Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs Lazio 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

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  • 45'+3': Mattia Zaccagni (P)
  • 90'+4': Felipe Anderson

Lazio beats Sassuolo 2-0 to close in on top 4 in Serie A

— Lazio boosted its hopes of qualifying for the Champions League by winning 2-0 at relegation-threatened Sassuolo on Sunday for its first win of the new year.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 15': Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Ciro Immobile because of an injury.
  • 18': Nicolò Casale (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 45'+2': Ruan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+2': Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Lazio 1. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 54': Substitution, Sassuolo. Maxime Lopez replaces Pedro Obiang.
  • 54': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Agustín Álvarez Martínez.
  • 64': Rogerio (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Elseid Hysaj (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Substitution, Sassuolo. Emil Ceïde replaces Armand Laurienté.
  • 69': Substitution, Sassuolo. Kristian Thorstvedt replaces Hamed Traorè.
  • 78': Substitution, Lazio. Matías Vecino replaces Danilo Cataldi.
  • 83': Martin Erlic (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gian Marco Ferrari replaces Martin Erlic.
  • 88': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90': Substitution, Lazio. Patric replaces Nicolò Casale.
  • 90'+4': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Lazio 2. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a headed pass.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 10,059

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 17
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 7
2 Saves 1
50.4 Possession 49.6
12 SHOTS 12
3 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.2
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
482 Accurate Passes 446
560 Passes 538
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.4
57 Long Balls 68
33 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 3
15 Effective Tackles 11
24 Tackles 19
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
13 Interceptions 9
16 Effective Clearances 11
16 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 Gianluca Pegolo (GK)
44 Ruan Yellow Card
28 Martin Erlic Yellow Card
6 Rogério Yellow Card
22 Jeremy Toljan Yellow Card
23 Hamed Traoré
14 Pedro Obiang
16 Davide Frattesi
11 Agustín Álvarez Martínez
45 Armand Laurienté
10 Domenico Berardi

LAZ Lazio (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
13 Alessio Romagnoli
15 Nicolo Casale Yellow Card
32 Danilo Cataldi Yellow Card
77 Adam Marusic
23 Elseid Hysaj Yellow Card
10 Luis Alberto
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
20 Mattia Zaccagni
7 Felipe Anderson
17 Ciro Immobile

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