Spezia vs Sassuolo

27 September 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Davide Ghersini

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–1

Andrej Galabinov 31’

Filip Djuricic 12’
Domenico Berardi 64’ (pen)
Gregoire Defrel 66’
Francesco Caputo 76’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Filip Djuricic put Sassuolo ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Gianmarco Ferrari and Andrej Galabinov equalised with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Matteo Ricci. In the second half, Domenico Berardi put Sassuolo back in front from the penalty spot in the 64th minute, Gregoire Defrel made it 1-3 in the 66th minute, set up by Francesco Caputo, and Francesco Caputo made it 1-4 from a corner in the 76th minute, set up by Gianmarco Ferrari.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 2.67 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Spezia's 1.29 from 12.

Match stats

11 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 8

3 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.29 xG 2.65

1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.89

6 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Spezia Sassuolo

Kick-off

12’

Filip Djuricic
Assist: Gianmarco Ferrari

0-1

Andrej Galabinov
Assist: Matteo Ricci1-1

31’

Half-time1-1

64’

Domenico Berardi
Penalty

1-2

66’

Gregoire Defrel
Assist: Francesco Caputo

1-3

76’

Francesco Caputo
Assist: Gianmarco Ferrari

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Spezia

Jeroen Zoet
Jacopo Sala

Sassuolo

Filip Djuricic

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.

Spezia 1.29 xGSassuolo 2.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sassuolo attacking Spezia 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
Jeroen Zoet	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacopo Sala	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.48	2
Martin Erlic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Dell'Orco	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Ramos	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.15	2
Matteo Ricci	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.36	3
Paolo Bartolomei	MID	79			0	0.00	0.02	1
Tommaso Pobega	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Agudelo	FWD	79			2	0.06	0.00	0
Andrej Galabinov	FWD	90	1		3	0.84	0.00	0
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	90			2	0.18	0.06	1
Diego Farias	Sub	11			1	0.03	0.10	1
Luca Mora	Sub	11			1	0.10	0.00	0
Alessandro Deiola	Sub	11			1	0.01	0.03	1
Salvador Ferrer	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

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	0.11	1
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90		2	0	0.00	0.42	2
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	85			1	0.35	0.00	0
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	DEF	53			0	0.00	0.11	2
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90			3	0.18	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	MID	53			0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.03	1
Gregoire Defrel	MID	76	1		2	0.44	0.00	0
Filip Djuricic	MID	90	1		5	0.23	0.56	4
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.72	0.12	1
Mehdi Bourabia	Sub	37			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	Sub	37			0	0.00	0.08	1
Hamed Junior Traore	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Ricci	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 21% Avg odds 4.57

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79

Sassuolo win 54% Avg odds 1.77

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

Form going into the game

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