Serie A · Sun, 17 May 2026 ·
Sassuolo vs Lecce — 2 - 3
MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore · Referee: F. La Penna
Match report
Lecce beat Sassuolo 3-2 as W. Cheddira scores twice
Lecce beat Sassuolo 3-2 in Serie A matchday 37 on Sunday, 17 May 2026 at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore. A. Lauriente (20') and A. Pinamonti (82') scored for Sassuolo, while W. Cheddira (14', 25') and N. Stulic (90') found the net for Lecce. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Sassuolo had 74% of the ball and 15 shots (6 on target) against Lecce’s 11 (6 on target). Walid Cheddira (Lecce) was the top-rated player with 9.5. The result leaves Sassuolo 10th in the Serie A table on 7 points and Lecce 12th on 6.
In the headlines this week
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 14'goalW. CheddiraNormal Goal
- 20'goalA. LaurienteAssist: Pedro Felipe
- 25'goalW. CheddiraAssist: L. Banda
- 54'yellow cardYlber RamadaniYellow Card
- 63'substitutionM. NzolaOff: A. Pinamonti
- 63'substitutionN. MaticOff: L. Lipani
- 63'substitutionL. BandaOff: G. Jean
- 72'substitutionD. BerardiOff: C. Volpato
- 72'substitutionI. KoneOff: D. Bakola
- 77'yellow cardTarik MuharemovićYellow Card
- 79'substitutionS. PierottiOff: O. Gandelman
- 80'substitutionW. CheddiraOff: F. Camarda
- 81'yellow cardDanilo VeigaYellow Card
- 82'goalA. PinamontiAssist: U. Garcia
- 85'yellow cardTiago GabrielYellow Card
- 85'substitutionD. VeigaOff: K. Ndri
- 85'substitutionY. RamadaniOff: N. Stulic
- 88'substitutionA. LaurienteOff: C. Frangella
- 90'goalN. StulicAssist: O. Gandelman
- 90+1'yellow cardAntonino GalloYellow Card
Lineups
Sassuolo
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Fabio Grosso
Starting XI
- 13S. TuratiG
- 25W. CoulibalyD
- 66Pedro FelipeD
- 80T. MuharemovicD
- 23U. GarciaD
- 42K. ThorstvedtM
- 18N. MaticM
- 90I. KoneM
- 10D. BerardiF
- 8M. NzolaF
- 45A. LaurienteF
Substitutes
- 49A. MuricG
- 12G. SatalinoG
- 16G. ZacchiG
- 99A. PinamontiF
- 24L. MoroF
- 20A. FaderaF
- 7C. VolpatoM
- 35L. LipaniM
- 50D. BakolaM
- 3J. DoigD
- 44E. IannoniM
- 33C. FrangellaM
- 31T. MacchioniD
Lecce
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Eusebio Di Francesco
Starting XI
- 30W. FalconeG
- 17D. VeigaD
- 5J. SiebertD
- 44Tiago GabrielD
- 25A. GalloD
- 20Y. RamadaniM
- 79O. NgomM
- 50S. PierottiM
- 29L. CoulibalyM
- 19L. BandaM
- 99W. CheddiraF
Substitutes
- 1C. FruchtlG
- 32J. SamoojaG
- 14T. J. HelgasonM
- 36F. MarchwinskiM
- 16O. GandelmanM
- 6A. SalaM
- 8S. FofanaM
- 28O. GorterM
- 22F. CamardaF
- 3C. NdabaD
- 11K. NdriF
- 18G. JeanD
- 9N. StulicF
- 4K. GasparD
- 13M. PerezD
Match statistics
- 74%Possession26%
- 2.02Expected goals (xG)0.86
- 15Total shots11
- 6Shots on target6
- 6Shots off target4
- 3Blocked shots1
- 12Shots inside the box9
- 3Shots outside the box2
- 2Corners8
- 2Offsides2
- 7Fouls13
- 1Yellow cards4
- –Red cards–
- 3Goalkeeper saves4
- 634Passes208
- 547Accurate passes141
- 86%Pass accuracy68%
- -0.14Goals prevented-0.14
Player statistics
Sassuolo
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Stefano TuratiG | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 23Ulisses GarciaD | 90 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| 25Woyo CoulibalyD | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 66Pedro FelipeD | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 80Tarik MuharemovićD | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 18Nemanja MatićM | 63 | 6.6 | ||
| 42Kristian ThorstvedtM | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 90Ismael KonéM | 72 | 7.2 | ||
| 8M'bala NzolaF | 63 | 6.2 | ||
| 10Domenico BerardiF | 72 | 7.2 | ||
| 45Armand LaurientéF | 88 | 9.2 | 1 | |
| 12Giacomo SatalinoG | – | – | ||
| 16Gioele ZacchiG | – | – | ||
| 49Arijanet MurićG | – | – | ||
| 3Josh DoigD | – | – | ||
| 31Tommaso MacchioniD | – | – | ||
| 7Cristian VolpatoM | 18 | 6.3 | ||
| 33Christian FrangellaM | 9 | 6.5 | ||
| 35Luca LipaniM | 27 | 6.9 | ||
| 44Edoardo IannoniM | – | – | ||
| 50Darryl BakolaM | 18 | 7.0 | ||
| 20Alieu FaderaF | – | – | ||
| 24Luca MoroF | – | – | ||
| 99Andrea PinamontiF | 27 | 8.0 | 1 |
Lecce
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wladimiro FalconeG | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 5Jamil SiebertD | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 17Danilo VeigaD | 85 | 6.7 | ||
| 25Antonino GalloD | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 44Tiago GabrielD | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 19Lameck BandaM | 63 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| 20Ylber RamadaniM | 85 | 6.6 | ||
| 29Lassana CoulibalyM | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 50Santiago PierottiM | 79 | 6.6 | ||
| 79Oumar NgomM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 99Walid CheddiraFTop rated | 80 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| 1Christian FrüchtlG | – | – | ||
| 32Jasper SamoojaG | – | – | ||
| 3Corrie NdabaD | – | – | ||
| 4Kialonda GasparD | – | – | ||
| 13Matías PérezD | – | – | ||
| 18Gaby JeanD | 27 | 6.2 | ||
| 6Alex SalaM | – | – | ||
| 8Sadik FofanaM | – | – | ||
| 14Þórir Jóhann HelgasonM | – | – | ||
| 16Omri GandelmanM | 11 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 28Olaf GorterM | – | – | ||
| 36Filip MarchwińskiM | – | – | ||
| 9Nikola ŠtulićF | 12 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 11N'Dri KonanF | 12 | 6.2 | ||
| 22Francesco CamardaF | 10 | 6.3 |