2016-17 Italian Serie A
- Nicola Rigoni (21')
- Lucas Castro (40')
- Grégoire Defrel (28')
Chievo Verona 2-1 Sassuolo
Chievo continued their fine start to the Serie A season with a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo.
The win made it 10 points from five games thanks to goals from Nicola Rigoni and Lucas Castro.
Rigoni opened the scoring in the 21st minute with a long-range effort following a corner.
It took just seven minutes for the visitors to equalise through Gregoire Defrel but Castro scored what proved to be the winner in the 40th minute with a header from Valter Birsa's cross.
The result lifted Chievo up to fourth place, only two points behind leaders Juventus.
Game Information
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
7:45 PM, 21 September 2016
Verona, Italy
Attendance: 9,000
- Referees:
- Piero Giacomelli
Italian Serie A Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 35 | 28 | 5 | 2 | +62 | 89 |
AC Milan | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | +25 | 70 |
Juventus | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | +21 | 65 |
Bologna | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | +22 | 64 |
AS Roma | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | +20 | 59 |
Atalanta | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | +24 | 57 |
Lazio | 35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | +8 | 56 |
Fiorentina | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | +13 | 50 |
Napoli | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | +9 | 50 |
Torino | 35 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 47 |
Monza | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | -8 | 45 |
Genoa | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 42 |
Lecce | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -18 | 36 |
Cagliari | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -23 | 32 |
Hellas Verona | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 31 |
Frosinone | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 31 |
Empoli | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 31 |
Udinese | 34 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -19 | 29 |
Sassuolo | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -29 | 29 |
Salernitana | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | -47 | 15 |