TORINO. Torino defeated Sassuolo to win 2-1. It was Torino to strike first with an early goal of Antonio Sanabria at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 18′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Nikola Vlasic gave the win to Torino in the 68′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino stadium in Torino on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi with the support of Vittorio Di Gioia and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.08 degrees Celsius or 55.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Torino

2 - 1

Sassuolo

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 21 Total 5
  • 9 On Target 2
  • 7 Off Target 3
  • 5 Shots blocked 0
  • 101 Attack 84
  • 52 Dangerous attack 22
  • 54 Ball safe 70
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Torino was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Sassuolo that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Torino was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Torino won the match​.

Torino shot 21 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Sassuolo shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Torino received 2 yellow cards (Matteo Paro and Antonio Sanabria). On the other side, Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Domenico Berardi).

Match Timeline

Antonio Sanabria(goal)Adrien Tamèze
5'
Nikola Vlasic- sub ->Samuele Ricci
9'
18'
Kristian Thorstvedt(goal)Domenico Berardi
44'
46'
Uroš Račić- sub ->Nedim Bajrami
Antonio Sanabria- Yellow
54'
Nikola Vlasic(goal)Adrien Tamèze
68'
79'
Cristian Volpato- sub ->Kristian Thorstvedt
80'
Grégoire Defrel- sub ->Andrea Pinamonti
Valentino Lazaro- sub ->Raoul Bellanova
83'
83'
86'
Domenico Berardi - Yellow
87'
Samu Castillejo- sub ->Armand Laurienté
90'
Samuele Mulattieri- sub ->Daniel Boloca

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
93
37
Milan
74
37
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
66
36
Roma
63
37
Lazio
60
37
Fiorentina
54
36
Torino
53
37
Napoli
52
37
Genoa
46
37
Monza
45
37
Lecce
37
37
Cagliari
36
37
Frosinone
35
37
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
34
37
Empoli
33
37
Sassuolo
29
37
Salernitana
16
36

After this contest, Torino will have 15 points like Frosinone to hold in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Sassuolo will stay with 11 points like Genoa to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Torino will host Lecce on the 18th of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Torino (3 draws).

Sassuolo will play away agasint Atalanta on the 18th of February with a 17-4 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).

Torino – Formation

Torino
G
Vanja Milinković-Savić 32.Serbia
6.6
D
Alessandro Buongiorno 4.Italy
7.5
D
Ricardo Rodríguez 13.Switzerland
6.4
44'
D
Adrien Tamèze 61.France
8.4
M
Raoul Bellanova 19.Italy
7.0
83'
M
Samuele Ricci 28.Italy
7.0
9'
M
Karol Linetty 77.Poland
7.0
M
Ivan Ilić 8.Serbia
7.5
M
Mërgim Vojvoda 27.Kosovo
7.5
F
Antonio Sanabria 9.Paraguay
7.1
83' 54' 5'
F
Duván Zapata 91.Colombia
7.0
Substitutes
G
Luca Gemello 1.Italy
G
Mihai Popa 71.Romania
D
David Zima 6.Czech Republic
7.0
44'
D
Valentino Lazaro 20.Austria
6.4
83'
D
Saba Sazonov 15.Georgia
D
Ange Caumenan N'Guessan 94.France
M
Nemanja Radonjic 10.Serbia
6.4
83'
M
Nikola Vlasic 16.Croatia
8.8
9' 68'
M
Gvidas Gineitis 66.Lithuania
F
Yann Karamoh 7.France
F
Pietro Pellegri 11.Italy
F
Demba Seck 23.Senegal

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

The manager Ivan Juric decided to play with the following team: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (6.6), Adrien Tamèze (8.4), Alessandro Buongiorno (7.5), Ricardo Rodríguez (6.4), Raoul Bellanova (7.0), Karol Linetty (7.0), Ivan Ilic (7.5), Mërgim Vojvoda (7.5), Samuele Ricci (7.0), Antonio Sanabria (7.1) and Duván Zapata (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: David Zima (7.0), Valentino Lazaro (6.4), Luca Gemello, Yann Karamoh, Nemanja Radonjic (6.4), Pietro Pellegri, Saba Sazonov, Nikola Vlasic (8.8), Demba Seck , Gvidas Gineitis, Mihai Popa and Ange Caumenan N’Guessan.

Torino could not rely on the presence of Nikola Vlasic (injured) and David Zima (injured).

Substitutions

Torino made 4 changes: Samuele Ricci for Nikola Vlasic (9′), Ricardo Rodríguez for David Zima (44′), Raoul Bellanova for Valentino Lazaro (83′) and Antonio Sanabria for Nemanja Radonjic (83′).

Best player: Nikola Vlasic​

The player that probably impressed the most for Torino was Nikola Vlasic.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 28 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 9′.

Sassuolo – Formation

Sassuolo
G
Andrea Consigli 47.Italy
8.7
D
Martin Erlić 5.Croatia
7.3
D
Gian Marco Ferrari 13.Italy
6.6
D
M. Viña 17.Uruguay
6.4
D
Jeremy Toljan 22.Germany
6.6
M
Domenico Berardi 10.Italy
6.4
86'
M
Nedim Bajrami 11.Albania
6.6
46'
M
Daniel Boloca 24.Romania
7.0
90'
M
Kristian Thorstvedt 42.Norway
7.7
79' 18'
M
Armand Laurienté 45.France
7.0
87'
F
Andrea Pinamonti 9.Italy
6.6
80'
Substitutes
G
Gianluca Pegolo 25.Italy
G
Alessio Cragno 28.Italy
D
Filippo Missori 2.Italy
D
Marcus Pedersen 3.Norway
D
Mattia Viti 21.Italy
D
Ruan Tressoldi 44.Brazil
M
Uroš Račić 6.Serbia
6.4
46'
M
Samu Castillejo 20.Spain
7.0
87'
M
Cristian Volpato 23.Italy
6.7
79'
M
Luca Lipani 35.Italy
F
Samuele Mulattieri 8.Italy
90'
F
Emil Konradsen Ceide 15.Norway
F
Grégoire Defrel 92.France
6.4
80'

Sassuolo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli (8.7), Jeremy Toljan (6.6), Martin Erlić (7.3), Gian Marco Ferrari (6.6), Matías Viña (6.4), Daniel Boloca (7.0), Kristian Thorstvedt (7.7), Domenico Berardi (6.4), Nedim Bajrami (6.6), Armand Laurienté (7.0) and Andrea Pinamonti (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Filippo Missori, Marcus Pedersen, Uroš Račić (6.4), Samuele Mulattieri, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Samu Castillejo (7.0), Mattia Viti, Cristian Volpato (6.7), Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Luca Lipani, Ruan and Grégoire Defrel (6.4).

Sassuolo could not rely on the presence of Uroš Račić (injured) and Cristian Volpato (injured).

Substitutions

Sassuolo made 5 changes: Nedim Bajrami for Uroš Račić (46′), Kristian Thorstvedt for Cristian Volpato (79′), Andrea Pinamonti for Grégoire Defrel (80′), Armand Laurienté for Samu Castillejo (87′) and Daniel Boloca for Samuele Mulattieri (90′).

Best player: Andrea Consigli​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sassuolo was the goalkeeper: Andrea Consigli. His rating is 8.67. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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