Serie A Β· ITA Β· Round 1

Palermo
0 - 1 Full time
Sassuolo

Stadio Renzo Barbera

Lineups

Palermo3-4-3
JP1Posavec
TC15Cionek
RV2↓81'Vitiello
SR5Rajkovic
AR3Rispoli
OH10Hiljemark
AG14Gazzi
HA19Aleesami
AB27↓69'Bentivegna
RQ21Quaison
NB22↓56'Balogh
AC47Consigli
MG23Gazzola
LA5Antei
FA15Acerbi
FP13Peluso
LM22↓71'Mazzitelli
FM4Magnanelli
SS12Sensi
DB25⚽Berardi
GD11↓75'Defrel
MP16↓85'Politano
Sassuolo4-3-3

Palermo substitutes

30 Ilija Nestorovski 5.9 ↑56'
20 Roland Sallai 5.8 ↑69'
11 Carlos Embalo ↑81'
68 Andrea Fulignati
6 Edoardo Goldaniga
12 Geancarlo GonzΓ‘lez
97 Giuseppe Pezzella
18 Ivailo Chochev
55 Leonardo Marson
28 Mato Jajalo
98 Simone Lo Faso
4 Sinisa Andelkovic

Coach: Davide Ballardini

Sassuolo substitutes

8 Davide Biondini 6.2 ↑71'
9 Diego Falcinelli 5.8 ↑75'
98 Claud Adjapong ↑85'
1 Alberto Pomini
10 Alessandro Matri
79 Gianluca Pegolo
33 Giovanni Sbrissa
29 Marcello Trotta
28 Paolo Cannavaro
20 Pol Lirola
55 Timo Letschert

Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco

Match events

30'Slobodan Rajkovic
31'Domenico Berardi (penalty) 0 - 1⚽
41'Luca Mazzitelli
Second half
56'↑ Ilija Nestorovski ↓ Norbert Balogh⇄
69'↑ Roland Sallai ↓ Accursio Bentivegna⇄
71'↑ Davide Biondini ↓ Luca Mazzitelli⇄
75'↑ Diego Falcinelli ↓ Gregoire Defrel⇄
80'Robin Quaison
81'↑ Carlos Embalo ↓ Roberto Vitiello⇄
85'↑ Claud Adjapong ↓ Matteo Politano⇄
90+1'Slobodan Rajkovic
90+3'Andrea Consigli

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Match details

CompetitionSerie A
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 21 August 2016, 18:45 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Palermo wins2Draws2Sassuolo wins

5 past meetings on record. Biggest Palermo win: Sassuolo 4–1 Palermo (2017). Biggest Sassuolo win: Palermo 0–1 Sassuolo (2015).

15 Jan 2017Sassuolo 4 - 1 PalermoSerie A
7 Feb 2016Sassuolo 2 - 2 PalermoSerie A
23 Sep 2015Palermo 0 - 1 SassuoloSerie A
2 May 2015Sassuolo 0 - 0 PalermoSerie A
13 Dec 2014Palermo 2 - 1 SassuoloSerie A