Sassuolo vs Verona

13 March 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Alessandro Prontera

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Manuel Locatelli 4’
Filip Djuricic 51’
Hamed Junior Traore 81’

Darko Lazovic 43’
Federico Dimarco 79’

Match summary

Sassuolo saw off Verona 3-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Manuel Locatelli put Sassuolo ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Gregoire Defrel and Darko Lazovic equalised in the 43rd minute, set up by Marco Faraoni. In the second half, Filip Djuricic put Sassuolo back in front in the 51st minute, Federico Dimarco equalised in the 79th minute, set up by Darko Lazovic, and Hamed Junior Traore won it from a corner in the 81st minute, set up by Gianmarco Ferrari.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sassuolo created 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Verona 1.48 from 13.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

8 Shots on Target 7

6 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.56 xG 1.48

1.56 Non-penalty xG 1.48

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Sassuolo Verona

Kick-off

Manuel Locatelli
Assist: Gregoire Defrel

1-0

4’

43’

Darko Lazovic
Assist: Marco Faraoni

1-1

Half-time1-1

Filip Djuricic

2-1

51’

79’

Federico Dimarco
Assist: Darko Lazovic

2-2

Hamed Junior Traore
Assist: Gianmarco Ferrari

3-2

81’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Manuel Locatelli
Filip Djuricic
Hamed Junior Traore

Verona

Giangiacomo Magnani
Marco Faraoni

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 1.56 xGVerona 1.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Verona 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
Jeremy Toljan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90		1	2	0.14	0.06	1
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	88			1	0.10	0.12	1
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Locatelli	MID	85	1		3	0.12	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	MID	90			5	0.74	0.28	4
Gregoire Defrel	MID	68		1	1	0.09	0.07	2
Filip Djuricic	MID	68	1		2	0.09	0.32	1
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90			1	0.12	0.41	2
Marlon Santos	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	Sub	22	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Maxime Lopez	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marco Silvestri	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Ceccherini	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Giangiacomo Magnani	DEF	68			1	0.02	0.00	0
Koray Günter	DEF	57			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Faraoni	MID	47		1	0	0.00	0.46	2
Darko Lazovic	MID	90	1	1	2	0.46	0.42	3
Miguel Veloso	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Adrien Tameze	MID	57			1	0.02	0.00	0
Antonin Barak	MID	90			3	0.45	0.02	1
Mattia Zaccagni	MID	85			0	0.00	0.07	1
Kevin Lasagna	FWD	90			1	0.32	0.10	2
Federico Dimarco	Sub	43	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Stefano Sturaro	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pawel Dawidowicz	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Bessa	Sub	22			2	0.04	0.00	0
Eddie Salcedo	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 39% Avg odds 2.47

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27

Verona win 32% Avg odds 2.96

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo L W D D L

Verona W D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Verona 0-2 Sassuolo, 22 Nov 20 Next meeting: Verona 2-3 Sassuolo, 21 Aug 21 All Sassuolo vs Verona meetings

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