Sassuolo vs SPAL

22 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Francesco Caputo 26’, 45+2’
  • Alfred Duncan 47’

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 3-0 at home to SPAL. Sassuolo led 2-0 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo put Sassuolo ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Gregoire Defrel, Caputo made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Domenico Berardi, and Alfred Duncan made it 3-0 in the 47th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to SPAL's 0.92 from 13.

Match stats

Sassuolo SPAL
17 Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.01 xG 0.92
2.01 Non-penalty xG 0.92
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Sassuolo SPAL
Kick-off
Francesco Caputo
Assist: Gregoire Defrel1-0 (Sassuolo)
26’
Francesco Caputo
Assist: Domenico Berardi2-0 (Sassuolo)
45+2’
Half-time2-0
Alfred Duncan
Assist: Domenico Berardi3-0 (Sassuolo)
47’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Sassuolo
  • Gianmarco Ferrari
  • Federico Peluso
  • Hamed Junior Traore
SPAL
  • Nenad Tomovic
  • Jasmin Kurtic

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.92 26’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 1-0 26’ 45+2’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 2-0 45+2’ 47’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), 3-0 47’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.01 0.92 26’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 1-0 Caputo 26’ 45+2’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 2-0 Caputo 45+2’ 47’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), 3-0 Duncan 47’
Sassuolo 2.01 xGSPAL 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Sassuolo attacking 
64’ Alessandro Murgia (SPAL), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 47’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 61’ Gianmarco Ferrari (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 54’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.18 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 26’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 57’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 10’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Federico Di Francesco (SPAL), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 77’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Jacopo Sala (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Alessandro Murgia (SPAL), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+9’ Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Marco D'Alessandro (SPAL), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 15’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Federico Di Francesco (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Jacopo Sala (SPAL), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Alessandro Murgia (SPAL), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 47’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 61’ Gianmarco Ferrari (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 54’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.18 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 26’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 57’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 10’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Federico Di Francesco (SPAL), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 77’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 49’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Jacopo Sala (SPAL), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Alessandro Murgia (SPAL), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 24’ Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+9’ Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Jasmin Kurtic (SPAL), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Marco D'Alessandro (SPAL), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 15’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Federico Di Francesco (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Jacopo Sala (SPAL), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Andrea Consigli GK900 0.000.000
Jeremy Toljan DEF900 0.000.181
Gianmarco Ferrari DEF901 0.450.000
Vlad Chiriches DEF900 0.000.000
Federico Peluso DEF900 0.000.000
Alfred Duncan MID9012 0.490.072
Pedro Obiang MID900 0.000.325
Hamed Junior Traore MID662 0.030.092
Domenico Berardi FWD9027 0.371.014
Gregoire Defrel FWD8210 0.000.111
Francesco Caputo FWD7527 0.650.021
Francesco Magnanelli Sub241 0.040.000
Manuel Locatelli Sub150 0.000.021
Jeremie Boga Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 49% Avg odds 1.97
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49
SPAL win 24% Avg odds 3.94

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo DLLWL
SPAL LLLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-1 SPAL, 24 Feb 19 Next meeting: SPAL 1-2 Sassuolo, 09 Feb 20  All Sassuolo vs SPAL meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.