Sassuolo vs. Fiorentina – Prediction (Serie A – 30.10.2019)

Sassuolo vs Fiorentina – Preview and Teams Comparison.

Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last four home encounters against Fiorentina in Serie A (W1 D3), having lost their first two. Sassuolo are the only Serie A (SA) side yet to record a draw in the league this season (W3, L5), largely due to the sheer amount of goals scored in their games. The hosts’ games average a whopping 3.88 goals per match, and 5.0 at home. Sassuolo’s Alfred Duncan has scored or assisted in all of their home league games this term (one goal, four assists). Each of his last three involvements in a goal have occurred after half-time. Three-quarters of Sassuolo’s overall conceded goals have come before half-time, but the apparent gulf in defensive quality between halves is even bigger at home. Significantly, no less than 77.78% of their conceded goals here have come before the interval, all of which have been shipped across the Neroverdi’s last two home games.

Over half of Sassuolo’s league matches this term have produced over 1.5 first-half goals (62.5%). There have been four red cards shown across the last five league H2Hs. That sequence includes one for Fiorentina in each of their last three visits here. With 25 yellows and one red, Fiorentina are averaging 2.89 cards per match in this SA season.

Visiting coach Vincenzo Montella is unbeaten in seven of his ten prior H2Hs with Sassuolo (W5, D2, L3). Four of the last five clashes in that group saw at least one team fail to score, with under 2.5 goals in the game (W3, D1, L1). Fiorentina youngster Federico Chiesa is notable for having scored his side’s only SA goal in the last 198 minutes of play. The bookmakers make Fiorentina slight favourites to take the spoils here. However, ‘La Viola’ have been far from convincing as away favourites in the league, recording a win rate of just 18.18% in 11 games within that category since the start of last season (W2, D6, L3).

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