Sassuolo vs Spezia, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season
· Italian Serie AAbout
Sassuolo are hosting Spezia
at Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, Italy, starting on
. The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Albin Ekdal (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Agudelo.
- 7': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
- 8': Offside, Spezia. Mehdi Bourabia tries a through ball, but Mattia Caldara is caught offside.
- 11': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
- 15': Attempt missed. MBala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kelvin Amian.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristian Thorstvedt.
- 17': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 17': Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia).
- 23': Offside, Sassuolo. Martin Erlic tries a through ball, but Matheus Henrique is caught offside.
- 24': Daniel Maldini (Spezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 25': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Kelvin Amian.
- 26': Daniel Maldini (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 27': Foul by Daniel Maldini (Spezia).
- 27': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Ethan Ampadu (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
- 31': Hand ball by MBala Nzola (Spezia).
- 31': Hand ball by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
- 33': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 33': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 34': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Armand Laurienté following a set piece situation.
- 34': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 35': Attempt missed. Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
- 36': Delay in match because of an injury Albin Ekdal (Spezia).
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Mehdi Bourabia.
- 38': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Albin Ekdal.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Agudelo.
- 45': Attempt saved. Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kristian Thorstvedt with a through ball.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
- 46': Attempt saved. Rogerio (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
- 53': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 53': Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Attempt missed. MBala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 57': Attempt missed. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rogerio.
- 57': Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Maldini (Spezia).
- 58': Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Frattesi replaces Kristian Thorstvedt.
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 59': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia).
- 60': Offside, Spezia. Kelvin Amian tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Gyasi is caught offside.
- 60': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia).
- 61': Attempt saved. Kelvin Amian (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by MBala Nzola.
- 62': Foul by Kevin Agudelo (Spezia).
- 62': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo).
- 64': Delay in match because of an injury Albin Ekdal (Spezia).
- 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 65': Substitution, Spezia. Salvatore Esposito replaces Albin Ekdal because of an injury.
- 66': Substitution, Spezia. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Daniel Maldini.
- 66': Foul by MBala Nzola (Spezia).
- 66': Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': MBala Nzola (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Delay in match because of an injury Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
- 68': Penalty conceded by Kelvin Amian (Spezia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 69': VAR Decision: Penalty Sassuolo.
- 70': Kelvin Amian (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 71': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Spezia 0. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 73': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
- 73': Attempt saved. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 75': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nedim Bajrami replaces Armand Laurienté.
- 75': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
- 75': Substitution, Sassuolo. Abdou Harroui replaces Matheus Henrique.
- 75': Substitution, Spezia. Tio Cipot replaces Kevin Agudelo.
- 76': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Spezia).
- 76': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 80': Substitution, Spezia. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 80': Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Mehdi Bourabia.
- 80': Foul by Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo).
- 80': Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Hand ball by Szymon Zurkowski (Spezia).
- 82': Attempt saved. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Abdou Harroui.
- 83': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 84': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Domenico Berardi.
- 84': Attempt missed. Ethan Ampadu (Spezia) header from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniele Verde with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Foul by Martin Erlic (Sassuolo).
- 85': MBala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Riccardo Marchizza replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 86': Attempt missed. Tio Cipot (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 87': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 87': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. MBala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dimitrios Nikolaou with a cross.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
- 90'+4': Hand ball by Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo).
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tio Cipot.
- 90'+6': Hand ball by Tio Cipot (Spezia).
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Spezia 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 1, Spezia 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 1, Spezia 0.
Statistics
SPE |
SAS![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 55 | Possession | 45 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 408 | Accurate Passes | 332 |
| 494 | Passes | 408 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 16 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 18 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 22 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 14 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 11,152
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 11,152
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 17 | +15 | 38 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 16 | +21 | 36 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | +11 | 34 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 17 | +9 | 33 |
Line-Ups
Sassuolo (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
| 13 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 28 | Martin Erlic |
| 6 | Rogério |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan |
| 27 | Maxime López |
| 7 | Matheus Henrique |
| 42 | Kristian Thorstvedt |
| 9 | Andrea Pinamonti |
| 45 | Armand Laurienté |
| 10 | Domenico Berardi |
Spezia (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 69 | Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK) |
| 4 | Ethan Ampadu |
| 29 | Mattia Caldara |
| 43 | Dimitris Nikolaou |
| 27 | Kelvin Amian |
| 33 | Kevin Agudelo |
| 6 | Mehdi Bourabia |
| 8 | Albin Ekdal |
| 18 | M'Bala Nzola |
| 30 | Daniel Maldini |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
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