Sassuolo host Frosinone in Coppa Italia last 32

The Tie at the Mapei Stadium

Sassuolo and Frosinone met in the round of 32 of the Coppa Italia, Italy's domestic knockout cup, at the Mapei Stadium, Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, the ground Sassuolo use as their home.

The date was 2 September 2026. The two sources give different kick-off times: Toffee Web INT lists 14:00 local time, while Quotidiano Sportivo reports the round of 32 fixtures starting at 3 p.m. and this match kicking off then.

Both sides arrived off wins in the previous cup round. Sassuolo beat Cesena 3-0 and Frosinone beat Juve Stabia 4-1, according to Toffee Web INT.

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Form and Head-to-Head

Toffee Web INT describes Sassuolo's league form as inconsistent, with wins and losses alternating over their last five matches and a 1-2 defeat by Atalanta among them. Frosinone lost 1-0 at home to Juventus in their most recent league game but had won two of their previous three.

The same publication puts the overall head-to-head record at 6-2 in Sassuolo's favour, while noting that Frosinone won the most recent meeting between the clubs 1-0, away from the Mapei Stadium. Sassuolo were priced as favourites, with the 1X double chance covering a home win or draw quoted at 1.85.

Selection and Rotation

Sassuolo coach Alberto Aquilani said before the game, in comments reported by Quotidiano Sportivo, "We care about the Cup, we'll do our best to play the best game possible."

That publication expected heavy rotation on both sides, with the Italian transfer window having closed the day before and a league matchday close behind. It named Esposito, Van der Brempt, Caleta-Car and Sulemana as Sassuolo's new arrivals looking for minutes, and pointed to a season debut in goal for Turati, with Obrador, Lipani and Domínguez in line to start.

Frosinone coach Alvini was also expected to change his team from the one that beat Fiorentina in Florence. Quotidiano Sportivo listed possible defensive changes involving Akpoguma, Terzic and Amey, a debut for Tchato, Cichella in midfield for Masini, and a 4-2-3-1 with Hasa, Schmid, Zerbin and Fini behind either Bîrligea or Bobcek.

In-Game Incidents

BBC Sport's live coverage records Domenico Berardi, Kieron Bowie and Armand Laurienté winning free kicks for Sassuolo, and Luis Hasa and Anouar El Azzouzi doing the same for Frosinone. Kevin Akpoguma was shown a yellow card for a bad foul, and a Daniel Bîrligea shot from the left side of the box, set up by Alessio Zerbin, was blocked.

Sassuolo's substitutions included Sebastiano Esposito for Luca Lipani, Ignace Van der Brempt for Rafa Obrador, Laurienté for Benja Domínguez and Darryl Bakola for Bowie. Frosinone sent on Tomás Bobcek for Bîrligea, Giorgio Cittadini for Aleksa Terzic, Omar Fayed for Akpoguma and Patrizio Masini for El Azzouzi.

The sources do not report any goals or a final score, so the result of the tie is not established by the material available here.