Torino vs Sassuolo, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AZaza scores twice as Torino beats Sassuolo 3-2 in Serie A
— Simone Zaza scored twice to help relegation-threatened Torino fight back from two goals down and beat Sassuolo 3-2 Wednesday in a rearranged Serie A match.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 6': Goal! Torino 0, Sassuolo 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Caputo with a headed pass.
- 11': Foul by Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo).
- 11': Tomás Rincón (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Antonio Sanabria (Torino).
- 13': Offside, Sassuolo. Domenico Berardi tries a through ball, but Jeremy Toljan is caught offside.
- 14': Attempt saved. Rolando Mandragora (Torino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Belotti with a headed pass.
- 16': Attempt saved. Nicola Murru (Torino) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristian Ansaldi with a cross.
- 16': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Tomás Rincón (Torino) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 16': Attempt saved. Antonio Sanabria (Torino) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lyanco with a cross.
- 22': Attempt missed. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
- 23': Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 23': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 24': Cristian Ansaldi (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 25': Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Torino).
- 26': Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.
- 33': Foul by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
- 33': Rolando Mandragora (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt missed. Tomás Rincón (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cristian Ansaldi.
- 37': Foul by Lyanco (Torino).
- 37': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
- 38': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Lyanco.
- 38': Goal! Torino 0, Sassuolo 2. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan with a cross following a corner.
- 40': Foul by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
- 40': Rolando Mandragora (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
- 41': Attempt saved. Andrea Belotti (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.
- 44': Attempt missed. Andrea Belotti (Torino) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Ansaldi with a cross.
- 44': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Andrea Consigli.
- 45': Attempt missed. Sasa Lukic (Torino) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 45': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 45': Tomás Rincón (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Andrea Belotti (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
- 45'+1': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Bremer.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Rogerio (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 45'+3': Foul by Tomás Rincón (Torino).
- 45'+3': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Torino 0, Sassuolo 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Torino 0, Sassuolo 2.
- 45': Substitution, Torino. Mergim Vojvoda replaces Nicola Murru.
- 45': Substitution, Torino. Simone Verdi replaces Sasa Lukic.
- 47': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Torino).
- 47': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Cristian Ansaldi (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 49': Attempt missed. Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.
- 52': Foul by Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo).
- 52': Simone Verdi (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Attempt saved. Rolando Mandragora (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 53': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Marlon Santos.
- 55': Attempt missed. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 56': Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo).
- 56': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Substitution, Torino. Amer Gojak replaces Bremer.
- 57': Attempt missed. Rolando Mandragora (Torino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 58': Attempt saved. Simone Verdi (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rolando Mandragora.
- 59': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Gregoire Defrel.
- 59': Offside, Torino. Simone Verdi tries a through ball, but Rolando Mandragora is caught offside.
- 60': Substitution, Sassuolo. Manuel Locatelli replaces Francesco Magnanelli.
- 61': Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremie Boga replaces Filip Djuricic.
- 61': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Traore replaces Gregoire Defrel.
- 61': Cristian Ansaldi (Torino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 63': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rogerio.
- 64': Andrea Belotti (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 65': Attempt missed. Antonio Sanabria (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amer Gojak.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Andrea Belotti (Torino) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lyanco.
- 66': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
- 67': Attempt missed. Armando Izzo (Torino) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Simone Verdi with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Attempt missed. Armando Izzo (Torino) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lyanco following a corner.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Antonio Sanabria (Torino) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Armando Izzo.
- 69': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo).
- 69': Rolando Mandragora (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Foul by Amer Gojak (Torino).
- 69': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt missed. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hamed Traore with a through ball following a fast break.
- 71': Foul by Antonio Sanabria (Torino).
- 71': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Antonio Sanabria (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Substitution, Torino. Simone Zaza replaces Tomás Rincón.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 73': Attempt missed. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
- 74': Offside, Torino. Simone Verdi tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
- 74': Foul by Lyanco (Torino).
- 74': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Peluso replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 77': Goal! Torino 1, Sassuolo 2. Simone Zaza (Torino) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Sanabria with a headed pass.
- 78': Cristian Ansaldi (Torino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 78': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Foul by Lyanco (Torino).
- 79': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Lyanco (Torino).
- 81': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo).
- 84': Rolando Mandragora (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt saved. Mergim Vojvoda (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 86': Attempt saved. Amer Gojak (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antonio Sanabria.
- 86': Goal! Torino 2, Sassuolo 2. Rolando Mandragora (Torino) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 87': Substitution, Torino. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Andrea Belotti.
- 88': Attempt saved. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
- 88': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.
- 90'+2': Goal! Torino 3, Sassuolo 2. Simone Zaza (Torino) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Ansaldi with a cross.
- 90'+4': Foul by Hamed Traore (Sassuolo).
- 90'+4': Simone Zaza (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Torino 3, Sassuolo 2.
- 0': Match ends, Torino 3, Sassuolo 2.
Statistics
 SAS |
TOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 8 | Saves | 1 |
| 50.2 | Possession | 49.8 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 11 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 394 | Accurate Passes | 358 |
| 468 | Passes | 440 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 9 | Crosses | 38 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 40 | Long Balls | 62 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 13 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 34 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 34 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Olimpico Grande Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Venue: Olimpico Grande Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 30 | +42 | 69 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 30 | +24 | 63 |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | +16 | 62 |
| 4 | Como | 30 | +31 | 57 |
Line-Ups
Torino (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 39 | Salvatore Sirigu (GK) |
| 4 | Lyanco |
| 3 | Bremer |
| 5 | Armando Izzo |
| 7 | Sasa Lukic |
| 88 | Tomás Rincón |
| 38 | Rolando Mandragora |
| 29 | Nicola Murru |
| 15 | Cristian Ansaldi |
| 9 | Andrea Belotti |
| 19 | Antonio Sanabria  |
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 2 | Marlon |
| 6 | Rogério |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan |
| 92 | Grégoire Defrel |
| 4 | Francesco Magnanelli |
| 14 | Pedro Obiang |
| 9 | Francesco Caputo |
| 10 | Filip Djuricic |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi |
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