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Fiorentina and Sassuolo play at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in a duel of the 16th round of Serie A TIM. The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates a balance between these two teams, as there was 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 matches. However, in the last match at this stage, in a match for Serie A TIM on 17-04-2016, Fiorentina won by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by G. Rodríguez (10 ‘), J. Iličić (57’) and A. Consigli (83 ‘Autogolo) for Fiorentina and D. Berardi (55′) for Sassuolo. In this match the house factor can play a decisive role, since Sassuolo has shown differences in performance in their games at home and as a visitor.
Fiorentina
After 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, the home team is in 8th place, having won 23 points. In the last match, they beat Palermo 2-1 at home, having lost 4-2 in a game against Internazionale in the previous game. This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. The team arrives at this meeting after a win away with Karabakh Agdam by (1-2).
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 7 games in your stadium. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches there is a tendency to few goals, since in 15 of the last 24 that played there were less than 3 goals. In 14 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 11 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: scored 7 of his 16 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Fiorentina has been doing a Italian Championship only medium, is in the top half of the qualifying table with 55% of the points played so far and it is worth noting that he has a game less due to the postponement of the match against Genoa on 11 September. The team scored 22 goals, being the ninth best attack of the competition, and conceded 16 goals, having the fourth defense less leaked and these figures demonstrate the imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors, being necessary to adjust offensively to score more goals, since The defense has behaved in a solid and efficient way. Playing at home, as the match he will play on Monday, Fiorentina has 62% and averages of 0.86 goals scored and 0.43 goals conceded per game, which shows that in the stadium the scores are usually low. Overall, the team scored 11 goals in the first half and another 11 in the second stage and between 30 and 45 minutes is the period that most rocked the networks with 7 goals scored.
Sassuolo
The visiting team is currently in 15th place with 17 points, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied off for Napoli by (1-1). In the last match, won at home to Empoli by (3-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with a total of 21 goals scored and 26 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, with a total of 32 goals scored and 15 conceded. In the last game he played for the Europa League, he lost with Genk at home (0-2). In the last eight away games, Sassuolo have won 1, 2 draws and 5 losses, having won 5 points in 24 chances.
For this competition, you have not won any of the last 7 games outside of your stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away games there is a tendency to have goals, since 7 of their last 8 games by the competition finished with More than 1.5 goals. In 15 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.
The Sassuolo have been campaigning disappointing and figure at the bottom of the qualifying table with 38% of the points played so far, which is little for a team that did a great campaign last season and even managed to qualify for the Europa League. The team scored 20 goals, being the tenth worst attack of the competition, and conceded 26 goals, having the fifth defense more leaked and these figures show that it is necessary to adjust both the offensive system and the defense to get out of this uncomfortable situation.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.66