Serie A match preview: Sassuolo believed to be the weaker party when Juventus pays a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Sassuolo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Juventus.

Insights:
  • Sassuolo is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Sassuolo nor Juventus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Juventus are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Sassuolo are 6-8-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Sassuolo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Genoa's place. The match ended 2-1 with Domenico Berardi and Giacomo Raspadori scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atalanta that ended 1-1.

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

Sassuolo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore with 28 goals in 17 league matches. Sassuolo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Juventus form and stats

7-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Juventus in their Serie A matches away.

Juventus might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Milan proved too strong as Juventus slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Allianz Stadium. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Udinese at their stadium, the result 2-1.

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

Juventus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Juventus in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Juventus - Sassuolo 3-1. Sassuolo-Juventus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sassuolo zero wins, Juventus eight wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

JuventusC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
27 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
16 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
11 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Juventus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sassuolo Juventus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 5 17 35
15 6 0 Won W 2 7 20
11 8 2 Drew D 3 7 9
9 3 2 Lost L 0 3 6
58 28 5 Scored S 8 30 67
52 24 9 Conceded C 5 18 34
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 91%
60% 59% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 57%
34% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 41% 34%
26% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
74% 76% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 60%
20% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 23%
11% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
14 14.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 13.6 15.5
4.9 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.8 5.5
34% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 37% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sassuolo is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Atalanta 35 21 9 5 84 42 17 11 3 3 47 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 42 72
3 Milan 35 22 6 7 65 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 17 14 1 2 34 17 24 72
4 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
5 Juventus 35 20 9 6 67 34 18 13 2 3 37 16 17 7 7 3 30 18 33 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 35 17 7 11 63 53 18 12 4 2 40 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 10 58
8 Sassuolo 35 15 11 9 58 52 17 6 8 3 28 24 18 9 3 6 30 28 6 56
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 35 8 12 15 41 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 17 3 5 9 15 28 -13 36
15 Torino 34 7 14 13 48 57 17 3 8 6 24 28 17 4 6 7 24 29 -9 35
16 Cagliari 35 9 8 18 43 58 17 5 3 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 35
17 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
18 Benevento 35 7 10 18 38 71 18 2 6 10 18 38 17 5 4 8 20 33 -33 31
19 Parma 35 3 11 21 38 76 18 2 5 11 15 36 17 1 6 10 23 40 -38 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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 Inter 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Atalanta 35 21 9 5 84 42 17 11 3 3 47 22 18 10 6 2 37 20 42 72
3 Milan 35 22 6 7 65 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 17 14 1 2 34 17 24 72
4 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
5 Juventus 35 20 9 6 67 34 18 13 2 3 37 16 17 7 7 3 30 18 33 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 35 17 7 11 63 53 18 12 4 2 40 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 10 58
8 Sassuolo 35 15 11 9 58 52 17 6 8 3 28 24 18 9 3 6 30 28 6 56
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 35 11 10 14 42 43 18 6 5 7 21 21 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 43
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 35 8 12 15 41 54 18 5 7 6 26 26 17 3 5 9 15 28 -13 36
15 Torino 34 7 14 13 48 57 17 3 8 6 24 28 17 4 6 7 24 29 -9 35
16 Cagliari 35 9 8 18 43 58 17 5 3 9 22 31 18 4 5 9 21 27 -15 35
17 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
18 Benevento 35 7 10 18 38 71 18 2 6 10 18 38 17 5 4 8 20 33 -33 31
19 Parma 35 3 11 21 38 76 18 2 5 11 15 36 17 1 6 10 23 40 -38 20
20 Crotone 35 5 3 27 42 90 17 4 1 12 21 34 18 1 2 15 21 56 -48 18

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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.