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Italian Soccer Serie A
59% Ball Possession SASSUOLO and 41% Ball Possession LECCE
Sassuolo 1 – 0 Lecce 
40′ Domenico Berardi
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Lecce, 12th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Sassuolo lwin the Serie A Week 2 game against Lecce on Saturday 20 August 2022 at the Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy. Sassuolo looking for redemption after the unexpected elimination in the Italian Cup against Modena 3-2. The victory helps Sassuolo to climb the standing leaving the last position. Sassuolo were defeated in the first day by 3-0 against Juventus. Lecce still looking to win their first game in Serie after their promotion from Serie B.
Sassuolo opened the score in the 40th minute. Forward Domenico Berardi defeated Lecce goalkeeper Falcone with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
👉 Sassuolo 1 – 0 Lecce, 40th minute, goal by ⚽️ Domenico Berardi for @SassuoloUS with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Wladimiro Falcone. https://t.co/MQ4t08ARzs
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 20, 2022
✅ Stats before the game. Sassuolo and Lecce drew three of the four games played between Serie A and Serie B. Sassuolo won the most recent match in the top flight 4-2, on 4 July 2020 (Caputo, Berardi, Boga and Müldür scored for the Emilians , Lucioni and Mancosu for the Apulians). Sassuolo lost their last Serie A home match against a newly promoted team (1-2 vs Empoli on 31 October). The Emilians do not collect two home knockouts in a row against opponents from B from January-August 2016 (0-2 against Bologna and 0-3 at table against Pescara). Lecce have lost all their last three Serie A away games in Emilia Romagna, conceding an average of 3 goals per game (including a 2-4 against Sassuolo).
👉Lineup Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Erlic, G. Ferrari, Kyriakopulos; Frattesi, Lopez, Henrique; D. Berardi, Pinamonti, Rogerio.
👉Lineup Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Blin, Baschirotto, Gallo; Bistrovic, Hjulmand, J. Gonzalez; Strefezza, Ceesay, Di Francesco.
🇮🇹 Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Marcello Rossi from the section of Biella and Daniele Marchi from the section of Bologna. The Fourth Official will be Gianpiero Miele from the section of Nola. The VAR will be Daniele Paterna from the section of Teramo and Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia.
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👉 Sassuolo vs Lecce, Match Officials
Serie A Week 2🗓️ Saturday 20 August 2022
🏟️ Mapei Stadium
⏲️ 20:45🙍♂️ Referee: COLOMBO
🚩 Assistants: ROSSI M. – MARCHI
4⃣ Fourth Official: MIELE G.
VAR: PATERNA
AVAR: IRRATI@SassuoloUS @OfficialUSLecce https://t.co/D3KIkAkofC pic.twitter.com/MTXIGuTTkY— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 18, 2022
👉 Result Sassuolo 1 – 0 Lecce
⚽️ Goals: 39′ Domenico Berardi
Corners: Sassuolo 5, Lecce 4
Yellows: Sassuolo 5, Lecce 1✍️ Ball Possession: 59% @SassuoloUS and 41% @OfficialUSLecce
@USassuoloBrasil @sassuolobrasil @CanaleSassuolo https://t.co/xEmhqrVxFp
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 20, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/sassuolous
Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 2
Sassuolo 1 – 0 Lecce
Saturday 20 August 2022
Mapei Stadium
Sassuolo, Italy
20:45
Referee: COLOMBO
Assistants: ROSSI M. – MARCHI
Fourth Official: MIELE G.
VAR: PATERNA
AVAR: IRRATI
Goals: 40′ Domenico Berardi (S)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉Lineup Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Erlic, G. Ferrari, Kyriakopulos; Frattesi, Lopez, Henrique; D. Berardi, Pinamonti, Rogerio.
Subs: Pegolo, Russo, Ruan, Ayhan, Marchizza, Harroui, Obiang, Defrel, Thorsvedt, Alvarez, Ceide.
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
👉Lineup Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Blin, Baschirotto, Gallo; Bistrovic, Hjulmand, J. Gonzalez; Strefezza, Ceesay, Di Francesco.
Subs: Brancolini, Bleve, Frabotta, Tuia, Lemmens, Ciucci, Askildsen, Listkowski, Helgason, Rodriguez, Colombo, Banda, Voelkerling Persson.
Coach: Marco Baroni