Sassuolo beat Cremonese 1-0

Match report

Sassuolo beat Cremonese 1-0 in Serie A matchday 22 on Sunday, 25 January 2026 at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore. A. Fadera scored the only goal of the game for Sassuolo in the 3rd minute. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sassuolo had 45% of the ball and 13 shots (7 on target) against Cremonese’s 10 (4 on target). Arijanet Murić (Sassuolo) was the top-rated player with 7.7.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Sassuolo

10th · 7 points · P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2

Form

Cremonese

Not in a league table we track.

Serie A table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
9	Napoli	5	+1	7
10	Sassuolo	5	0	7
11	Atalanta	5	-2	6

Full Serie A table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Full Sassuolo vs Cremonese head-to-head

Match events

3'goalA. FaderaNormal Goal
23'substitutionM. CollocoloOff: A. Zerbin
32'yellow cardTommaso BarbieriYellow Card
46'substitutionT. BarbieriOff: D. Johnsen
59'substitutionA. FaderaOff: D. Berardi
59'substitutionL. LipaniOff: K. Thorstvedt
64'yellow cardArmand LaurientéYellow Card
67'substitutionA. GrassiOff: R. Floriani
71'substitutionA. LaurienteOff: N. Pierini
71'substitutionL. MoroOff: A. Pinamonti
74'yellow cardGiuseppe PezzellaYellow Card
81'substitutionM. BianchettiOff: M. Faye
81'substitutionF. TerraccianoOff: F. Folino
83'substitutionI. KoneOff: E. Iannoni

Lineups

Sassuolo

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Fabio Grosso

Starting XI

Substitutes

Cremonese

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Marco Giampaolo

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

45%Possession55%
1.06Expected goals (xG)0.65
13Total shots10
7Shots on target4
5Shots off target2
1Blocked shots4
7Shots inside the box4
6Shots outside the box6
3Corners5
4Offsides3
13Fouls14
1Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves6
377Passes444
311Accurate passes358
82%Pass accuracy81%
0.63Goals prevented0.63

Player statistics

Sassuolo

Sassuolo player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
49Arijanet MurićGTop rated	90	7.7			30 · 53%
3Josh DoigD	90	7.2		2 (1)	35 · 89%		1	1/5
6Sebastian WalukiewiczD	90	7.5		1 (0)	29 · 90%	1	1	4/6
21Jay IdzesD	90	6.9			38 · 89%			0/3
80Tarik MuharemovićD	90	7.3			38 · 84%		1	5/5
18Nemanja MatićM	90	7.6			69 · 83%	2	2	4/5
35Luca LipaniM	59	6.6			16 · 62%		2	2/5
90Ismael KonéM	84	7.2			43 · 93%	4	2	5/6
20Alieu FaderaF	59	7.0	1	1 (1)	8 · 62%	1	1	3/7
24Luca MoroF	71	6.3		2 (1)	10 · 70%			7/14
45Armand LaurientéF	71	6.9		4 (3)	20 · 85%	1		4/9
12Giacomo SatalinoG	–	–
13Stefano TuratiG	–	–
16Gioele ZacchiG	–	–
17Yeferson PazD	–	–
19Filippo RomagnaD	–	–
25Woyo CoulibalyD	–	–
26Cas OdenthalD	–	–
7Cristian VolpatoM	–	–
40Aster VranckxM	–	–
42Kristian ThorstvedtM	31	6.9			17 · 88%		1	3/4
44Edoardo IannoniM	13	6.3			3 · 67%			0/1
10Domenico BerardiF	31	6.5			10 · 90%		1	3/10
14Laurs SkjellerupF	–	–
77Nicholas PieriniF	19	6.5		2 (1)	6 · 100%			0/2
99Andrea PinamontiF	19	6.5			5 · 80%			1/4

Cremonese

Cremonese player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Emil AuderoG	90	6.9		25 · 56%
6Federico BaschirottoD	90	6.7		64 · 83%			6/11
15Matteo BianchettiD	81	7.0	1 (0)	64 · 84%		4	5/7
24Filippo TerraccianoD	81	6.3		46 · 83%		1	1/5
3Giuseppe PezzellaM	90	7.3		30 · 80%	2	4	10/15
4Tommaso BarbieriM	45	6.3		14 · 64%		2	3/5
18Michele CollocoloM	23	6.3		9 · 78%			0/2
27Jari VandeputteM	90	6.6		49 · 82%	1	2	4/9
33Alberto GrassiM	67	6.6		32 · 88%		1	2/3
10Jamie VardyF	90	6.2	2 (1)	9 · 78%			2/4
90Federico BonazzoliF	90	6.7	2 (2)	40 · 92%			0/4
16Marco SilvestriG	–	–
69Lapo NavaG	–	–
22Romano Floriani MussoliniD	23	6.9		6 · 83%	1	3	5/8
23Federico CeccheriniD	–	–
30Mikayil FayeD	9	6.6		13 · 69%
55Francesco FolinoD	9	6.9		8 · 88%	1		1/1
7Alessio ZerbinF	67	6.0	1 (1)	25 · 84%	1	1	1/6
11Dennis JohnsenF	45	6.6		10 · 50%	1	2	4/6