Sassuolo beat Hellas Verona 1-0 Friday in a matchup between two teams in the bottom half of the Serie A standings.
Filip Duricic scored shortly after the break with a blistering long-range effort.
Sassuolo moved up to 13th place, level on points with 15th-place Verona.
Verona hit the post twice, first by Davide Faraoni a minute before Duricic's goal and again two minutes after Duricic's score by Valerio Verre.
Sassuolo's Alfred Duncan also hit the post in stoppage time.