Genk 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016
Result
Genk 3-1 Sassuolo
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0
Genk 3-1 Sassuolo: match report
Genk defeated Sassuolo 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Nikolaos Karelis opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Genk's goals came from Nikolaos Karelis (8'), L. Bailey (25') and Thomas Buffel (61'). Sassuolo scored through Matteo Politano (65').
Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genk were 36th on 8 points from 7 and Sassuolo 23rd on 11 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Genk lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Pozuelo of Genk (8.5), ahead of Leon Bailey (8.4).
Going into the match Genk's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Sassuolo's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Nikolaos Karelis
- 25'Goal · L. Bailey
- 35'Yellow card · Federico Peluso
- 61'Goal · Thomas Buffel
- 65'Goal · Matteo Politano
- 67'Yellow card · Nikolaos Karelis
- 86'Yellow card · Matteo Politano
Team news
Genk line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Bizot, Jakub Brabec, Bojan Nastic, Omar Colley, Sandy Walsh, Tino-Sven Sušić, Alejandro Pozuelo, Wilfred Ndidi, Nikolaos Karelis, Thomas Buffel, Leon Bailey
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Timo Letschert, Francesco Magnanelli, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Davide Biondini, Grégoire Defrel, Matteo Politano, Federico Ricci