Balanced ball game between Fiorentina and Sassuolo expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

The visiting Sassuolo side should be favourites in this visit to Fiorentina, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

Insights:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sassuolo have not yet lost a game away.

The hosts Fiorentina saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie A. That game was an away game at Atalanta, so at least Fiorentina are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Fiorentina form and stats

Fiorentina have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Fiorentina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Serie A game against Atalanta (placed 8th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Genoa.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fiorentina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Hellas Verona in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

Fiorentina has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Fiorentina have conceded 6 goals.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Playing away, Sassuolo have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sassuolo go into this game after a win, the home game against Benevento that ended 1-0. A 0-0 draw at Roma's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Sassuolo in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sassuolo, three draws and one defeat.

After this away game Sassuolo return home for a Serie A game against Milan. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The Sassuolo manager R. De Zerbi has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fiorentina won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Sassuolo has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
5 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
5 goals
FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
4 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Fiorentina Sassuolo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 5 11
2 2 0 Won W 1 4 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
6 2 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 6 0 Scored S 4 12 21
19 6 0 Conceded C 1 4 12
91% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
73% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 45%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 36%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 36%
45% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 45%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 45%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 13.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.4 13.8
3.4 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.8 5.1
30% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sassuolo have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sassuolo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

  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 11 8 3 0 25 11 6 3 3 0 14 7 5 5 0 0 11 4 14 27
2 Inter 11 7 3 1 29 15 5 3 1 1 14 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 14 24
3 Napoli 11 8 0 3 26 11 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 4 0 1 9 4 15 23
4 Juventus 11 6 5 0 23 9 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 23
5 Sassuolo 11 6 4 1 21 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 9 22
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 11 5 4 2 15 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 19
8 Atalanta 10 5 2 3 21 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 17
9 Lazio 11 5 2 4 17 19 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 4 0 1 10 7 -2 17
10 Udinese 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 13
11 Cagliari 11 3 3 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 9 14 -5 12
12 Bologna 11 4 0 7 16 22 6 3 0 3 12 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 -6 12
13 Sampdoria 11 3 2 6 16 19 5 1 1 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 8 11 -3 11
14 Parma 11 2 5 4 12 19 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 11
15 Benevento 11 3 2 6 12 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 11
16 Spezia 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 0 2 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 10
17 Fiorentina 11 2 3 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 9
18 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
19 Genoa 11 1 3 7 10 22 6 1 0 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 6
20 Crotone 11 1 2 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 5 0 1 4 4 13 -15 5

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Read more about Serie A

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.