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Italian Soccer Serie A

28% Ball Possession UDINESE and 72% Ball Possession SASSUOLO
Udinese 2 – 0 Sassuolo
42′ Fernando Llorente
93′ Roberto Pereyra

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese, 11th position with 29 points and a negative goal difference of -7
Sassuolo, 9th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +3

 Udinese achieving their objective winning the Serie A Week 26 home game against Sassuolo on Saturday 6 March 2021 at the Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy.  Sassuolo failing the challenge  to cause an upset and grab this away victory.  Sassuolo is -2 points below Hellas Verona with 38 points in the 8th position.  Sassuolo with a pending game.

Udinese opening the score in the 42nd minute.  Forward Fernando Llorente scoring his first goal as an Udinese player!  Llorente defeating Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.  The assist is by Nahuel Molina. Udinese have 250 different scorers in Serie A with Fernando Llorente; they are the 13th team to reach this number of goalscorers.

👉Udinese 1 – 0 Sassuolo, 42nd minute, goal by ⚽️ Fernando Llorente scoring his first goal for @Udinese_1896 with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nahuel Molina. https://t.co/AtIlZg8saG

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 6, 2021

Nothing to do for Sassuolo. Udinese sealing the victory in the 93rd minute with the goal by Roberto Pereyra delivering a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

👉Udinese 2 – 0 Sassuolo, 93rd minute, goal by ⚽️ Roberto Pereyra for @Udinese_1896 with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Rodrigo de Paul. https://t.co/PUuy356MAS https://t.co/jiG9lkr57h

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 6, 2021

• Stats before the game.  There are 15 precedents in Serie A between Udinese and Sassuolo: 5 wins for Udinese, 4 for Sassulo, and 6 draws.  Since the 2018/19 season, Udinese have conceded just one goal in five Serie A matches against Sassuolo; during the period Sassuolo is the team against which Udinese have more clean sheets in the top league (four).  Udinese won their first and last home games in Serie A against Sassuolo: in the middle three wins for the hosts and two draws. Udinese have scored four goals in their last two Serie A home games against Sassuolo, after scoring three in the first five matches.

✅ Here is UDINESE official starting lineup – formation by Coach Luca Gotti:

👉 Udinese (3-5-1-1): Musso; Bonifazi, Nuytinck, De Maio; Stryger Larsen, Molina, De Paul, Arslan, Walace; Pereyra; Llorente.

✅ Here is SASSUOLO official starting lineup – formation by Coach Roberto De Zerbi:

 👉 Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Marlon, G. Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Locatelli, Ayhan; Berardi, Lopez, Traoré; Raspadori.

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Click the video to watch Udinese vs Sassuolo highlights on Saturday 6 March 2021.

Referee Lorenzo Maggioni from the section of Lecco will be assisted by Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo and Michele Grossi from the section of Frosinone. The fourth official will be Fabrizio Pasqua from the section of Tivoli. The VAR will be Gianluca Manganiello from the section of Pinerolo and the AVAR will be Mauro Galetto from the section of Rovigo.

90 minuti al via di #UdineseSassuolo alla Dacia Arena 🏟️

⚪⚫ #ForzaUdinese #AlèUdin pic.twitter.com/0PAfObREtn

— Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) March 6, 2021

Gli undici scelti da mister Gotti per la partita contro il #Sassuolo

⚪#UdineseSassuolo #ForzaUdinese #AlèUdin pic.twitter.com/6H9wnKFCgE

— Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) March 6, 2021

#UdineseSassuolo: ecco la formazione ufficiale neroverde ⤵️

(4-2-3-1) Consigli; Toljan, Marlon, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Ayhan, Locatelli; Berardi, Lopez, Traore; Raspadori#ForzaSasol 💪🖤💚 pic.twitter.com/LFu8ebR6c8

— U.S. Sassuolo (@SassuoloUS) March 6, 2021

UDINESE – SASSUOLO Match Officials
🗓️Saturday 6 March
🏟️Dacia Arena
⏲️18:00

🙍‍♂️Referee: MAGGIONI
🚩Assistants: PAGANESSI – GROSSI
4⃣Fourth Official: PASQUA
🥅VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: GALETTO pic.twitter.com/ZBG0ANFCJG

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 4, 2021

👉Result: Udinese 2-0 Sassuolo

⚽️ Goals: 42′ Fernando Llorente, 93′ Roberto Pereyra

✍️Ball Possession: 28% @Udinese_1896 and 72% @SassuoloUS

👉Udinese, 32 points
👉Sassuolo, 36 points

✅ https://t.co/PUuy356MAS@Udinese_VAVEL @T_UDINESE_MONDO @SassuoloENG @CanaleSassuolo https://t.co/wyY2bDL8eG

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 6, 2021

MATCHDAY 🙌

🆚 @SassuoloUS
🏟 #DaciaArena
⏰ 18.00
🏆 @SerieA
📲 #UdineseSassuolo

⚪️⚫️ #ForzaUdinese #AlèUdin #Matchday #SerieATIM #WeAreCalcio pic.twitter.com/BjkGy6iHnU

— Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) March 6, 2021

2020 – 2021 Italian Serie A Week 26

Udinese 2 – 0 Sassuolo
Saturday 6 March 2021
Dacia Arena
Udine, Italy

18:00

Referee: MAGGIONI
Assistants: PAGANESSI – GROSSI
Fourth Official: PASQUA
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: GALETTO

Goals: 42′ Fernando Llorente (U), 93′ Roberto Pereyra (U)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉 Udinese (3-5-1-1): Musso; De Maio, Bonifazi (86′ Becao), Nuytinck, Molina, De Paul, Walace, Arslan (73′ Makengo), Larsen, Pereyra, Llorente (86′ Nestorovski).

Subs: Gasparini, Scuffet, Samir, Braaf, Micin, Forestieri, Zeegelaar, Deulofeu, Okaka.

Coach Luca Gotti

 👉 Sassuolo (4-2-3-1):  Consigli; Toljan, Marlon, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Ayhan (65′ Defrel), Locatelli; Berardi, Lopez (78′ Obiang), Traore (46′ Djuricic); Raspadori (46′ Caputo).

Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Rogerio, Peluso, Muldur, Magnanelli, Oddei, Haraslin.

Coach: Roberto De Zerbi