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 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | +61 | 86 |
AC Milan | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | +25 | 69 |
Juventus | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | +21 | 64 |
Bologna | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | +22 | 62 |
AS Roma | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | +19 | 55 |
Atalanta | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | +22 | 54 |
Lazio | 33 | 16 | 4 | 13 | +7 | 52 |
Napoli | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | +9 | 49 |
Fiorentina | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 47 |
Torino | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | +2 | 46 |
Monza | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 43 |
Genoa | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 39 |
Lecce | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -18 | 35 |
Cagliari | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -20 | 32 |
Hellas Verona | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 31 |
Empoli | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 31 |
Udinese | 32 | 4 | 16 | 12 | -18 | 28 |
Frosinone | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -23 | 28 |
Sassuolo | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -26 | 26 |
Salernitana | 33 | 2 | 9 | 22 | -44 | 15 |