Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sassuolo & Cagliari face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Cagliari when visiting Sassuolo as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sassuolo and Cagliari.
Sassuolo form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 8th finals.When playing at home in the Serie A, Sassuolo have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.
Sassuolo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Hellas Verona. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Kyriakopoulos (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Kyriakopoulos signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Empoli with a 5-1 scoreline.The manager Dionisi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Torino in only four days.
The Sassuolo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
Cagliari form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cagliari so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cagliari, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Roma. Cagliari goalie Cragno had a superb day's work vs Roma, but even with managing six saves the defeat could not be helped. Cragno was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.83. The agile goalkeeper Cragno stopped the opponent with six saves.
Before that, Cagliari secured a home win against Bologna with the score 2-1.After this away game Cagliari return home for a Serie A game against Fiorentina. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Cagliari, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Sassuolo, seven draws and zero wins for Cagliari. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Berardi 10 goals |  G. Scamacca 9 goals |   J. dos Santos Galvão 9 goals |
Sassuolo missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Sassuolo | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 7 | 27 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 80% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15.1 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | ||
| 14 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 19 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
