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 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | +67 | 92 |
AC Milan | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | +29 | 74 |
Bologna | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +24 | 67 |
Juventus | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +21 | 67 |
Atalanta | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | +26 | 63 |
AS Roma | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | +19 | 60 |
Lazio | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | +10 | 59 |
Fiorentina | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | +13 | 54 |
Napoli | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | +7 | 52 |
Torino | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | +1 | 50 |
Genoa | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 46 |
Monza | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 45 |
Lecce | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -20 | 37 |
Hellas Verona | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 34 |
Udinese | 36 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -17 | 33 |
Cagliari | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -27 | 33 |
Frosinone | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -25 | 32 |
Empoli | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 32 |
Sassuolo | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -30 | 29 |
Salernitana | 36 | 2 | 10 | 24 | -48 | 16 |