REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (Interstat) — Walid Cheddira scored twice as Lecce defeated Sassuolo 3-2 on Sunday at Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in the Serie A opener for both teams.

Cheddira opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Armand Lauriente equalized for Sassuolo five minutes later, but Cheddira restored Lecce’s lead in the 25th minute. Andrea Pinamonti tied the game for Sassuolo in the 82nd minute before Nikola Štulić netted the winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

Lecce improved to 1-0 in Serie A and across all competitions, while Sassuolo fell to 0-1. Antonino Gallo, Danilo Veiga, Tiago Gabriel, Ylber Ramadani and Tarik Muharemović each recorded an assist.

Yellow cards were issued to Ramadani in the 54th minute, Muharemović in the 77th, Veiga in the 81st, Tiago Gabriel in the 85th and Gallo in the first minute of stoppage time.