SALERNO. Salernitana finds its way back against Sassuolo with a goal on the G. Scamacca 20′ and a goal on the H. J. 30′.

The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi with the assistance of Mauro Vivenzi and Sergio Ranghetti. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.6 degrees Celsius or 45.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 14 Total 20
  • 5 On Target 8
  • 9 Off Target 12
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 114 Attack 95
  • 45 Dangerous attack 44
  • 91 Ball safe 114
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 15
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Salernitana was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sassuolo that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Salernitana was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Salernitana to win the match​.

Salernitana shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sassuolo shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (M. Ruggeri and L. Ranieri). Talking about the opposition, Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards (D. Berardi, G. Raspadori and M. Lopez).

Also, Sassuolo didn’t finish the match with 11 players after G. Raspadori (Sassuolo) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (59′).

Match Timeline

8'
13'
Domenico Berardi - Yellow
20'
30'
31'
46'
46'
46'
Ruan Tressoldi- sub ->V. Chiriches
57'
59'
62'
69'
Grégoire Defrel- sub ->G. Scamacca
69'
69'
79'
Matheus Henrique- sub ->H. J. Traore
79'
79'
81'
89'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

After playing this match, Salernitana will have 16 points to sit in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, Sassuolo will have 40 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Juventus on the 20th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Juventus (0 draws).

Sassuolo will host Spezia on the 18th of March with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (1 draw).

Salernitana – Formation

Salernitana
G
Luigi Sepe 55.Italy
7.2
D
Federico Fazio 17.Argentina
7.1
D
Frédéric Veseli 5.Albania
6.3
46'
D
Norbert Gyömbér 23.Slovakia
7.0
D
Matteo Ruggeri 3.Italy
6.7
69' 62'
M
Grigoris Kastanos 20.Cyprus
6.2
46'
M
7.3
M
Éderson 13.Brazil
6.4
31'
M
Simone Verdi 10.Italy
6.6
69'
M
7.8
8'
F
Milan Djuric 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.1
81'
Substitutes
G
Vid Belec 72.Slovenia
D
Radu Drăgușin 25.Romania
D
Luca Ranieri 19.Italy
6.4
69' 79'
D
Nadir Zortea 21.Italy
7.2
46'
D
Riccardo Gagliolo 31.Sweden
M
Emil Bohinen 15.Norway
M
D. Perotti 88.Argentina
7.0
46'
M
J. Obi 22.Nigeria
M
Ivan Radovanović 16.Serbia
6.8
31'
M
Mamadou Coulibaly 2.Senegal
F
Lys Mousset 99.France
6.4
69'
F
Mikael 87.Brazil

Salernitana adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Luigi Sepe (7.2), Frédéric Veseli (6.3), Norbert Gyömbér (7.0), Federico Fazio (7.1), Matteo Ruggeri (6.7), Lassana Coulibaly (7.3), Éderson (6.4), Grigoris Kastanos (6.2), Federico Bonazzoli (7.8), Simone Verdi (6.6) and Milan Đurić (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Emil Bohinen, Radu Drăguşin, Diego Perotti (7.0), Vid Belec, Luca Ranieri (6.4), Nadir Zortea (7.2), Lys Mousset (6.4), Joel Obi, Mikael, Ivan Radovanović (6.8), Mamadou Coulibaly and Riccardo Gagliolo.

Salernitana could not rely on the presence of I. Radovanovic (injured).

Substitutions

Salernitana made 5 changes: E. Lourenco for I. Radovanovic (31′), G. Kastanos for D. Perotti (46′), F. Veseli for N. Zortea (46′), M. Ruggeri for L. Ranieri (69′) and S. Verdi for L. Mousset (69′).

Best player: Milan Đurić​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was Milan Đurić.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 22 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 19.

Sassuolo – Formation

Sassuolo
G
Andrea Consigli 47.Italy
6.0
D
Vlad Chiricheș 21.Romania
6.8
46'
D
6.5
D
7.2
D
Mert Müldür 17.Turkey
6.8
M
Maxime López 8.France
7.6
90'
M
Davide Frattesi 16.Italy
7.3
89'
M
Hamed Junior Traorè 23.Ivory Coast
7.4
79' 30'
M
7.0
79' 13'
M
5.8
59'
F
7.7
69' 20'
Substitutes
G
G. Zacchi 71.Italy
G
Gianluca Pegolo 56.Italy
D
Kaan Ayhan 5.Turkey
6.5
79'
D
F. Peluso 13.Italy
D
Ruan Tressoldi 44.Brazil
6.2
46'
M
Riccardo Ciervo 11.Italy
M
Abdou Harroui 20.Morocco
89'
M
F. Magnanelli 4.Italy
M
Matheus Henrique 97.Brazil
6.7
79'
F
F
Grégoire Defrel 92.France
6.4
69'
F
Brian Oddei 7.Italy

Also Sassuolo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli (6.0), Mert Müldür (6.8), Vlad Chiricheş (6.8), Gian Marco Ferrari (6.5), Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (7.2), Davide Frattesi (7.3), Maxime López (7.6), Domenico Berardi (7.0), Giacomo Raspadori (5.8), Hamed Junior Traorè (7.4) and Gianluca Scamacca (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kaan Ayhan (6.5), Gioele Zacchi, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Riccardo Ciervo, Grégoire Defrel (6.4), Federico Peluso, Ruan (6.2), Abdou Harroui, Brian Oddei, Francesco Magnanelli, Matheus Henrique (6.7) and Gianluca Pegolo.

Substitutions

Sassuolo made 5 changes: V. Chiriches for R. Tressoldi (46′), G. Scamacca for G. Defrel (69′), H. J. Traore for Matheus Henrique (79′), D. Berardi for K. Ayhan (79′) and D. Frattesi for A. Harroui (89′).

Best player: Gianluca Scamacca​

The most impressive player for Sassuolo was Gianluca Scamacca.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 28 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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