Sassuolo vs Spezia

18 March 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Manuel Volpi

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Domenico Berardi 17’ (pen), 48’
  • Kaan Ayhan 78’
  • Gianluca Scamacca 81’
  • Daniele Verde 36’

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Spezia. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Domenico Berardi put Sassuolo ahead from the penalty spot in the 17th minute and Daniele Verde equalised in the 36th minute, set up by Simone Bastoni. In the second half, Berardi put Sassuolo back in front in the 48th minute, set up by Gregoire Defrel, Kaan Ayhan made it 3-1 from a corner in the 78th minute, and Gianluca Scamacca made it 4-1 with a direct free kick in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 2.44 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Spezia's 0.28 from 5.

Match stats

Sassuolo Spezia
16 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.44 xG 0.28
1.68 Non-penalty xG 0.28
11 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Sassuolo Spezia
Kick-off
Domenico Berardi
Penalty1-0 (Sassuolo)
17’
36’
Daniele Verde
Assist: Simone Bastoni1-1 (Spezia)
Half-time1-1
Domenico Berardi
Assist: Gregoire Defrel2-1 (Sassuolo)
48’
Kaan Ayhan3-1 (Sassuolo)
78’
Gianluca Scamacca4-1 (Sassuolo)
81’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Sassuolo
  • Matheus Henrique
  • Domenico Berardi
Spezia
  • Martin Erlic
  • Giulio Maggiore
  • Viktor Kovalenko

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.28 17’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 1-0 17’ 36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-1 36’ 48’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 2-1 48’ 78’ Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), 3-1 78’ 81’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), 4-1 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.44 0.28 17’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 1-0 Berardi 17’ 36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 1-1 Verde 36’ 48’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 2-1 Berardi 48’ 78’ Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), 3-1 Ayhan 78’ 81’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), 4-1 Scamacca 81’
Sassuolo 2.44 xGSpezia 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Sassuolo attacking 
17’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 21’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 90+2’ Brian Oddei (Sassuolo), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 41’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 86’ Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 75’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 86’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 21’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Kelvin Adou (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 78’ Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 29’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 89’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 21’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 90+2’ Brian Oddei (Sassuolo), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 41’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 86’ Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 75’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 86’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 21’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Kelvin Adou (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 78’ Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 29’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 89’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo), open play, 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
Mert Müldür DEF900 0.000.000
Gianmarco Ferrari DEF900 0.000.000
Kaan Ayhan DEF9011 0.050.000
Georgios Kyriakopoulos DEF901 0.040.151
Maxime Lopez MID902 0.210.000
Davide Frattesi MID852 0.380.041
Matheus Henrique MID842 0.050.000
Domenico Berardi FWD9023 1.200.203
Gregoire Defrel FWD6810 0.000.401
Hamed Junior Traore FWD901 0.100.092
Gianluca Scamacca Sub2212 0.150.202
Abdou Harroui Sub61 0.100.000
Francesco Magnanelli Sub50 0.000.000
Emil Ceïde Sub10 0.000.000
Brian Oddei Sub11 0.150.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 53% Avg odds 1.80
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.89
Spezia win 22% Avg odds 4.36

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo DWWWD
Spezia LLLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo, 05 Dec 21 Next meeting: Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo, 27 Aug 22  All Sassuolo vs Spezia 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.