Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs Internazionale, 2025-26 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Sassuolo
  • Red Card 55': Nemanja Matic
FT
0 - 5
Internazionale
  • 11': Yann Bisseck
  • 28': Marcus Thuram
  • 50': Lautaro Martínez
  • 53': Manuel Akanji
  • 88': Luis Henrique

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Sassuolo are hosting Internazionale 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. Ismaël Koné (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
  • 1': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Yann Bisseck.
  • 2': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Yann Sommer (Inter Milan). Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
  • 6': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
  • 6': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Luis Henrique (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo). Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 9': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arijanet Muric.
  • 11': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 1. Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 14': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
  • 14': Ismaël Koné (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 15': Offside, Sassuolo. Jay Idzes is caught offside.
  • 17': Foul by Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo).
  • 17': Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan).
  • 18': Ismaël Koné (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
  • 24': Manuel Akanji (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Foul by Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo).
  • 25': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
  • 28': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 2. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 29': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Yann Bisseck.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 34': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 34': Foul by Luis Henrique (Inter Milan).
  • 36': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
  • 36': Petar Sucic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo). Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 38': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arijanet Muric.
  • 41': Offside, Sassuolo. Armand Laurienté is caught offside.
  • 41': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 43': VAR Decision: No Goal Sassuolo 0-2 Inter Milan.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Petar Sucic (Inter Milan).
  • 45'+1': Nemanja Matic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Jay Idzes (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 2.
  • 46': Offside, Inter Milan. Marcus Thuram is caught offside.
  • 48': Offside, Sassuolo. Kristian Thorstvedt is caught offside.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yann Bisseck.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo). Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 50': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 3. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 52': Foul by Petar Sucic (Inter Milan).
  • 52': Nemanja Matic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ismaël Koné.
  • 53': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 4. Manuel Akanji (Inter Milan) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
  • 55': Nemanja Matic (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 55': Nemanja Matic (Sassuolo) is shown the red card.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Sucic.
  • 58': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Josh Doig.
  • 59': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Lipani replaces Armand Laurienté.
  • 59': Substitution, Sassuolo. Woyo Coulibaly replaces Domenico Berardi.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo).
  • 63': Foul by Petar Sucic (Inter Milan).
  • 63': Luca Lipani (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Frattesi replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 63': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 65': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo).
  • 65': Manuel Akanji (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 67': Woyo Coulibaly (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann Bisseck.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
  • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Andy Diouf replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 70': Substitution, Sassuolo. Ulisses Garcia replaces Josh Doig.
  • 70': Substitution, Sassuolo. M'Bala Nzola replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
  • 72': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arijanet Muric.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Petar Sucic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luis Henrique.
  • 76': Substitution, Inter Milan. Ange-Yoan Bonny replaces Marcus Thuram.
  • 76': Substitution, Inter Milan. Francesco Pio Esposito replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo).
  • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 82': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 82': Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 82': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Andy Diouf.
  • 84': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan).
  • 84': M'Bala Nzola (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan).
  • 85': Woyo Coulibaly (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
  • 88': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 5. Luis Henrique (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Ange-Yoan Bonny (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
  • 90': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jay Idzes.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Manuel Akanji (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 5.
  • 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 0, Inter Milan 5.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 3
6 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 4
62.1 Possession 37.9
23 SHOTS 7
11 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
478 Accurate Passes 265
530 Passes 320
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 2
13 Crosses 10
0.3 Cross % 0.2
28 Long Balls 44
10 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 4
13 Tackles 6
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
4 Interceptions 2
16 Effective Clearances 22
16 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 17,653

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
Full Table

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No. Name
49 Arijanet Muric (GK)
80 Tarik Muharemovic
21 Jay Idzes
3 Josh Doig
6 Sebastian Walukiewicz
18 Nemanja Matic Yellow Card
90 Ismaël Koné
42 Kristian Thorstvedt
99 Andrea Pinamonti
45 Armand Laurienté
10 Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo Substitutes:
Alieu Fadera, Darryl Bakola, Pedro Felipe, Luca Lipani, Gioele Zacchi, Aster Vranckx, Giacomo Satalino, M'Bala Nzola, Ulisses Garcia, Cristian Volpato, Woyo Coulibaly, Daniel Boloca, Luca Moro, Filippo Romagna, Edoardo Iannoni.

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Yann Sommer (GK)
25 Manuel Akanji
95 Alessandro Bastoni
31 Yann Bisseck
22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
8 Petar Sucic
7 Piotr Zielinski
32 Federico Dimarco
11 Luis Henrique
9 Marcus Thuram
10 Lautaro Martínez
Internazionale Substitutes:
Francesco Acerbi, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Josep Martínez, Andy Diouf, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Pio Esposito, Stefan de Vrij, Matteo Cocchi, Issiaka Kamate, Matteo Darmian, Carlos Augusto, Davide Frattesi.

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