Serie A

Sassuolo 1-0 Spezia

Competition Serie A Season 2022/2023 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 17 Mar 2023, 17:30 Venue time 17 Mar 2023, 18:30 CET

Sassuolo vs Spezia finished 1-0 in Serie A. Key event: 0 Albin Ekdal (assist Emmanuel Gyasi · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 39.5%). Head to head: H2H last 5 before 17 Mar 2023: 2 W / 2 D / 1 L for Sassuolo. Home form: W W W L D; Away form: W D D L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (17 Mar 2023): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W W L D Matches: 5 · 10 pts, goals 10-9, 2.00 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form W D D L D Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 6-7, 1.20 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Sassuolo · season record 9 W · 6 D · 11 L 2022/2023: 26 recorded matches, goals 34–40; before 17 Mar 2023 UTC. Not official standings.

Spezia · season record 5 W · 9 D · 12 L 2022/2023: 26 recorded matches, goals 23–42; before 17 Mar 2023 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 40 events

0 shot Albin Ekdal SPE assist Emmanuel Gyasi xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 39.5%

0 shot Mehdi Bourabia SPE xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.6%, 49.9%

3' shot Daniel Maldini SPE assist Kevin Agudelo xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 66.3%

10' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Matheus Henrique xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 65.1%

14' shot M'Bala Nzola SPE assist Kelvin Adou xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 28.9%

15' shot Matheus Henrique SAS assist Kristian Thorstvedt xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.7%, 43.6%

33' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Armand Lauriente xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 78.5%, 36.7%

33' shot Domenico Berardi SAS xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 31.8%

34' shot Jeremy Toljan SAS xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 32.8%

40' shot Daniel Maldini SPE assist Kevin Agudelo xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 59.4%

44' shot Matheus Henrique SAS assist Kristian Thorstvedt xG 0.45 · Open Play · location 92.3%, 49.8%

45' shot Rogerio SAS assist Armand Lauriente xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 67.8%

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53' shot M'Bala Nzola SPE xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 78.7%, 38.3%

56' shot Armand Lauriente SAS assist Rogerio xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 72.8%

58' Sub Davide Frattesi SAS on for Kristian Thorstvedt

60' shot Kelvin Adou SPE assist M'Bala Nzola xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.5%, 38.6%

65' Sub Salvatore Esposito SPE on for Albin Ekdal · Injury substitution

66' Yellow M'bala Nzola SPE Yellow card

66' Sub Szymon Żurkowski SPE on for Daniel Maldini

67' shot Armand Lauriente SAS assist Matheus Henrique xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.8%, 66.9%

69' VAR Armand Laurienté SAS Penalty not awarded

70' shot Domenico Berardi SAS xG 0.76 · Left Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

70' Yellow Kelvin Amian SPE Yellow card

71' Goal Domenico Berardi 1–0 SAS Penalty

72' shot Davide Frattesi SAS assist Jeremy Toljan xG 0.41 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 49.4%

72' shot Armand Lauriente SAS assist Domenico Berardi xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 55.8%

75' Sub Tio Cipot SPE on for Kevin Agudelo

75' Sub Abdou Harroui SAS on for Matheus Henrique

75' Sub Grégoire Defrel SAS on for Andrea Pinamonti

75' Sub Nedim Bajrami SAS on for Armand Laurienté

79' shot Abdou Harroui SAS assist Domenico Berardi xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 51.6%

80' Sub Daniele Verde SPE on for Mehdi Bourabia

80' Sub Eldor Shomurodov SPE on for Emmanuel Gyasi

81' shot Davide Frattesi SAS assist Abdou Harroui xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.5%, 71.8%

83' shot Ethan Ampadu SPE assist Daniele Verde xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 95.6%, 34.1%

85' shot Tio Cipot SPE xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 74.4%, 54.6%

85' Sub Riccardo Marchizza SAS on for Domenico Berardi

91' shot M'Bala Nzola SPE assist Dimitris Nikolaou xG 0.26 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89%, 39.6%

92' shot Gregoire Defrel SAS assist Nedim Bajrami xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 59.9%

94' shot Eldor Shomurodov SPE assist Tio Cipot xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 91.2%, 60.4%

Shot map 26 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Sassuolo 15 shots · 2.08 xG · 1 goal

Spezia 11 shots · 0.77 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (17 Mar 2023). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

01 Nov 2026

Spezia 2 - 1 Atalanta II

28 Oct 2026

Spezia 2 - 1 Livorno

27 Oct 2026

Sassuolo 2 - 6 Lazio

24 Oct 2026

Como 2 - 0 Sassuolo

24 Oct 2026

Spezia 1 - 1 Latina

18 Oct 2026

Ravenna 0 - 1 Spezia

16 Oct 2026

Frosinone 4 - 2 Sassuolo

11 Oct 2026

Sassuolo 1 - 1 AC Milan

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10 Oct 2026

Spezia 2 - 0 Gubbio

04 Oct 2026

Reggiana 0 - 1 Spezia

27 Sep 2026

Pescara 1 - 2 Spezia

21 Sep 2026

Spezia 3 - 1 Vis Pesaro

Team statistics 18 metrics

45% Ball Possession 55%

45% 55%

15 Total Shots 11

57% 42%

6 Shots on Goal 1

85% 14%

3 Corner Kicks 3

50% 50%

10 Fouls 13

43% 56%

0 Yellow Cards 2

0% 100%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 5

16% 83%

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2 Blocked shots 5

1 Offsides 2

9 Free kicks 8

7 Shots off target 5

26 Throw-ins 21

10 Goal kicks 8

1 Total saves 5

2 Hit woodwork 0

7 Shots inside box 6

2.01 Expected Goals · Sofascore 0.71

2.08 Expected Goals · Understat 0.77

Lineups & managers

Spezia

4-2-3-1 · 11 starters · Manager Leonardo Semplici

69 B Bartłomiej Drągowski GK

27 K Kelvin Amian DEF

29 M Mattia Caldara DEF

4 E Ethan Ampadu DEF

43 D Dimitrios Nikolaou DEF

8 A Albin Ekdal MID

6 M Mehdi Bourabia MID

11 E Emmanuel Gyasi · Captain MID

33 K Kevin Agudelo MID

30 D Daniel Maldini MID

18 M M'bala Nzola FWD

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25 S Salvatore Esposito MID

77 S Szymon Żurkowski MID

72 T Tio Cipot FWD

10 D Daniele Verde FWD

14 E Eldor Shomurodov FWD

40 P Petar Zovko GK

1 J Jeroen Zoet GK

21 S Salvador Ferrer DEF

55 P Przemysław Wiśniewski DEF

24 V Viktor Kovalenko MID

7 J Jacopo Sala DEF

16 J Julius Beck MID

19 R Raimonds Krollis FWD

Sassuolo

4-3-3 · 11 starters · Manager Alessio Dionisi

47 A Andrea Consigli GK

22 J Jeremy Toljan DEF

28 M Martin Erlić DEF

13 G Gian Marco Ferrari · Captain DEF

6 R Rogério DEF

42 K Kristian Thorstvedt MID

27 M Maxime López MID

7 M Matheus Henrique MID

10 D Domenico Berardi FWD

9 A Andrea Pinamonti FWD

45 A Armand Laurienté FWD

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16 D Davide Frattesi MID

8 A Abdou Harroui MID

20 N Nedim Bajrami MID

92 G Grégoire Defrel FWD

3 R Riccardo Marchizza DEF

25 G Gianluca Pegolo GK

64 A Alessandro Russo GK

19 F Filippo Romagna DEF

14 P Pedro Obiang MID

15 E Emil Konradsen Ceide FWD

11 A Agustín Álvarez FWD