Serie A match prediction and preview for Crotone vs Sassuolo clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (16108 seats)

Crotone hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 20th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Sassuolo holds 8th place with 31 pts.

Insights:
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals (50) in Serie A

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Crotone form and stats

Crotone's results here at Stadio Ezio Scida in the Serie A have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Crotone has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager G. Stroppa and the players.

Simy was the last player to score a league goal for Crotone and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Crotone haven't scored in 204 minutes.

No payout for Crotone in their previous match, an away game at Milan that ended in defeat 0-4. Ahead of that match, Crotone lost 0-3 at home to Genoa.

As you see from the result above, Crotone suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Crotone's goalkeeper Alex Cordaz was extremely busy against Milan, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Crotone has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Crotone are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 10 played).

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Sassuolo form and stats

5-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sassuolo in their Serie A matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Spezia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cagliari.

Sassuolo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. As for defending, Sassuolo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sassuolo - Crotone 4-1 played earlier this season. Crotone-Sassuolo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crotone two wins, Sassuolo six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
8 goals
CrotoneS. Tochukwu Nwankwo
S. Tochukwu Nwankwo
7 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
7 goals

Crotone missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Crotone Sassuolo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 11 21
3 3 0 Won W 1 5 8
3 1 0 Drew D 2 3 7
15 6 2 Lost L 0 3 6
22 13 1 Scored S 6 20 34
50 20 5 Conceded C 3 18 32
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
71% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 57%
48% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 33%
29% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 29%
62% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 71%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 24%
38% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 8.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.5 13
3.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.1 4.8
33% 37% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 36% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Crotone's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Crotone has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Serie A
  • Crotone has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals (50) in Serie A
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Serie A
  • Crotone has the the worst goal difference (-28) in Serie A
  • Crotone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Crotone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 21 15 4 2 45 23 11 6 3 2 24 15 10 9 1 0 21 8 22 49
2 Inter 21 14 5 2 51 23 10 8 1 1 29 13 11 6 4 1 22 10 28 47
3 Juventus 20 12 6 2 41 18 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 5 4 1 21 10 23 42
4 Roma 21 12 4 5 44 35 11 8 3 0 28 13 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 40
5 Lazio 21 12 4 5 36 27 11 6 2 3 17 14 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 40
6 Napoli 20 12 1 7 44 21 10 6 1 3 27 10 10 6 0 4 17 11 23 37
7 Atalanta 21 10 7 4 48 29 11 5 3 3 26 16 10 5 4 1 22 13 19 37
8 Sassuolo 21 8 7 6 34 32 10 3 4 3 14 14 11 5 3 3 20 18 2 31
9 Hellas Verona 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 3 4 4 11 13 3 30
10 Sampdoria 21 8 3 10 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 16 11 4 2 5 14 16 -1 27
11 Udinese 21 6 6 9 23 28 11 3 3 5 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 16 -5 24
12 Genoa 21 6 6 9 24 31 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 2 4 4 8 14 -7 24
13 Bologna 21 6 5 10 28 35 10 4 2 4 18 19 11 2 3 6 10 16 -7 23
14 Benevento 21 6 5 10 24 41 11 2 4 5 12 21 10 4 1 5 12 20 -17 23
15 Fiorentina 21 5 7 9 21 33 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 22
16 Spezia 21 5 6 10 28 38 10 1 3 6 10 19 11 4 3 4 18 19 -10 21
17 Torino 21 2 10 9 32 41 10 0 6 4 14 19 11 2 4 5 18 22 -9 16
18 Cagliari 21 3 6 12 24 39 10 2 3 5 13 19 11 1 3 7 11 20 -15 15
19 Parma 21 2 7 12 14 41 11 1 4 6 3 18 10 1 3 6 11 23 -27 13
20 Crotone 21 3 3 15 22 50 10 3 1 6 13 20 11 0 2 9 9 30 -28 12

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.