Betting preview: Sassuolo vs Fiorentina should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sassuolo are in the 8th position while the guesting Fiorentina worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo have played 14 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Sassuolo against Benevento the last match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inter (1-2).

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 Sassuolo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost one.

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

Sassuolo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Sassuolo have conceded 22 from these games.

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Fiorentina form and stats

Fiorentina have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-4-8 (14 played).

Fiorentina's previous game was their home loss versus Atalanta (2-3). Before that, Fiorentina travelled to Genoa and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fiorentina playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Fiorentina wins, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Fiorentina now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Hellas Verona is waiting in only three days.

Fiorentina have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Fiorentina have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fiorentina - Sassuolo 1-1. Sassuolo-Fiorentina H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sassuolo three wins, Fiorentina four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
15 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
11 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
11 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Fiorentina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 6 Played P 4 14 30
11 4 2 Won W 0 2 7
10 7 3 Drew D 1 4 9
9 3 1 Lost L 3 8 14
49 23 11 Scored S 2 16 38
48 22 8 Conceded C 6 27 49
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
87% 86% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 80%
60% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 57% 53%
37% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 27%
30% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 23%
73% 79% 83% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
20% 14% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
13% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
13.9 14.4 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.6 10.7
4.7 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.4
35% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 34% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Inter 30 23 5 2 69 27 15 13 1 1 39 15 15 10 4 1 30 12 42 74
2 Milan 30 19 6 5 57 35 15 6 5 4 26 21 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 63
3 Juventus 30 18 8 4 61 27 16 12 2 2 34 12 14 6 6 2 27 15 34 62
4 Atalanta 30 18 7 5 71 38 15 9 3 3 41 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 33 61
5 Napoli 30 19 2 9 65 34 14 10 1 3 37 14 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 59
6 Lazio 29 17 4 8 46 38 14 9 2 3 23 17 15 8 2 5 23 21 8 55
7 Roma 30 16 6 8 54 44 16 11 3 2 34 17 14 5 3 6 20 27 10 54
8 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 49 48 14 4 7 3 23 22 16 7 3 6 26 26 1 43
9 Hellas Verona 30 11 8 11 38 35 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 5 5 20 18 3 41
10 Sampdoria 30 10 6 14 39 45 15 6 2 7 22 23 15 4 4 7 17 22 -6 36
11 Bologna 30 9 7 14 39 46 14 6 3 5 24 22 16 3 4 9 15 24 -7 34
12 Udinese 30 8 9 13 32 40 15 5 3 7 12 14 15 3 6 6 20 26 -8 33
13 Genoa 30 7 11 12 32 44 15 4 6 5 21 22 15 3 5 7 11 22 -12 32
14 Spezia 30 8 8 14 40 55 15 4 5 6 20 25 15 4 3 8 20 30 -15 32
15 Fiorentina 30 7 9 14 38 49 16 5 5 6 22 22 14 2 4 8 16 27 -11 30
16 Benevento 30 7 9 14 30 55 16 2 6 8 15 31 14 5 3 6 15 24 -25 30
17 Torino 29 5 12 12 42 52 14 1 8 5 20 25 15 4 4 7 22 27 -10 27
18 Cagliari 30 5 7 18 31 51 15 3 3 9 15 26 15 2 4 9 16 25 -20 22
19 Parma 30 3 11 16 29 59 16 2 5 9 10 27 14 1 6 7 19 32 -30 20
20 Crotone 30 4 3 23 37 77 14 4 1 9 20 29 16 0 2 14 17 48 -40 15

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 30 23 5 2 69 27 15 13 1 1 39 15 15 10 4 1 30 12 42 74
2 Milan 30 19 6 5 57 35 15 6 5 4 26 21 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 63
3 Juventus 30 18 8 4 61 27 16 12 2 2 34 12 14 6 6 2 27 15 34 62
4 Atalanta 30 18 7 5 71 38 15 9 3 3 41 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 33 61
5 Napoli 30 19 2 9 65 34 14 10 1 3 37 14 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 59
6 Lazio 29 17 4 8 46 38 14 9 2 3 23 17 15 8 2 5 23 21 8 55
7 Roma 30 16 6 8 54 44 16 11 3 2 34 17 14 5 3 6 20 27 10 54
8 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 49 48 14 4 7 3 23 22 16 7 3 6 26 26 1 43
9 Hellas Verona 30 11 8 11 38 35 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 5 5 20 18 3 41
10 Sampdoria 30 10 6 14 39 45 15 6 2 7 22 23 15 4 4 7 17 22 -6 36
11 Bologna 30 9 7 14 39 46 14 6 3 5 24 22 16 3 4 9 15 24 -7 34
12 Udinese 30 8 9 13 32 40 15 5 3 7 12 14 15 3 6 6 20 26 -8 33
13 Genoa 30 7 11 12 32 44 15 4 6 5 21 22 15 3 5 7 11 22 -12 32
14 Spezia 30 8 8 14 40 55 15 4 5 6 20 25 15 4 3 8 20 30 -15 32
15 Fiorentina 30 7 9 14 38 49 16 5 5 6 22 22 14 2 4 8 16 27 -11 30
16 Benevento 30 7 9 14 30 55 16 2 6 8 15 31 14 5 3 6 15 24 -25 30
17 Torino 29 5 12 12 42 52 14 1 8 5 20 25 15 4 4 7 22 27 -10 27
18 Cagliari 30 5 7 18 31 51 15 3 3 9 15 26 15 2 4 9 16 25 -20 22
19 Parma 30 3 11 16 29 59 16 2 5 9 10 27 14 1 6 7 19 32 -30 20
20 Crotone 30 4 3 23 37 77 14 4 1 9 20 29 16 0 2 14 17 48 -40 15

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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.