Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 7 January 2023
Result
Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo
Serie A · Saturday 7 January 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo: match report
Fiorentina defeated Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 7 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (48') and Nicolás González (90+1', penalty). Sassuolo scored through Domenico Berardi (57', penalty).
Discipline: Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 10th on 20 points from 16 and Sassuolo 16th on 16 points from 16. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Sassuolo 13th with 45.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo (7.8), ahead of R. Saponara (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fiorentina wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sassuolo.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Sassuolo's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Nikola Milenković
- 19'Yellow card · Hamed Junior Traorè
- 26'Yellow card · Ruan Tressoldi
- 48'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 56'Yellow card · Dodô
- 57'Penalty goal · Domenico Berardi
- 75'Yellow card · Gaetano Castrovilli
- 90+1'Penalty goal · Nicolás González
- 90+2'Yellow card · Domenico Berardi
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nicolás González
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)
Pietro Terracciano, Lorenzo Venuti, Nikola Milenković, Igor Julio, Cristiano Biraghi, Alessandro Bianco, Alfred Duncan, Jonathan Ikoné, Giacomo Bonaventura, Christian Kouamé, Arthur Cabral
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Ruan, Gianmarco Ferrari, Rogério, Davide Frattesi, Pedro Obiang, Hamed Traoré, Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Laurienté