Delightful dogfight as daring Sassuolo duels with determined Genoa

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 06.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Sassuolo fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Genoa's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genoa has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sassuolo form and stats

2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Sassuolo so far this season.

Sassuolo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atalanta (1-5). In the game before, an away victory match versus Sampdoria with a 3-2 scoreline.

Sassuolo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sassuolo handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.

There will be little rest for Sassuolo after this match as they are travelling to Juventus for a Serie A game in only four days.

The Sassuolo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Genoa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Genoa, who have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie A, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Genoa played 1-1 against Lazio in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Spezia at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Genoa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, three draws and three defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Genoa as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Genoa have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Sassuolo won four, Genoa won four and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
7 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
6 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
5 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Genoa missing players

Sassuolo Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 1 7 15
7 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
5 3 2 Drew D 0 3 5
3 2 0 Lost L 1 3 8
27 10 8 Scored S 0 4 15
22 10 5 Conceded C 6 12 28
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
80% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 87%
53% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 53%
40% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 33%
40% 29% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 13%
60% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 67%
33% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 7%
20% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.6 13.9 19 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.1 8.7
5.2 4.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.9
35% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa has the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie A
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Genoa have scored 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 Milan 15 11 4 0 34 16 7 4 3 0 17 9 8 7 1 0 17 7 18 37
2 Inter 15 11 3 1 40 19 8 6 1 1 23 13 7 5 2 0 17 6 21 36
3 Roma 15 9 3 3 32 23 8 6 2 0 19 7 7 3 1 3 13 16 9 30
4 Napoli 14 9 1 4 31 13 7 4 1 2 18 8 7 5 0 2 13 5 18 28
5 Sassuolo 15 7 5 3 27 22 7 2 3 2 10 10 8 5 2 1 17 12 5 26
6 Atalanta 14 7 4 3 33 21 7 4 1 2 19 10 7 3 3 1 14 11 12 25
7 Juventus 13 6 6 1 25 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 4 0 16 7 12 24
8 Hellas Verona 15 6 5 4 19 14 8 3 2 3 10 8 7 3 3 1 9 6 5 23
9 Lazio 15 6 4 5 23 24 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 4 2 2 14 12 -1 22
10 Benevento 15 5 3 7 17 25 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 3 1 3 9 11 -8 18
11 Sampdoria 15 5 2 8 23 25 7 2 1 4 13 12 8 3 1 4 10 13 -2 17
12 Bologna 15 4 4 7 21 27 7 3 1 3 14 15 8 1 3 4 7 12 -6 16
13 Udinese 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 2 1 4 5 9 6 2 2 2 9 8 -3 15
14 Fiorentina 15 3 6 6 16 21 8 2 4 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 15
15 Cagliari 15 3 5 7 22 31 7 2 2 3 11 14 8 1 3 4 11 17 -9 14
16 Parma 15 2 6 7 13 28 8 1 4 3 3 11 7 1 2 4 10 17 -15 12
17 Torino 15 2 5 8 25 32 7 0 3 4 12 17 8 2 2 4 13 15 -7 11
18 Spezia 15 2 5 8 19 30 8 0 3 5 8 17 7 2 2 3 11 13 -11 11
19 Genoa 15 2 5 8 15 28 8 1 2 5 11 16 7 1 3 3 4 12 -13 11
20 Crotone 15 2 3 10 15 35 7 2 1 4 8 13 8 0 2 6 7 22 -20 9

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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.