Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 14, 2015
Fiorentina WDDWW 3
–
Sassuolo LDLWD 1
1st2ndT
FIO213
SAS011
Mapei Stadium · 12,816 att.

Match Report

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Fiorentina up to fourth as Mohamed Salah scores in first start

Mohamed Salah celebrated his first Fiorentina start with a goal as the Viola beat Sassuolo 3-1 to move up to fourth in Serie A.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
7
52.7
Possession
47.3
15
SHOTS
15
10
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
364
Accurate Passes
289
453
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
73
34
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
7
18
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
17
37
Clearances
17

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 3Alessandro LonghiLB
  5. 23Marcello GazzolaRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 8Davide BiondiniLM
  8. 33Matteo BrighiRM
  9. 10Simone ZazaF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 15Stefan SavicCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 4Micah RichardsRB
  6. 7David PizarroCM
  7. 14Matías FernándezLM
  8. 16Jasmin KurticRM
  9. 30Khouma BabacarF
  10. 74Mohamed SalahLF
  11. 18Alessandro DiamantiRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Alessandro Longhi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Fiorentina 1. Mohamed Salah (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Khouma Babacar with a through ball.
  3. 32' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Fiorentina 2. Khouma Babacar (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  4. 34' Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Simone Zaza (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Stefan Savic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Fiorentina 3. Khouma Babacar (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Pizarro with a cross following a corner.
  8. 62' Paolo Cannavaro (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 63' Substitution, Sassuolo. Sergio Floccari replaces Matteo Brighi.
  10. 67' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Fiorentina 3. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Francesco Magnanelli.
  11. 68' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Aquilani replaces Matías Fernández.
  12. 72' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Gilardino replaces Khouma Babacar.
  13. 74' Substitution, Sassuolo. Antonio Floro Flores replaces Nicola Sansone.
  14. 80' Substitution, Sassuolo. Simone Missiroli replaces Alessandro Longhi.
  15. 82' Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Mohamed Salah.

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