REGGIO EMILIA. Lecce was eventually too strong for Sassuolo with the goal of Valentin Gendrey (11′), Patrick Dorgu (15′) and Roberto Piccoli (61′). 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 Emilia on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the help of Luigi Rossi and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.94 degrees Celsius or 60.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sassuolo had a superior ball possession 56% while Lecce was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sassuolo had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Lecce succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Sassuolo shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecce shot 14 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Armand Laurienté). Talking about the opposition, Lecce didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sassuolo stays with 26 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Lecce will has 35 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away with Fiorentina on the 28th of April with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Fiorentina (6 draws).
Lecce will host Monza on the 28th of April with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Lecce (4 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
46'
19'
Sassuolo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Jeremy Toljan , Martin Erlić , Gian Marco Ferrari , Mattia Viti , Matheus Henrique , Kristian Thorstvedt , Grégoire Defrel , Nedim Bajrami , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Filippo Missori, Samuele Mulattieri , Pedro Obiang, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Marash Kumbulla, Cristian Volpato , Daniel Boloca, Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Luca Lipani , Ruan Tressoldi, Josh Doig and Uroš Račić.
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 5 changes: Mattia Viti for Josh Doig (46′), Grégoire Defrel for Samuele Mulattieri (46′), Nedim Bajrami for Cristian Volpato (46′), Kristian Thorstvedt for Luca Lipani (65′) and Armand Laurienté for Emil Konradsen Ceide (85′).
Player of the match: Matheus Henrique
The player that probably impressed the most for Sassuolo was Matheus Henrique.
His rating is with 57 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 13.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
11'
Lecce started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Luca Gotti played with: Ylber Ramadani, Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Federico Baschirotto , Marin Pongracic , Antonino Gallo , Rémi Oudin , Alexis Blin , Hamza Rafia , Patrick Dorgu and Nikola Krstovic , Roberto Piccoli .
They had on the bench: Lorenzo Venuti , Joan González , Medon Berisha , Federico Brancolini, Jasper Samooja, Rares Burnete, Santiago Pierotti , Ahmed Touba and Nicola Sansone .
Lecce could not rely on the presence of Lorenzo Venuti (injured).
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Hamza Rafia for Joan González (56′), Valentin Gendrey for Lorenzo Venuti (84′), Nikola Krstovic for Santiago Pierotti (84′), Patrick Dorgu for Medon Berisha (75′) and Roberto Piccoli for Nicola Sansone (75′).
Player of the match: Antonino Gallo
The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Antonino Gallo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Torino – Frosinone – 0-0
- Sassuolo – Lecce – 0-3
- Salernitana – Fiorentina – 0-2
- Monza – Atalanta – 1-2
