Sassuolo manager Dionisi looking for three points in Empoli showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Sassuolo have harvested 24 of their 40 in total here in their home stadium. Will they claim the win versus Empoli?

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an active fixture!

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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo have played 15 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Sassuolo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Salernitana (0-3). The attacking player Laurienté was declared "man of the match" for Sassuolo with a rating of 7.15/10. Laurienté hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 8 of 11 times.

Ahead of that match, Sassuolo won a home game hosting Juventus (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sassuolo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Sassuolo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Lazio awaits in three days.

Sassuolo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Sassuolo have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Empoli form and stats

Empoli have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-7-7 (16 played).

The attacking players of Empoli have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 298 minutes.

Empoli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Inter proved too strong as Empoli slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Carlo Castellani. Cambiaghi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.15. Cambiaghi hit one key pass.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cremonese wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Empoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Empoli as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Empoli have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the participants met earlier this campaign; Empoli - Sassuolo 1-0. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Sassuolo, zero draws and five wins for Empoli. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
7 goals
SassuoloD. Frattesi
D. Frattesi
6 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
6 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 6 16 31
11 7 5 Won W 1 2 7
7 3 0 Drew D 3 7 11
13 5 1 Lost L 2 7 13
38 19 13 Scored S 6 12 25
46 16 5 Conceded C 7 22 40
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 65%
55% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 32%
26% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 19%
13% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 83% 50% 42%
29% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 29%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 35%
 
4.7 4.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 4.3
4.9 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.4 6.4
2.3 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.5 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.9 13 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.7 11.9
4.4 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.7
28% 30% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 24% 22%
 
12.8 11.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 21.2 17.9 16.5
3.5 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.7

  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 31 25 3 3 67 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 78
2 Lazio 31 18 7 6 49 21 16 9 3 4 25 14 15 9 4 2 24 7 28 61
3 Juventus 31 18 5 8 47 26 16 11 3 2 34 13 15 7 2 6 13 13 21 59
4 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
5 Milan 31 16 8 7 51 37 15 10 3 2 30 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 14 56
6 Inter 31 17 3 11 51 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 15 6 3 6 24 25 17 54
7 Atalanta 30 14 7 9 48 35 14 6 3 5 24 18 16 8 4 4 24 17 13 49
8 Bologna 31 12 8 11 40 39 16 7 6 3 21 11 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 44
9 Udinese 31 10 12 9 42 39 15 5 8 2 27 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 3 42
10 Fiorentina 31 11 9 11 37 36 16 6 6 4 21 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 1 42
11 Torino 31 11 9 11 32 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 16 6 4 6 20 22 -4 42
12 Monza 31 11 8 12 38 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 5 4 6 16 23 -5 41
13 Sassuolo 31 11 7 13 38 46 15 7 3 5 19 16 16 4 4 8 19 30 -8 40
14 Salernitana 31 7 12 12 37 50 16 5 5 6 23 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -13 33
15 Empoli 31 7 11 13 25 40 15 5 4 6 13 18 16 2 7 7 12 22 -15 32
16 Lecce 31 6 10 15 26 38 15 2 7 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -12 28
17 Spezia 31 5 12 14 26 49 16 3 8 5 16 24 15 2 4 9 10 25 -23 27
18 Hellas Verona 31 6 8 17 26 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 15 0 6 9 7 20 -18 26
19 Cremonese 31 3 10 18 27 57 15 2 3 10 9 25 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 19
20 Sampdoria 31 3 8 20 20 52 16 1 5 10 9 23 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 17

Sassuolo:
Table
  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 31 25 3 3 67 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 78
2 Lazio 31 18 7 6 49 21 16 9 3 4 25 14 15 9 4 2 24 7 28 61
3 Juventus 31 18 5 8 47 26 16 11 3 2 34 13 15 7 2 6 13 13 21 59
4 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
5 Milan 31 16 8 7 51 37 15 10 3 2 30 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 14 56
6 Inter 31 17 3 11 51 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 15 6 3 6 24 25 17 54
7 Atalanta 30 14 7 9 48 35 14 6 3 5 24 18 16 8 4 4 24 17 13 49
8 Bologna 31 12 8 11 40 39 16 7 6 3 21 11 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 44
9 Udinese 31 10 12 9 42 39 15 5 8 2 27 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 3 42
10 Fiorentina 31 11 9 11 37 36 16 6 6 4 21 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 1 42
11 Torino 31 11 9 11 32 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 16 6 4 6 20 22 -4 42
12 Monza 31 11 8 12 38 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 5 4 6 16 23 -5 41
13 Sassuolo 31 11 7 13 38 46 15 7 3 5 19 16 16 4 4 8 19 30 -8 40
14 Salernitana 31 7 12 12 37 50 16 5 5 6 23 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -13 33
15 Empoli 31 7 11 13 25 40 15 5 4 6 13 18 16 2 7 7 12 22 -15 32
16 Lecce 31 6 10 15 26 38 15 2 7 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -12 28
17 Spezia 31 5 12 14 26 49 16 3 8 5 16 24 15 2 4 9 10 25 -23 27
18 Hellas Verona 31 6 8 17 26 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 15 0 6 9 7 20 -18 26
19 Cremonese 31 3 10 18 27 57 15 2 3 10 9 25 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 19
20 Sampdoria 31 3 8 20 20 52 16 1 5 10 9 23 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 17

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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.