Benevento 1-2 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 19 November 2017
Result
Benevento 1-2 Sassuolo
Serie A · Sunday 19 November 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benevento 1-2 Sassuolo: match report
Benevento lost to Sassuolo 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 19 November 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Alessandro Matri opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Benevento's goal came from Samuel Armenteros (65'). Sassuolo scored through Alessandro Matri (57') and Federico Peluso (90+4').
Discipline: Benevento received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sassuolo received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benevento were 20th on 0 points from 12 and Sassuolo 18th on 8 points from 12. Benevento went on to finish that season 20th with 21 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.
Benevento lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matteo Politano of Sassuolo (8.2), ahead of Amato Ciciretti (8.1).
Going into the match Benevento's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Sassuolo's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Gaetano Letizia
- 30'Yellow card · Francesco Magnanelli
- 43'Yellow card · Andrea Costa
- 57'Goal · Alessandro Matri
- 65'Goal · Samuel Armenteros
- 66'Yellow card · Samuel Armenteros
- 67'Second yellow · Gaetano Letizia
- 90+2'Missed penalty · Domenico Berardi
- 90+4'Goal · Federico Peluso
Team news
Benevento line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alberto Brignoli, Gaetano Letizia, Gianluca Di Chiara, Andrea Costa, Luca Antei, Marco D'Alessandro, Danilo Cataldi, Amato Ciciretti, Raman Chibsah, Nicolas Viola, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Marcello Gazzola, Paolo Cannavaro, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Davide Biondini, Alessandro Matri, Matteo Politano, Antonino Ragusa