Frosinone 4-2 Sassuolo: Raimondo's hat-trick sinks the visitors
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Key numbers
- 10 shots on target, a high in eight matches this season
- Sassuolo's 4 goals conceded, a high in eight matches
- Frosinone led for about 70 of the 90 minutes
Frosinone move clear twice after Sassuolo hit back
Frosinone beat Sassuolo 4-2 and had to do it the hard way, because the visitors pulled level and then closed to 3-2. Each time, the hosts found another goal. They led for about 70 minutes of the 90, and the win lifted them from ninth to fourth in the table.
Ten shots on target without the ball
Sassuolo had 58% of the ball, yet Frosinone were the more clinical side. Ten shots on target is the most in their eight matches this season, against an average of 5.4. Their xG per shot was also above their usual level, which suggests finishing rather than possession shaped this result.
Sassuolo's defence undid decent attacking work
Sassuolo were far from toothless. Domenico Berardi levelled with an assist from Darryl Bakola, Kristian Thorstvedt made it 3-2, and their xG was 2.04. The problem was at the other end: four goals conceded is their most in eight matches this season, whose average is 1.4. Their defence looks to have been the weaker half.
Raimondo's late third restored the two-goal cushion
Raimondo's goal in the 26th minute put Frosinone back in front and was worth +0.8 FN xPts, while Sassuolo lost 0.7. Even after the visitors cut the gap to one goal, Frosinone did not wobble. Raimondo's third, in the 57th minute, re-opened a two-goal lead and gave the hosts a margin they kept to full-time.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Antonio Raimondo 8.8Dominant
He turned six shots, four of them on target, into three goals.
The FN MOM earned nearly all his value in attack, even though he completed only six of 11 passes and won two of nine duels. His goals mattered because each one restored Frosinone's advantage: the first, in the 26th minute, came after Sassuolo's equaliser, and the third, in the 57th, came after they had closed to 3-2. It took him to seven league goals this season.
Game state
1-01-12-13-13-24-2
Frosinone ahead 70 min · level 20 min · Sassuolo ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
9'
Giacomo Calò
Goal · SAS −0.7
+0.7
15'
Domenico Berardi
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Darryl Bakola +0.2 · FRO −0.8
+0.7
26'
Antonio Raimondo
Goal · SAS −0.7
+0.8
30'
Antonio Raimondo
Goal · SAS −0.4
+0.5
37'
Kristian Thorstvedt
Goal · FRO −0.5
+0.4
57'
Antonio Raimondo
Goal · SAS −0.3
+0.5
Frosinone
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +2.5Opponent moments −1.3Time effect +0.5→ League points won 3
Sassuolo
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.1Opponent moments −2.1Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
FrosinoneSassuolo
2.59Expected goals (xG)2.04
Compared with usual
Frosinone
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 2.59 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 2.04 | 2.2 | |
| Shots | 21 | 17.3 | |
| On target | 10 | 5.4 | high |
| Shots faced | 14 | 18.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 42% | 45.3% | |
| Passes | 333 | 330.1 | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.3 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 17.4 | |
Sassuolo
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.4 | high |
| xG | 2.04 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 2.59 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 14 | 15.1 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.1 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 14.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 58% | 47.8% | |
| Passes | 467 | 445.4 | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 9.3 | |
Timeline
- 9'
Goal
Giacomo Calò league goal #2
- 15'
Goal
Domenico Berardi league goal #2 assist Darryl Bakola
- 17'
VAR
Giorgi Kvernadze
- 26'
Goal
Antonio Raimondo league goal #5
- 30'
Goal
Antonio Raimondo league goal #6
- 37'
Goal
Kristian Thorstvedt league goal #1
- 57'
Goal
Antonio Raimondo league goal #7
- 58'
Sub
Kristian Thorstvedt → Kieron Bowie
- 67'
Sub
Sebastiano Esposito → Benjamín Domínguez
- 68'
Sub
Nemanja Matić → Luca Lipani
- 68'
Sub
Josh Doig → Rafael Obrador
- 74'
Sub
Giorgi Kvernadze → Alessio Zerbin
- 74'
Sub
Ilario Monterisi → Omar Fayed
- 80'
Sub
Giacomo Calò → Matteo Cichella
- 80'
Sub
Anthony Oyono → Wisdom Amey
- 82'
Yellow
Kieron Bowie
- 83'
Sub
Armand Laurienté → Cristian Volpato
- 90'
Sub
Antonio Raimondo → Daniel Bîrligea
Category leaders
- Key passesGiacomo Calò5
- Duels wonGiorgio Cittadini12/15
- DribblesGiorgio Cittadini2/2
- Defensive actionsGiorgio Cittadini6
- ShotsAntonio Raimondo6 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonSebastiano Esposito4
#Frosinone#Sassuolo#Serie A#Antonio Raimondo#Domenico Berardi#Giacomo Calò
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.