Sassuolo vs Crotone

3 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Ivano Pezzuto

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Domenico Berardi 19’
Francesco Caputo 58’ (pen), 85’
Manuel Locatelli 90+3’

Simy 49’ (pen)

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crotone. Sassuolo led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Domenico Berardi put Sassuolo ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Gregoire Defrel. In the second half, Simy equalised from the penalty spot in the 49th minute, Francesco Caputo put Sassuolo back in front from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, Caputo made it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, and Manuel Locatelli made it 4-1 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sassuolo created 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Crotone 1.59 from 15.

Match stats

7 Shots 10

4 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.86 xG 1.59

1.09 Non-penalty xG 0.83

4 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Sassuolo Crotone

Kick-off

Domenico Berardi
Assist: Gregoire Defrel

1-0

19’

Half-time1-0

49’

Simy
Penalty1-1

Francesco Caputo
Penalty

2-1

58’

Francesco Caputo
Assist: Domenico Berardi

3-1

85’

Manuel Locatelli

4-1

90+3’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sassuolo

Vlad Chiriches
Georgios Kyriakopoulos

Crotone

Lisandro Magallán
Luca Cigarini
Simy

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sassuolo 1.86 xGCrotone 1.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crotone attacking Sassuolo attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	DEF	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremy Toljan	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	MID	90	1	1	2	0.19	0.70	2
Gregoire Defrel	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.19	2
Filip Djuricic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	2		2	1.35	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	57			1	0.11	0.00	0
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Peluso	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Cordaz	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Pereira	DEF	87		0	0.00	0.07	1
Lisandro Magallán	DEF	90		1	0.10	0.00	0
Luca Marrone	DEF	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
Vladimir Golemic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Reca	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Salvatore Molina	MID	90		0	0.00	0.13	2
Luca Cigarini	MID	79		3	0.13	0.09	1
Milos Vulic	MID	79		1	0.07	0.10	1
Simy	FWD	90	1	3	0.95	0.17	4
Junior Messias	FWD	90		4	0.20	0.03	1
Tomislav Gomelt	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Dragus	Sub	11		1	0.02	0.00	0
Andrea Rispoli	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 63% Avg odds 1.51

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.61

Crotone win 16% Avg odds 5.88

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sassuolo L W L D W

Crotone L L

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