Sassuolo picked up their second win of the 2025-26 season with a convincing 3-1 victory over Udinese, with objectives from Armand Lauriente, Ismael Kone, Keinan Davis and Edoardo Iannoni.
Fabio Grosso made only one change to his Neroverdi facet after their 2-1 defeat by Inter final day out in Serie A, whereas Kosta Runjaic made a pair extra alterations, bringing in Nicolo Zaniolo and 17-year-old Matteo Palma for his league debut.
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Sassuolo’s entrance three all mixed for the Neroverdi opener: Andrea Pinamonti received the flick-on on the half-way line, Domenico Berardi capitalised and slipped in Lauriente, who made no mistake together with his end from the left of the realm.
Lauriente was concerned once more for Sassuolo’s second only a few minutes later, offering the help for Kone, who dribbled his method into the realm from the left-flank and slotted previous Razvan Sava from the nook of the six-yard field.
Ismael Kone scores his workforce’s second objective throughout the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Udinese Calcio at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on September 28, 2025 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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Udinese had been left feeling hard-done by after they noticed two penalty selections overturned after VAR checks.
Zaniolo went down beneath the problem of Lauriente within the space halfway via the primary half, however a radical evaluate ended with the choice going the opposite method; Sassuolo profitable a free-kick inside their very own space as an alternative.
Oumar Solet then went down when he felt he was clipped by Sebastian Walukiewicz in direction of the top of the opening interval, however once more, a penalty was not awarded after the referee went over to the display screen.
Davis was in the precise place on the proper time to half the Bianconero deficit 10 minutes into the second half. The Englishman had the entire of the online to faucet into after Muric spilled Arthur Atta’s low shot within the space.
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Sassuolo reestablished their two-goal benefit with 10 minutes of normal time remaining: Substitute Alieu Fadera held the ball up properly on the left flank earlier than floating in a cross for fellow sub Iannoni to move house in the course of the field.
At this time’s consequence places Sassuolo as much as twelfth place within the Serie A standings, one level behind Udinese in tenth. Each positions are topic to alter relying on the outcomes of Sunday’s different Serie A matches.
Ismael Kone celebrates scoring his workforce’s second objective throughout the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Udinese Calcio at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on September 28, 2025 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
Sassuolo 3-1 Udinese
Lauriente 8’ (S), Kone 12’ (S), Davis (U) 55’, Iannoni (S) 81’.