Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 21, 2016
Empoli DLDDL 2
–
Sassuolo LDLDD 3
1st2ndT
EMP112
SAS123
Mapei Stadium · 8,410 att.

Match Report

Sassuolo's Europa League hopes boosted by timely home win against Empoli

Sassuolo's Europa League hopes boosted by timely home win against Empoli

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
2
53.6
Possession
46.4
10
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
315
473
Passes
403
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
9
17
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
80
15
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
18
22
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
12
21
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 11Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 7Simone MissiroliRM
  9. 92Grégoire DefrelF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Alessandro LonghiSUB
  2. 37Jeremy BrohSUB
  3. 1Alberto PominiSUB
  4. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB
  5. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  6. 26Emanuele TerranovaSUB
  7. 9Diego FalcinelliSUB
  8. 23Marcello GazzolaSUB
  9. 6Lorenzo PellegriniSUB
  10. 16Matteo PolitanoSUB
  11. 29Marcello TrottaSUB
  12. 5Luca AnteiSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 24Uros CosicCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 3Marco ZambelliLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 32Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Alessandro Piu
  2. 6Luca Bittante
  3. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  4. 37Lorenzo Ariaudo
  5. 14Assane Dioussé
  6. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  7. 13Raffaele Maiello
  8. 33Rade Krunic
  9. 23Alberto Pelagotti

Timeline

  1. 10' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Simone Missiroli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Second yellow card to Simone Missiroli (Sassuolo) for hand ball.
  4. 36' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Empoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riccardo Saponara.
  5. 38' Second yellow card to Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) for a bad foul.
  6. 40' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Empoli 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paolo Cannavaro following a corner.
  7. 48' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Empoli 1. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicola Sansone.
  8. 50' Goal! Sassuolo 3, Empoli 1. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
  9. 53' Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Luca Bittante replaces Daniele Croce.
  11. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Alessandro Piu replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  12. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Assane Diousse replaces Leandro Paredes.
  13. 69' Federico Peluso (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 70' Goal! Sassuolo 3, Empoli 2. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  15. 76' Substitution, Sassuolo. Matteo Politano replaces Nicola Sansone.
  16. 83' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Domenico Berardi.
  17. 86' Substitution, Sassuolo. Diego Falcinelli replaces Gregoire Defrel.

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