Sassuolo vs Fiorentina betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Sassuolo and Fiorentina clash at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore.

Insights:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sassuolo and Fiorentina should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sassuolo form and stats

All-inclusive Serie A stats at home this season for Sassuolo are 3-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Sassuolo are returning here after visiting Inter and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Scamacca and Raspadori scored the goal(s). The goalie Consigli was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.32 out of ten. Consigli topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Roma.

Sassuolo has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Sassuolo have conceded 21 from these games.

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Fiorentina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Fiorentina are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Atalanta (placed 5th). González, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.75. González served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Fiorentina won their away game at Spezia. The scoreline was 2-1.

A new game in only four days for Fiorentina, the Coppa Italia home match versus Juventus. Busy days.

Fiorentina have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Fiorentina have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sassuolo and Fiorentina have played each other previously this season: Fiorentina - Sassuolo 2-2. Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Sassuolo, four draws and two wins for Fiorentina. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
10 goals
SassuoloG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
10 goals
SassuoloG. Raspadori
G. Raspadori
8 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Sassuolo Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 25
8 3 0 Won W 1 5 13
9 5 1 Drew D 1 2 3
9 5 4 Lost L 3 6 9
43 17 5 Scored S 6 14 44
44 21 12 Conceded C 12 19 34
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 80%
77% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 54% 72%
50% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 23% 36%
15% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 12%
77% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 56%
12% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 24%
15% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 20%
 
5.2 5.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.2 4.8
4.9 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.9 3.6
2.6 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.8 2.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
15.7 15.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.5 13.2
5.5 5.2 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.6 4.8
30% 25% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 36%
 
15 13.2 17.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 10.4 9.9
4.7 4.4 6.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 26 17 5 4 52 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 56
2 Inter 25 16 6 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 54
3 Napoli 26 16 6 4 47 18 13 8 2 3 23 9 13 8 4 1 24 9 29 54
4 Juventus 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 47
5 Atalanta 25 12 8 5 46 30 12 3 5 4 20 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 16 44
6 Lazio 26 12 7 7 53 40 12 7 4 1 31 16 14 5 3 6 22 24 13 43
7 Fiorentina 25 13 3 9 44 34 12 8 1 3 30 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 10 42
8 Roma 26 12 5 9 44 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 41
9 Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 13 7 2 4 27 17 13 3 5 5 22 25 7 37
10 Torino 25 9 6 10 32 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 2 3 7 7 13 6 33
11 Sassuolo 26 8 9 9 43 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 13 5 4 4 26 23 -1 33
12 Bologna 25 9 4 12 31 41 13 6 2 5 18 17 12 3 2 7 13 24 -10 31
13 Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 13 3 2 8 20 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 -12 31
14 Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -7 26
15 Spezia 26 7 5 14 28 48 12 3 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 15 32 -20 26
16 Udinese 24 5 10 9 31 41 12 3 6 3 16 19 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 25
17 Cagliari 26 4 10 12 26 47 13 2 6 5 16 22 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 22
18 Venezia 25 5 7 13 23 44 13 2 4 7 14 24 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 22
19 Genoa 26 1 13 12 22 47 12 0 6 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 16
20 Salernitana 24 3 5 16 19 55 12 1 3 8 9 28 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 14

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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.