| 2¹ | McGINN beat RIGONI and fired the ball to BAILEY who fumbled his effort wide. |
| 3¹ | A accurate pass was collected by FÜLLKRUG and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide. |
| 5¹ | LENGLET's shot beat the Sassuolo 'keeper but rebounded off the Sassuolo crossbar. |
| 10¹ | LENGLET rifled an easy chance past the far post. |
| 13¹ | BAILEY touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 14¹ | PETAGNA blasted a looping shot just wide from twenty-five yards out. |
| 15¹ | The referee books MARLON for a poor challenge. |
| 16¹ | A mix up in the Sassuolo defence enabled BUENDIA to volley an effort over. |
| 19¹ | The hapless Aston Villa 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BUENDIA dropped just over. |
| 21¹ | The Sassuolo 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from PEREIRA. |
| 22¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in BOGA driving the ball wide. |
| 32¹ | An exceptional effort from BOGA scraped the outside of the righthand post. |
| 34¹ | A poor shot from RUAN bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 36¹ | A corner found KELLYMAN who nodded the ball inches over. |
| 4² | GOAL!! A shot from KOUAMÉ dribbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted SAMBA. (1-0 Sassuolo)| 4² | FÜLLKRUG hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area. | | 13² | GOAL!! An imaginative ORBAN played a wonderful ball down the middle to MAATSEN who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)| 15² | PETAGNA ran onto a great ball from MATHEUS but fired his shot wide. | | 16² | A good ball from BERARDI on the right bobbled toward BOGA who scuffed his shot inches wide. | | 19² | BAILEY dribbled past BERARDI and poked a tame shot over. | | 32² | A cross from BERARDI left KOUAMÉ in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. | | 39² | GOAL!! Uncertainty between MINGS and the Aston Villa 'keeper allowed BOGA to fire the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Sassuolo)| 43² | A drive from BAILEY seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away. | | | |