Sassuolo 2-1 Catania: result and report

Coppa Italia · Wednesday 5 December 2018

Result

Sassuolo 2-1 Catania

Coppa Italia · Wednesday 5 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sassuolo 2-1 Catania: match report

Sassuolo defeated Catania 2-1 in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Alessandro Matri opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Alessandro Matri (14') and Manuel Locatelli (80'). Catania scored through Fran Brodic (41').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards; Catania received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Coppa Italia season and is kept for reference.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Catania in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 1 draw and 0 for Catania.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Alessandro MatriSassuolo · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Fran BrodicCatania · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 80'Goal · Manuel LocatelliSassuolo · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Tommaso SilvestriCatania
  • 89'Yellow card · Enrico BrignolaSassuolo

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sassuolo 1, draws 1, Catania 0.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Gianluca Pegolo, Mauricio Lemos, Federico Peluso, Giangiacomo Magnani, Cristian Dell'Orco, Francesco Magnanelli, Filip Djuricic, Manuel Locatelli, Enrico Brignola, Alessandro Matri, Marcello Trotta

Catania line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matteo Pisseri, Tommaso Silvestri, Joel Baraye, Luca Calapai, Andrea Esposito, Federico Angiulli, Maks Barišič, Fran Brodic, Giuseppe Rizzo, Rosario Bucolo, Davis Curiale