo Raspadori (7.2), Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (6.9) and Grégoire Defrel (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Giacomo Satalino, Gianluca Pegolo, Kaan Ayhan, Asan Mata, Mert Müldür (6.2), Luigi Samele, Christian Aucelli, Justin Kumi and Ruan.

Substitutions

Sassuolo made 2 changes: G. Kyriakopoulos for M. Muldur (84′) and G. Defrel for L. Samele (88′).

Best player: Domenico Berardi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was Domenico Berardi.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 77 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Andriy Shevchenko played with: Salvatore Sirigu (7.2), Zinho Vanheusden (7.7), Mattia Bani (6.7), Johan Vásquez (6.9), Silvan Hefti (6.8), Hernani (6.3), Milan Badelj (6.7), Manolo Portanova (6.8), Andrea Cambiaso (7.6), Caleb Ekuban (7.1) and Mattia Destro (7.1).

They had on the bench: Paolo Ghiglione, Adrian Šemper, Lorenzo Andrenacci, Davide Biraschi, Filippo Melegoni (6.7), Pablo Galdames, Mohamed Fares (6.9), Leo Østigård, Felipe Caicedo (6.6), Francesco Cassata (6.6), Andrea Masiello, Aleksander Buksa, Abdoulaye Touré and Goran Pandev (6.2).

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: Hernani for F. Melegoni (64′), S. Hefti for M. Fares (64′), M. Destro for G. Pandev (75′), C. Ekuban for F. Caicedo (84′) and M. Portanova for F. Cassata (84′).

Best player: Zinho Vanheusden​

The player that probably impressed the most for Genoa was Zinho Vanheusden.

His rating is (7.7) with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Juventus – Napoli – 1-1
• Lazio – Empoli – 3-3
• Milan – Roma – 3-1
• Sampdoria – Cagliari – 1-2
• Sassuolo – Genoa – 1-1
• Spezia – Hellas Verona – 1-2