REGGIO EMILIA. Sassuolo prevails over Inter 1-0 after A. Laurienté scored just 1 goal (20′). Inter was definitely better in terms of ball possession (76%).
The match was played at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore stadium in Reggio Emilia on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the help of Mauro Galetto and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Daniele Perenzoni. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.56 degrees Celsius or 67.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Inter had a strong ball possession 76% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Sassuolo succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Sassuolo shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Inter shot 14 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sassuolo received 1 yellow card (Daniel Boloca). On the other side, Inter received 1 yellow card (Benjamin Pavard).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Sassuolo has 29 points like Udinese to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Inter will stays with 89 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sassuolo will play away against Genoa on the 12th of May with a 8-6 head to head stats in favor of Sassuolo (5 draws).
Inter will play away against Frosinone on the 12th of May with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Inter (0 draws).
Sassuolo – Formation
Sassuolo
86'
20'
90'
Sassuolo started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Davide Ballardini decided to play with the following team: Andrea Consigli , Martin Erlić , Marash Kumbulla , Gian Marco Ferrari , Jeremy Toljan , Matheus Henrique , Luca Lipani , Kristian Thorstvedt , Josh Doig , Armand Laurienté and Andrea Pinamonti .
The home team had on the bench: Filippo Missori , Marcus Pedersen, Samuele Mulattieri, Pedro Obiang , Emil Konradsen Ceide, Mattia Viti, Gianluca Pegolo, Alessio Cragno, Cristian Volpato, Uroš Račić , Daniel Boloca and Nedim Bajrami.
Substitutions
Sassuolo made 4 changes: Kristian Thorstvedt for Daniel Boloca (59′), Jeremy Toljan for Filippo Missori (86′), Matheus Henrique for Uroš Račić (86′) and Luca Lipani for Pedro Obiang (71′).
Player of the match: Armand Laurienté
The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Armand Laurienté.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.
Inter – Formation
Inter
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Simone Inzaghi played with: Emil Audero , Benjamin Pavard , Stefan de Vrij , Alessandro Bastoni , Denzel Dumfries , Davide Frattesi , Kristjan Asllani , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Carlos Augusto , Lautaro Martínez and Alexis Sánchez .
These were the players on the bench: Stefano Sensi, Juan Cuadrado , Marko Arnautovic , Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen , Tajon Buchanan , Yann Bisseck, Federico Dimarco, Yann Sommer, Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Barella , Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Marcus Thuram.
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: Davide Frattesi for Nicolò Barella (69′), Alessandro Bastoni for Tajon Buchanan (69′), Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Marko Arnautovic (60′), Denzel Dumfries for Juan Cuadrado (60′) and Kristjan Asllani for Davy Klaassen (74′).
Player of the match: Stefan de Vrij
The most impressive player for Inter was Stefan de Vrij .
His rating is with 107 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
