REGGIO NELL’EMILIA. Inter succeeded in turn the table against Sassuolo to win 2-1. It was Sassuolo to strike first with a penalty of D. Berardi at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Martinez gave the win to Inter in the 78′ minute with a penalty. Sassuolo lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio nell’Emilia on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto with the help of Salvatore Longo and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Matteo Gariglio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Sassuolo was in firm control of the ball 56% while Inter was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Inter was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.
Sassuolo shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Inter shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards (M. Muldur, M. Lopez, A. Consigli and G. Raspadori). On the opposite side, Inter received 3 yellow cards (S. Inzaghi, I. Perisic and N. Barella).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Sassuolo will stay with 7 points like Udinese to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Inter will have 17 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Genoa on the 17th of October with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (3 draws).
Inter will play away agasint Lazio on the 16th of October with a 20-10 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (8 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
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75'
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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 , Mert Müldür , Vlad Chiricheş , Gian Marco Ferrari , Rogério , Davide Frattesi , Maxime López , Domenico Berardi , Filip Đuričić , Jérémie Boga and Grégoire Defrel .
The home team had on the bench: Giacomo Raspadori , Edoardo Goldaniga, Federico Peluso, Hamed Junior Traorè , Gianluca Pegolo, Francesco Magnanelli, Matheus Henrique, Jeremy Toljan, Abdou Harroui, Gianluca Scamacca , Kaan Ayhan and Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 3 changes: G. Defrel for G. Raspadori (64′), F. Djuricic for H. J. Traore (75′) and D. Frattesi for G. Scamacca (86′).
Best player: Rogério
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Rogério.
His rating is with 65 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.
Inter – Formation
Inter
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the opposite side, Simone Inzaghi played with: Samir Handanovič , Milan Škriniar , Stefan de Vrij , Alessandro Bastoni , Denzel Dumfries , Nicolò Barella , Marcelo Brozović , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Ivan Perišić , Joaquín Correa and Lautaro Martínez .
They had on the bench: Matías Vecino, Andrei Radu, Roberto Gagliardini, Federico Dimarco , Andrea Ranocchia, Aleksandar Kolarov, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Alex Cordaz, Matteo Darmian , Arturo Vidal , Edin Džeko and Alexis Sánchez.
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: H. Calhanoglu for A. Vidal (57′), D. Dumfries for M. Darmian (57′), A. Bastoni for F. Dimarco (57′), J. Correa for E. Dzeko (57′) and L. Martinez for D. D’Ambrosio (88′).
Best player: Samir Handanovič
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter was the goalkeeper: Samir Handanovič. His rating is 8.12. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
