Sassuolo vs Spezia

6 February 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Francesco Caputo 25’
  • Martin Erlic 39’
  • Emmanuel Gyasi 78’

Match summary

Spezia came from behind to win 2-1 away at Sassuolo. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo put Sassuolo ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Pedro Obiang, Martin Erlic equalised with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Simone Bastoni, and Emmanuel Gyasi won it from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Ardian Ismajli.

The chances backed that up: Spezia created 1.75 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Sassuolo's 0.97 from 8.

Match stats

Sassuolo Spezia
8 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.97 xG 1.65
0.97 Non-penalty xG 1.65
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Sassuolo Spezia
Kick-off
Francesco Caputo
Assist: Pedro Obiang1-0 (Sassuolo)
25’
39’
Martin Erlic
Assist: Simone Bastoni1-1 (Spezia)
Half-time1-1
78’
Emmanuel Gyasi
Assist: Ardian Ismajli1-2 (Spezia)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Sassuolo
  • Gianmarco Ferrari
  • Manuel Locatelli
Spezia
  • Luca Vignali
  • Martin Erlic
  • Simone Bastoni

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 1.75 25’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 1-0 25’ 39’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 1-1 39’ 78’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), 1-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 1.75 25’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), 1-0 Caputo 25’ 39’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 1-1 Erlic 39’ 78’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), 1-2 Gyasi 78’
Sassuolo 0.97 xGSpezia 1.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Sassuolo attacking 
78’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 18’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.51 xG, saved 25’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 55’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 18’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 58’ Lukas Haraslin (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 45’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 29’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 34’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Mert Müldür (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 73’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 8’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 78’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 18’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.51 xG, saved 25’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 55’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 18’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.16 xG, blocked 58’ Lukas Haraslin (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 45’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 34’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Mert Müldür (Sassuolo), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 8’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 78’ Ardian Ismajli (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 46’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 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 DEF901 0.070.091
Marlon Santos DEF900 0.000.000
Gianmarco Ferrari DEF900 0.000.000
Rogerio DEF901 0.020.000
Manuel Locatelli MID900 0.000.291
Pedro Obiang MID8410 0.000.392
Hamed Junior Traore MID663 0.450.000
Filip Djuricic MID660 0.000.101
Jeremie Boga MID380 0.000.000
Francesco Caputo FWD9011 0.330.000
Lukas Haraslin Sub461 0.100.000
Gregoire Defrel Sub241 0.020.000
Domenico Berardi Sub240 0.000.071
Francesco Magnanelli Sub60 0.000.000
Giacomo Raspadori Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 53% Avg odds 1.79
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69
Spezia win 21% Avg odds 4.57

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo WLDLD
Spezia WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Spezia 1-4 Sassuolo, 27 Sep 20 Next meeting: Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo, 05 Dec 21  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.