Serie A preview: Can Sassuolo edge out victory against Brescia?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 09.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Sassuolo fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brescia.

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Sassuolo form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Sassuolo have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games.

The Sassuolo fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore: A 0-1 defeat against Parma (placed 9th). Before that match, a win away at SPAL.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sassuolo matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, two draws and two defeats (from five games).

Sassuolo can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Brescia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brescia so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Brescia, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Lecce game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Brescia's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Home advantage was not enough for Brescia in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Napoli, 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Juventus's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Brescia playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.

The attacking power of Brescia when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Brescia have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Brescia - Sassuolo 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sassuolo two wins, four draws and Brescia three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sassuolo
F. Caputo
11 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
9 goals
Sassuolo
J. Boga
7 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Brescia missing players

Sassuolo Brescia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 5 12 25
8 5 3 Won W 1 3 4
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
11 6 0 Lost L 3 8 17
38 25 9 Scored S 4 9 22
39 22 2 Conceded C 6 21 46
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
79% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 76%
75% 92% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 60%
38% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 20%
21% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
67% 83% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 52%
21% 8% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 20%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 32%
 
5.5 6.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.2
6.1 6.5 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 7.3 6.8
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
345 178 47 Total Shots T S 45 113 264
118 65 19 Shots on Target S O 13 34 91
32% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Brescia has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Brescia has the most dropped points from leading position (27)
  • Brescia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brescia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sassuolo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brescia have scored away.
  • Sassuolo 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 Juventus 26 20 3 3 50 24 13 12 1 0 31 10 13 8 2 3 19 14 26 63
2 Lazio 26 19 5 2 60 23 14 11 3 0 39 10 12 8 2 2 21 13 37 62
3 Inter 25 16 6 3 49 24 12 7 4 1 23 10 13 9 2 2 26 14 25 54
4 Atalanta 25 14 6 5 70 34 12 6 2 4 33 19 13 8 4 1 37 15 36 48
5 Roma 26 13 6 7 51 35 13 6 3 4 26 19 13 7 3 3 25 16 16 45
6 Napoli 26 11 6 9 41 36 13 5 2 6 17 18 13 6 4 3 24 18 5 39
7 Milan 26 10 6 10 28 34 13 4 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 15 19 -6 36
8 Hellas Verona 25 9 8 8 29 26 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 3 5 5 12 14 3 35
9 Parma 25 10 5 10 32 31 13 6 1 6 17 12 12 4 4 4 15 19 1 35
10 Bologna 26 9 7 10 38 42 13 4 5 4 18 20 13 5 2 6 20 22 -4 34
11 Cagliari 25 8 8 9 41 40 13 5 2 6 25 23 12 3 6 3 16 17 1 32
12 Fiorentina 26 7 9 10 32 36 13 3 5 5 13 17 13 4 4 5 19 19 -4 30
13 Sassuolo 24 8 5 11 38 39 12 5 1 6 25 22 12 3 4 5 13 17 -1 29
14 Udinese 26 7 7 12 21 37 13 5 4 4 10 12 13 2 3 8 11 25 -16 28
15 Torino 25 8 3 14 28 45 12 4 2 6 11 22 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 27
16 Sampdoria 25 7 5 13 28 44 14 4 4 6 16 22 11 3 1 7 12 22 -16 26
17 Genoa 26 6 7 13 31 47 12 4 1 7 14 18 14 2 6 6 17 29 -16 25
18 Lecce 26 6 7 13 34 56 13 2 5 6 19 26 13 4 2 7 15 30 -22 25
19 SPAL 26 5 3 18 20 44 12 2 2 8 11 20 14 3 1 10 9 24 -24 18
20 Brescia 25 4 4 17 22 46 13 1 3 9 13 25 12 3 1 8 9 21 -24 16

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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.