Sassuolo vs Sampdoria, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ABerardi overhead inspires in-form Sassuolo to Sampdoria win
An overhead kick from Domenico Berardi secured a 1-0 win for Sassuolo against Sampdoria on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Antonio Candreva.
- 3': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 4': Attempt saved. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morten Thorsby.
- 4': Hand ball by Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria).
- 6': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 6': Tommaso Augello (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 7': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 9': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
- 12': Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Keita Baldé.
- 13': Foul by Keita Baldé (Sampdoria).
- 13': Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 14': Foul by Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo).
- 14': Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Attempt missed. Hamed Traore (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Maxime Lopez.
- 17': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
- 19': Attempt missed. Hamed Traore (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
- 23': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Keita Baldé.
- 25': Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo).
- 26': Offside, Sassuolo. Manuel Locatelli tries a through ball, but Hamed Traore is caught offside.
- 27': Foul by Keita Baldé (Sampdoria).
- 27': Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 30': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Attempt saved. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tommaso Augello.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 33': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Omar Colley.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
- 35': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Keita Baldé.
- 39': Hand ball by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 44': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keita Baldé.
- 45': Offside, Sassuolo. Gian Marco Ferrari tries a through ball, but Gregoire Defrel is caught offside.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Sampdoria 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, Sampdoria 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremie Boga replaces Marlon Santos.
- 46': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria).
- 46': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
- 48': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
- 51': Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria).
- 51': Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo).
- 53': Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 54': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Boga.
- 56': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 57': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
- 57': Attempt saved. Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gian Marco Ferrari with a headed pass.
- 58': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo).
- 58': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 59': Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 61': Tommaso Augello (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gian Marco Ferrari.
- 62': Attempt missed. Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 62': Substitution, Sassuolo. Mert Müldür replaces Jeremy Toljan.
- 62': Substitution, Sassuolo. Rogerio replaces Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
- 63': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Tommaso Augello (Sampdoria).
- 64': Substitution, Sampdoria. Antonino La Gumina replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
- 65': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 65': Foul by Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria).
- 66': Offside, Sassuolo. Gian Marco Ferrari tries a through ball, but Jeremie Boga is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a cross.
- 69': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Sampdoria 0. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 72': Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
- 72': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo).
- 72': Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt saved. Mert Müldür (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hamed Traore.
- 77': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Foul by Omar Colley (Sampdoria).
- 78': Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Gregoire Defrel.
- 79': Emil Audero (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo).
- 79': Substitution, Sampdoria. Mehdi Léris replaces Jakub Jankto.
- 79': Substitution, Sampdoria. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 81': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Omar Colley.
- 82': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 83': Attempt missed. Keita Baldé (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Maya Yoshida following a corner.
- 84': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Omar Colley.
- 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 85': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 86': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Boga with a cross following a corner.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Antonino La Gumina (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keita Baldé with a headed pass.
- 90': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Rogerio (Sassuolo).
- 90'+1': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria).
- 90'+1': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bartosz Bereszynski.
- 90'+3': Foul by Omar Colley (Sampdoria).
- 90'+3': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Kristoffer Askildsen (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Sampdoria 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 1, Sampdoria 0.
Statistics
 SAM |
SAS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 15 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 33.6 | Possession | 66.4 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 289 | Accurate Passes | 648 |
| 360 | Passes | 712 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 8 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 36 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 16 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
| 19 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atalanta | 13 | +18 | 28 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 13 | +17 | 28 |
| 3 | Napoli | 12 | +10 | 26 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 12 | +15 | 25 |
Line-Ups
Sassuolo (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 21 | Vlad Chiriches |
| 2 | Marlon |
| 77 | Georgios Kyriakopoulos |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan |
| 8 | Maxime López |
| 73 | Manuel Locatelli |
| 23 | Hamed Traoré |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi |
| 92 | Grégoire Defrel |
Sampdoria (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Audero (GK) |
| 15 | Omar Colley |
| 22 | Maya Yoshida |
| 3 | Tommaso Augello |
| 24 | Bartosz Bereszynski |
| 38 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 18 | Morten Thorsby |
| 14 | Jakub Jankto |
| 87 | Antonio Candreva |
| 23 | Manolo Gabbiadini |
| 10 | Keita Baldé |
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