Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 15 Feb 2026

Udinese 1–2 Sassuolo

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.8
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.4
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Udinese favourites at 53%.

Sassuolo won and made the better chances: 1.4 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ulisses Garcia, 67.1 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Ulisses Garcia +25.4, Josh Doig +20.8, Andrea Pinamonti +18.6.

Well below it: Nicolò Bertola −15.3, Jürgen Ekkelenkamp −10.8, Maduka Okoye −10.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Udinese

8 Feb 2026L 1–2at Lecce Serie A
2 Feb 2026W 1–0v AS Roma Serie A
26 Jan 2026W 3–1at Hellas Verona Serie A
17 Jan 2026L 0–1v Inter Serie A
10 Jan 2026D 2–2v Pisa Serie A

Sassuolo

8 Feb 2026L 0–5v Inter Serie A
31 Jan 2026W 3–1at Pisa Serie A
25 Jan 2026W 1–0v Cremonese Serie A
17 Jan 2026L 0–1at SSC Napoli Serie A
10 Jan 2026L 0–2at AS Roma Serie A

Head to head

28 Sep 2025Sassuolo 3–1 Udinese Serie A

Udinese

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Oier Zarraga Midfielder2500–55.8–
Oumar Solet Defender86100.1453.2−1.4
Jakub Piotrowski Midfielder1100–49.3–
Idrissa Gueye Forward11000.1145.8–
Arthur Atta Midfielder9000–44.8−6.6
Lennon Miller Midfielder65000.0544.7+1.3
Nicolò Zaniolo Forward90000.1743.0−10.4
Juan Arizala Midfielder1100–42.7–
Adam Buksa Forward25000.0542.3–
Thomas Kristensen Defender90000.0140.7−5.9
Jordan Zemura Midfielder9000–40.4−2.1
Jesper Karlström Midfielder7900–40.3−1.5
Maduka Okoye Goalkeeper9000–39.9−10.5
Jürgen Ekkelenkamp Midfielder7901–38.4−10.8
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Forward6500–36.3−8.3
Nicolò Bertola Defender9000–27.4−15.3

Sassuolo

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ulisses Garcia Defender4501–67.1+25.4
Andrea Pinamonti Forward72110.7363.4+18.6
Josh Doig Defender4500–63.2+20.8
Cristian Volpato Forward1300–56.0–
Alieu Fadera Forward1100–55.9–
Armand Laurienté Forward79100.2153.8+2.8
Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender9000–48.1+2.5
Arijanet Murić Goalkeeper9000–47.1−4.4
Domenico Berardi Forward84000.0446.9−9.4
Jay Idzes Defender9000–46.1−1.4
Kristian Thorstvedt Midfielder90000.3445.5−4.5
Luca Lipani Midfielder90000.0345.3+0.3
Tarik Muharemović Defender4500–44.9−5.0
Ismael Koné Midfielder9000–41.6−8.8
Woyo Coulibaly Defender4500–41.4−3.4
M'bala Nzola Forward18000.0238.8–