Gregoire Defrel scored a second-half winner as Sassuolo dented Juventus’ chances of European qualification in Serie A.
Defrel reacted fastest to an attempted clearance by the visitors before pivoting and firing past Mattia Perin.
Perin was standing in for regular goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who midweek reported chest pains.
The defeat leaves Juve, who were docked 15 points for illicit transfer activity in January, below the European spots.
Massimiliano Allegri’s side are seventh in the Serie A table, four points behind sixth-placed Atalanta, who have played one game fewer.
Victory for Sassuolo moves them up to 11th.
Line-ups
Sassuolo
Formation 4-3-3
- 47Consigli
- 22Toljan
- 28Erlic
- 44Tressoldi NettoSubstituted forFerrariat 90′minutes
- 6Oliveira da Silva
- 16Frattesi
- 27Lopez
- 7de SouzaSubstituted forHarrouiat 71′minutes
- 20BajramiSubstituted forZorteaat 78′minutes
- 9PinamontiSubstituted forDefrelat 45′minutes
- 45LaurientéSubstituted forCeïdeat 78′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Marchizza
- 8Harroui
- 11Álvarez Martínez
- 13Ferrari
- 14Obiang
- 15Ceïde
- 19Romagna
- 21Zortea
- 25Pegolo
- 35D’Andrea
- 42Thorstvedt
- 64Russo
- 92Defrel
Juventus
Formation 3-5-2
- 36Perin
- 15Gatti
- 3Bremer
- 6Danilo
- 42BarbieriSubstituted forJu Cuadradoat 57′minutes
- 44FagioliSubstituted forMirettiat 66′minutes
- 32ParedesSubstituted forPogbaat 83′minutes
- 25Rabiot
- 17KosticSubstituted forChiesaat 66′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 14MilikSubstituted forDi Maríaat 57′minutes
- 9Vlahovic
Substitutes
- 1Szczesny
- 5Locatelli
- 7Chiesa
- 10Pogba
- 11Ju Cuadrado
- 19Bonucci
- 20Miretti
- 22Di María
- 23Pinsoglio
- 24Rugani
- 30Soulé
- 43Iling-Junior
