Sassuolo vs Cittadella, 2024-25 Coppa Italia, First Round

· Coppa Italia
Sassuolo
  • 45': Samuele Mulattieri
  • 58': Armand Laurienté
FT
2 - 1
Cittadella
  • 48': Eurico Baldini

About

Sassuolo are hosting Cittadella at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Coppa Italia.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Offside, Cittadella. Jacopo Desogus is caught offside.
  • 1': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Matteo Angeli.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 4': Federico Casolari (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Daniel Boloca (Sassuolo).
  • 8': Enrico Baldini (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Cas Odenthal (Sassuolo).
  • 10': Attempt saved. Enrico Baldini (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Casolari.
  • 12': Corner, Cittadella. Conceded by Nedim Bajrami.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Alessio Vita (Cittadella) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edoardo Masciangelo with a cross following a corner.
  • 15': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Alessandro Salvi (Cittadella).
  • 18': Foul by Matteo Angeli (Cittadella).
  • 18': Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Enrico Baldini (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simone Rabbi.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Alessio Vita (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Enrico Baldini.
  • 23': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
  • 23': Francesco Amatucci (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Daniel Boloca (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuele Mulattieri.
  • 26': Delay in match (Sassuolo).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Edoardo Masciangelo (Cittadella) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 30': Foul by Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo).
  • 33': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Foul by Federico Casolari (Cittadella).
  • 34': Offside, Cittadella. Jacopo Desogus is caught offside.
  • 34': Hand ball by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
  • 35': Hand ball by Edoardo Masciangelo (Cittadella).
  • 36': Foul by Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo).
  • 36': Nicola Pavan (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Jacopo Desogus (Cittadella) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Daniel Boloca (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.
  • 40': Corner, Cittadella. Conceded by Cas Odenthal.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Salvi (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edoardo Masciangelo.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Jacopo Desogus (Cittadella) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Salvi following a corner.
  • 45': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Cittadella 0. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Cittadella 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 1, Cittadella 0.
  • 48': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Cittadella 1. Enrico Baldini (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacopo Desogus.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Boloca with a through ball.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Obiang.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Doig.
  • 52': Foul by Filippo Romagna (Sassuolo).
  • 52': Simone Rabbi (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Federico Casolari (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo).
  • 55': Foul by Filippo Romagna (Sassuolo).
  • 55': Jacopo Desogus (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Offside, Cittadella. Jacopo Desogus is caught offside.
  • 58': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Cittadella 1. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Boloca.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 62': Enrico Baldini (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Foul by Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo).
  • 62': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel Boloca.
  • 65': Substitution, Cittadella. Claudio Cassano replaces Enrico Baldini.
  • 65': Substitution, Sassuolo. Cristian Volpato replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Kristian Thorstvedt.
  • 67': Filippo Romagna (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Foul by Jacopo Desogus (Cittadella).
  • 68': Hand ball by Simone Rabbi (Cittadella).
  • 69': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Federico Casolari.
  • 70': Delay in match (Sassuolo).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Substitution, Cittadella. Simone Branca replaces Federico Casolari.
  • 72': Substitution, Cittadella. Andrea Magrassi replaces Jacopo Desogus.
  • 72': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Lipani replaces Pedro Obiang.
  • 73': Substitution, Sassuolo. Fabrizio Caligara replaces Kristian Thorstvedt.
  • 75': Claudio Cassano (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Foul by Luca Lipani (Sassuolo).
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Andrea Magrassi (Cittadella) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Amatucci.
  • 77': Corner, Cittadella. Conceded by Cas Odenthal.
  • 79': Substitution, Cittadella. Stefano Negro replaces Nicola Pavan.
  • 79': Substitution, Cittadella. Tommy Maistrello replaces Simone Rabbi.
  • 81': Foul by Matteo Angeli (Cittadella).
  • 81': Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Moro replaces Samuele Mulattieri.
  • 83': Substitution, Sassuolo. Matteo Lovato replaces Armand Laurienté.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Luca Moro (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Doig.
  • 89': Delay in match because of an injury Alessio Vita (Cittadella).
  • 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Luca Moro (Sassuolo).
  • 90'+1': Simone Branca (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Luca Moro (Sassuolo).
  • 90'+4': Stefano Negro (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Francesco Amatucci (Cittadella).
  • 90'+5': Luca Moro (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Luca Moro (Sassuolo).
  • 90'+5': Matteo Angeli (Cittadella) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 2, Cittadella 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 2, Cittadella 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 2
4 Saves 1
46.5 Possession 53.5
9 SHOTS 15
2 ON GOAL 6
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
339 Accurate Passes 404
409 Passes 482
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 0
15 Crosses 11
0.1 Cross % 0.0
51 Long Balls 61
27 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 3
22 Effective Tackles 12
34 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 9
24 Effective Clearances 17
24 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Coppa Italia

Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Giacomo Satalino (GK)
19 Filippo Romagna
26 Cas Odenthal
3 Josh Doig
23 Jeremy Toljan
42 Kristian Thorstvedt
11 Daniel Boloca
14 Pedro Obiang
9 Samuele Mulattieri
45 Armand Laurienté
72 Nedim Bajrami
Sassuolo Substitutes:
Fabrizio Caligara, Filippo Missori, Alessandro Russo, Uros Racic, Justin Kumi, Matteo Lovato, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Stefano Piccinini, Kevin Miranda, Luca Lipani, Yeferson Paz, Luca Moro, Flavio Russo, Janis Antiste, Cristian Volpato.

CIT Cittadella (4-4-2)

No. Name
36 Elhan Kastrati (GK)
4 Matteo Angeli
26 Nicola Pavan
32 Edoardo Masciangelo
2 Alessandro Salvi
8 Francesco Amatucci
5 Federico Casolari
11 Jacopo Desogus
16 Alessio Vita
92 Eurico Baldini
21 Simone Rabbi
Cittadella Substitutes:
Simone Branca, Francesco D´Alessio, Andrea Cecchetto, Stefano Negro, Alessio Rizza, Lorenzo Carissoni, Tommy Maistrello, Claudio Cassano, Akim Djibril, Andrea Tessiore, Luca Maniero, Andrea Magrassi.

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