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

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 06.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Examine their own playing style or focus more on the opponent? Both Sassuolo and Cremonese have to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Cremonese have yet to win a game away.

Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an animated game!

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Sassuolo form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Sassuolo have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. When Sassuolo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Lecce, Spezia, Sassuolo and Salernitana), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

It's back home for Sassuolo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lecce away with the result 1-0. Thorstvedt found the net in that victory. The victory against Lecce came after Thorstvedt's winning goal. The Sassuolo manager Dionisi was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute. Rogério, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Rogério hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Napoli with the scoreline 0-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sassuolo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The Sassuolo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Cremonese form and stats

There's been little loot from Cremonese's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Serie A. Cremonese only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Cremonese have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Ciofani and Tsadjout scored in Cremonese's previous match, the home game against Roma that ended 2-1. That win was so important for this club, after a horrific sequence of 23 league rounds in a row not winning. Ciofani came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Roma last time out, making the manager Ballardini feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Benassi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Benassi dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Torino that ended 2-2.

Cremonese struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Cremonese - Sassuolo 0-0 was the outcome when these two squads last played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Sassuolo won one game, one match ended with a tie and Cremonese got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Frattesi
D. Frattesi
5 goals
CremoneseD. Okereke
D. Okereke
5 goals
SassuoloA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
4 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Cremonese missing players

Sassuolo Cremonese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
7 4 3 Won W 0 0 1
6 2 0 Drew D 3 6 9
11 5 1 Lost L 1 6 14
27 13 9 Scored S 5 12 19
35 13 3 Conceded C 7 23 43
92% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
71% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 75%
54% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 33%
8% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
46% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 54%
29% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
33% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 46%
 
4.3 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5 4.5
4.6 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.8
2.5 3.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 13.1 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 13.8 13.4
4.1 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.5
27% 31% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 22%
 
12.7 11.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 16.1 15.6
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 6.5 6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cremonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cremonese have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cremonese have yet to win a game away.
  • Cremonese haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Napoli 24 21 2 1 58 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 13 11 1 1 27 7 43 65
2 Inter 24 15 2 7 44 28 12 10 0 2 25 6 12 5 2 5 19 22 16 47
3 Milan 24 14 5 5 41 30 12 9 1 2 27 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 11 47
4 Lazio 24 13 6 5 40 19 13 7 3 3 22 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 21 45
5 Roma 24 13 5 6 31 21 11 7 1 3 13 5 13 6 4 3 18 16 10 44
6 Atalanta 24 12 5 7 42 28 11 5 2 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 41
7 Juventus 24 15 5 4 40 19 13 9 3 1 29 10 11 6 2 3 11 9 21 35
8 Bologna 24 10 5 9 31 33 13 6 4 3 17 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -2 35
9 Torino 24 8 7 9 26 29 11 4 4 3 10 8 13 4 3 6 16 21 -3 31
10 Udinese 24 7 10 7 33 30 12 3 7 2 19 14 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 31
11 Monza 24 8 5 11 28 34 12 4 3 5 16 14 12 4 2 6 12 20 -6 29
12 Fiorentina 24 7 7 10 27 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 12 3 3 6 11 12 -3 28
13 Empoli 24 6 10 8 22 31 12 4 4 4 12 14 12 2 6 4 10 17 -9 28
14 Sassuolo 24 7 6 11 27 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 13 3 4 6 14 22 -8 27
15 Lecce 24 6 9 9 24 27 12 2 6 4 13 15 12 4 3 5 11 12 -3 27
16 Salernitana 24 6 6 12 28 44 13 4 3 6 17 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -16 24
17 Spezia 24 4 8 12 21 41 12 2 6 4 13 19 12 2 2 8 8 22 -20 20
18 Hellas Verona 24 4 5 15 20 37 13 4 1 8 14 21 11 0 4 7 6 16 -17 17
19 Cremonese 24 1 9 14 19 43 12 1 3 8 7 20 12 0 6 6 12 23 -24 12
20 Sampdoria 24 2 5 17 11 39 12 0 3 9 3 18 12 2 2 8 8 21 -28 11

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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.