Sassuolo fights Genoa in Serie A battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 29.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Sassuolo fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Genoa.

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.

Sassuolo can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Genoa are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Sassuolo form and stats

7-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Sassuolo so far this season.

No payout for Sassuolo in their previous match, an away game at Napoli that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Milan that was lost 1-2.

Sassuolo's goalkeeper Andrea Consigli was extremely busy against Napoli, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sassuolo as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Udinese are visiting.

The Sassuolo manager R. De Zerbi has got the team scoring with 39 from 17 home games in the league. Sassuolo have conceded 32 from these games.

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Genoa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Genoa so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-7 (win-draw-lose).

Genoa's previous game was their home loss versus Inter (0-3). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sampdoria at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hellas Verona in just three days.

Genoa have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. The Genoa manager D. Nicola has some worries about the defense as 37 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Genoa - Sassuolo 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Sassuolo-Genoa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sassuolo four wins, Genoa four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
19 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
13 goals
SassuoloJ. Boga
J. Boga
11 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Genoa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 5 Played P 6 18 36
13 7 5 Won W 1 3 9
9 3 0 Drew D 2 8 9
14 7 0 Lost L 3 7 18
64 39 16 Scored S 6 23 44
62 32 4 Conceded C 10 37 68
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 92%
86% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 83%
78% 94% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 83% 78%
42% 53% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 42%
28% 41% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
72% 82% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
17% 12% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 17%
17% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 25%
 
5.5 6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.4
5.6 5.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5
2.7 2.6 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 6 8
 
505 252 77 Total Shots T S 65 199 421
184 101 33 Shots on Target S O 22 75 150
35% 39% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
  • Genoa has the most matches over the total-line (25)
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Genoa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sassuolo has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sassuolo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 36 26 5 5 75 38 18 16 2 0 45 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 37 83
2 Inter 36 22 10 4 77 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 18 12 4 2 39 19 41 76
3 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 96 45 18 12 2 4 51 24 18 10 7 1 45 21 51 75
4 Lazio 36 23 6 7 76 39 18 13 3 2 44 17 18 10 3 5 32 22 37 75
5 Roma 36 19 7 10 71 48 19 10 4 5 36 27 17 9 3 5 35 21 23 64
6 Milan 36 17 9 10 56 45 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 60
7 Napoli 36 17 8 11 58 47 18 9 3 6 28 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 11 59
8 Sassuolo 36 13 9 14 64 62 17 7 3 7 39 32 19 6 6 7 25 30 2 48
9 Parma 36 13 7 16 51 52 18 7 2 9 25 22 18 6 5 7 26 30 -1 46
10 Hellas Verona 36 11 13 12 44 48 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 18 23 -4 46
11 Bologna 36 12 10 14 51 60 18 5 7 6 24 28 18 7 3 8 27 32 -9 46
12 Fiorentina 36 10 13 13 44 47 18 4 8 6 18 22 18 6 5 7 26 25 -3 43
13 Cagliari 36 10 12 14 50 53 18 6 4 8 30 28 18 4 8 6 20 25 -3 42
14 Udinese 36 11 9 16 35 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 18 5 3 10 18 28 -14 42
15 Sampdoria 36 12 5 19 46 60 18 6 4 8 24 26 18 6 1 11 22 34 -14 41
16 Torino 36 11 6 19 43 64 18 7 4 7 21 27 18 4 2 12 22 37 -21 39
17 Genoa 36 9 9 18 44 68 18 6 1 11 21 31 18 3 8 7 23 37 -24 36
18 Lecce 36 8 8 20 47 80 18 4 5 9 27 37 18 4 3 11 20 43 -33 32
19 Brescia 36 6 6 24 34 76 18 3 4 11 20 33 18 3 2 13 14 43 -42 24
20 SPAL 36 5 5 26 26 71 18 2 4 12 15 37 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 20

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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 Juventus 36 26 5 5 75 38 18 16 2 0 45 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 37 83
2 Inter 36 22 10 4 77 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 18 12 4 2 39 19 41 76
3 Atalanta 36 22 9 5 96 45 18 12 2 4 51 24 18 10 7 1 45 21 51 75
4 Lazio 36 23 6 7 76 39 18 13 3 2 44 17 18 10 3 5 32 22 37 75
5 Roma 36 19 7 10 71 48 19 10 4 5 36 27 17 9 3 5 35 21 23 64
6 Milan 36 17 9 10 56 45 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 60
7 Napoli 36 17 8 11 58 47 18 9 3 6 28 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 11 59
8 Sassuolo 36 13 9 14 64 62 17 7 3 7 39 32 19 6 6 7 25 30 2 48
9 Parma 36 13 7 16 51 52 18 7 2 9 25 22 18 6 5 7 26 30 -1 46
10 Hellas Verona 36 11 13 12 44 48 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 18 23 -4 46
11 Bologna 36 12 10 14 51 60 18 5 7 6 24 28 18 7 3 8 27 32 -9 46
12 Fiorentina 36 10 13 13 44 47 18 4 8 6 18 22 18 6 5 7 26 25 -3 43
13 Cagliari 36 10 12 14 50 53 18 6 4 8 30 28 18 4 8 6 20 25 -3 42
14 Udinese 36 11 9 16 35 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 18 5 3 10 18 28 -14 42
15 Sampdoria 36 12 5 19 46 60 18 6 4 8 24 26 18 6 1 11 22 34 -14 41
16 Torino 36 11 6 19 43 64 18 7 4 7 21 27 18 4 2 12 22 37 -21 39
17 Genoa 36 9 9 18 44 68 18 6 1 11 21 31 18 3 8 7 23 37 -24 36
18 Lecce 36 8 8 20 47 80 18 4 5 9 27 37 18 4 3 11 20 43 -33 32
19 Brescia 36 6 6 24 34 76 18 3 4 11 20 33 18 3 2 13 14 43 -42 24
20 SPAL 36 5 5 26 26 71 18 2 4 12 15 37 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 20

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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.