Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs AS Roma, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Sassuolo
  • 7': Francesco Caputo
  • 16': Francesco Caputo
  • 26': Filip Djuricic
  • 74': Jérémie Boga
FT
4 - 2
AS Roma
  • 55': Edin Dzeko
  • Red Card 69': Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • 73': Jordan Veretout (P)

Roma fall to Sassuolo, lose grip on fourth as Pellegrini sees red

Sassuolo scored three goals in the first 26 minutes as they upset 10-man Roma 4-2, for their first-ever win over the capital club.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Bryan Cristante (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
  • 7': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Roma 0. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
  • 9': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 11': Offside, Sassuolo. Manuel Locatelli tries a through ball, but Jeremie Boga is caught offside.
  • 12': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Bryan Cristante.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
  • 12': Foul by Davide Santon (Roma).
  • 12': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Bryan Cristante.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a headed pass.
  • 15': Chris Smalling (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
  • 16': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Roma 0. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan following a fast break.
  • 18': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Chris Smalling (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross.
  • 18': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
  • 23': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Domenico Berardi.
  • 24': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
  • 24': Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 26': Goal! Sassuolo 3, Roma 0. Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
  • 27': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 29': Foul by Davide Santon (Roma).
  • 29': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 29': Davide Santon (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Foul by Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo).
  • 30': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
  • 33': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
  • 34': Foul by Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo).
  • 34': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Offside, Roma. Jordan Veretout tries a through ball, but Chris Smalling is caught offside.
  • 37': Foul by Davide Santon (Roma).
  • 37': Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Gianluca Mancini.
  • 39': Offside, Sassuolo. Domenico Berardi tries a through ball, but Jeremie Boga is caught offside.
  • 40': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
  • 40': Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
  • 44': Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Leonardo Spinazzola.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 3, Roma 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 3, Roma 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Roma. Bruno Peres replaces Davide Santon.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 47': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
  • 49': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo).
  • 49': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Justin Kluivert (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
  • 54': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Smalling with a headed pass.
  • 55': Goal! Sassuolo 3, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
  • 56': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
  • 56': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Chris Smalling (Roma) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 57': Foul by Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo).
  • 59': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Pedro Obiang.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Bryan Cristante (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Smalling.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 59': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Manuel Locatelli.
  • 61': Foul by Chris Smalling (Roma).
  • 61': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Bryan Cristante (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 62': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
  • 62': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Justin Kluivert (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Veretout.
  • 65': Foul by Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma).
  • 65': Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 68': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
  • 69': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
  • 69': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Second yellow card to Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) for a bad foul.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 71': Penalty conceded by Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 73': Goal! Sassuolo 3, Roma 2. Jordan Veretout (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 74': Goal! Sassuolo 4, Roma 2. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
  • 75': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Francesco Caputo.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 78': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
  • 78': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Gregoire Defrel.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Gianluca Mancini (Roma) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a cross following a corner.
  • 81': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Gianluca Mancini.
  • 81': Substitution, Roma. Gonzalo Villar replaces Jordan Veretout.
  • 82': Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Jeremie Boga.
  • 83': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Filip Djuricic.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Gianluca Mancini (Roma) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Justin Kluivert with a cross following a corner.
  • 84': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  • 86': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma).
  • 87': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gonzalo Villar.
  • 88': Substitution, Sassuolo. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Domenico Berardi.
  • 90': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
  • 90': Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
  • 90'+1': Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Gonzalo Villar (Roma).
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 4, Roma 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 4, Roma 2.

Statistics

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19 Fouls 6
5 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
11 Corner Kicks 5
6 Saves 6
58.3 Possession 41.7
18 SHOTS 18
9 ON GOAL 10
0.5 On Target % 0.6
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
427 Accurate Passes 277
480 Passes 343
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 4
29 Crosses 16
0.2 Cross % 0.3
48 Long Balls 39
31 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 5
14 Effective Tackles 9
19 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
14 Interceptions 9
13 Effective Clearances 14
13 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 13,411

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 35 +51 82
2 Napoli 35 +19 70
3 AC Milan 35 +19 67
4 Juventus 35 +28 65
Full Table

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
31 Gian Marco Ferrari
19 Filippo Romagna
77 Georgios Kyriakopoulos
22 Jeremy Toljan
10 Filip Djuricic
73 Manuel Locatelli
14 Pedro Obiang Yellow Card
9 Francesco Caputo
7 Jérémie Boga
25 Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo Substitutes:
Giacomo Raspadori, Hamed Traoré, Stefano Piccinini, Stefano Turati, Marlon, Grégoire Defrel, Mert Müldür, Mehdi Bourabia, Rogério, Giangiacomo Magnani, Francesco Magnanelli, Gianluca Pegolo.

ROMA AS Roma (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Pau López (GK)
6 Chris Smalling
23 Gianluca Mancini Yellow Card
37 Leonardo Spinazzola Yellow Card
18 Davide Santon Yellow Card
7 Lorenzo Pellegrini Yellow Card
4 Bryan Cristante Yellow Card
21 Jordan Veretout
9 Edin Dzeko
99 Justin Kluivert Yellow Card
17 Cengiz Ünder
AS Roma Substitutes:
Gonzalo Villar, Mert Çetin, Carles Pérez, Daniel Fuzato, Diego Perotti, Antonio Mirante, Nikola Kalinic, Ibañez, Aleksandar Kolarov, Federico Fazio, Javier Pastore, Bruno Peres.

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