Sassuolo 2-1 Crotone: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 10 December 2017
Result
Sassuolo 2-1 Crotone
Serie A · Sunday 10 December 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sassuolo 2-1 Crotone: match report
Sassuolo beat Crotone 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 10 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Edoardo Goldaniga opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Edoardo Goldaniga (49') and Matteo Politano (61'). Crotone scored through an own goal by Francesco Acerbi (66').
Discipline: Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards; Crotone received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 18th on 11 points from 15 and Crotone 16th on 12 points from 15. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Crotone 18th with 35.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crotone in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matteo Politano of Sassuolo (8.7), ahead of Alex Cordaz (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 1 draw and 0 for Crotone.
Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Crotone's L-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Domenico Berardi
- 49'Goal · Edoardo Goldaniga
- 50'Yellow card · Arlind Ajeti
- 61'Goal · Matteo Politano
- 66'Own goal · Francesco Acerbi
- 72'Yellow card · Simone Missiroli
- 74'Yellow card · Francesco Cassata
- 89'Missed penalty · Alessandro Matri
- 90+3'Yellow card · Aristóteles Romero
- 90+3'Yellow card · Aristóteles Romero
Head-to-head
Team news
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Edoardo Goldaniga, Luca Mazzitelli, Simone Missiroli, Francesco Cassata, Diego Falcinelli, Matteo Politano, Domenico Berardi
Crotone line-up (4-5-1)
Alex Cordaz, Federico Ceccherini, Mario Sampirisi, Bruno Martella, Arlind Ajeti, Adrian Stoian, Marcus Rohdén, Andrea Barberis, Aleksandăr Tonev, Rolando Mandragora, Ante Budimir