Sassuolo 2-2 SK Rapid: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016

Result

Sassuolo 2-2 SK Rapid

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sassuolo 2-2 SK Rapid: match report

Sassuolo drew with SK Rapid 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Grégoire Defrel opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Grégoire Defrel (34') and Lorenzo Pellegrini (45+3'). SK Rapid scored through Matej Jelic (85') and Giorgi Kvilitaia (90').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 5 yellow cards; SK Rapid received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 23rd on 12 points from 7 and SK Rapid 21st on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Sassuolo lined up in a 5-3-2 and SK Rapid in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Pellegrini of Sassuolo (8.2), ahead of Davide Biondini (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Marcello GazzolaSassuolo
  • 28'Yellow card · Alessandro MatriSassuolo
  • 34'Goal · Grégoire DefrelSassuolo · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Grégoire DefrelSassuolo
  • 39'Yellow card · Louis SchaubSK Rapid
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Mario SonnleitnerSK Rapid
  • 45+3'Goal · Lorenzo PellegriniSassuolo · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Ivan MocinicSK Rapid
  • 63'Yellow card · Antonino RagusaSassuolo
  • 85'Goal · Matej JelicSK Rapid · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 90'Goal · Giorgi KvilitaiaSK Rapid · 2-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Giorgi KvilitaiaSK Rapid

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sassuolo 0, draws 1, SK Rapid 0.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (5-3-2)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Marcello Gazzola, Claud Adjapong, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Davide Biondini, Antonino Ragusa, Alessandro Matri, Grégoire Defrel

SK Rapid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard Strebinger, Thomas Schrammel, Mario Sonnleitner, Maximilian Hofmann, Manuel Thurnwald, Louis Schaub, Srdjan Grahovac, Arnór Traustason, Ivan Mocinic, Thomas Murg, Joelinton