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Fiorentina vs Sassuolo Prediction & Betting tips
Fiorentina and Sassuolo are in eleventh and thirteenth place respectively and are only two points apart. Both teams no longer have a chance at European football, but they don’t have to worry about relegation worries either. Is there still value to be gained somewhere despite the few interests?
Fiorentina:
Fiorentina has been performing very poorly since mid-February and within a few weeks saw the chance of placement for the Europa League disappearing like snow in the sun. Eight games in a row were not won, the 2-1 defeat against Cagliari and the 0-1 defeat against Frosinone (both relegation candidates) were the straw for club management. In the competition the team had already finished, with the eye on the semifinals of the cup, success coach Vincenzo Montella was appointed. The former striker of AS Roma, among others, was already the trainer of Fio between 2012 and 2015 and ended fourth in all three seasons. Moreover, under his leadership the team reached the final of the Coppa Italia and the semi-final of the Europa League.
His appointment did not result in success this time. La Viola had already played 3-3 in February against Atalanta in their own home, so a win would be enough to reach the final. The start was fantastic, after only three minutes, Luis Muriel put his team on a 0-1 lead after a good pass from Federico Chiesa. Fiorentina also seemed to be a good follow-up, within fifteen minutes it created two more excellent opportunities. Fiorentina did not again punish the weak defense and got the lid on in the twentieth minute when Ilicic shot in a questionable penalty on behalf of Atalanta. Late in the game, Fiorentina goalkeeper Alban Lafont made a capital error on a shot by Gomez, which ultimately meant the final blow (2-1). The 20-year-old keeper came over from Toulouse last summer and made a very changeable impression in Florence to date.
Sassuolo:
There is little to cheer for the Sassuolo fans in 2019. The team had a fantastic start with Kevin-Prince Boateng in the team and was in sixth place after ten rounds. Until the middle of the competition there was still a view of seventh place and therefore a ticket to Europe, since then the results have been poor and the season has almost played. After January it played twelve games in which it only managed to win against league-leader Chievo. In the meantime, there were a number of painful defeats, it was dried up 3-0 by relegation candidate Empoli and lost at home with 3-5 to Sampdoria. The results are slightly better in Modena in April. The month started with the 4-0 win over the already relegated Chievo, followed by draws against Lazio, Parma and Udinese.
Coach Roberto de Zerbi has to miss a number of important players for this match. Defender Marlon is still injured, the same goes for Giangiacomo Mangani who has contracted a sports hernia. Claud Adjapong is in doubt due to his ankle injury and AC Milan mercenary Manuel Locatelli is missing due to a suspension after collecting his fifth yellow card of the season.
Fiorentina vs Sassuolo head to head matches
09.12.18 SA Sassuolo Fiorentina 3 : 3
21.04.18 SA Sassuolo Fiorentina 1 : 0
03.12.17 SA Fiorentina Sassuolo 3 : 0
07.05.17 SA Sassuolo Fiorentina 2 : 2
12.12.16 SA Fiorentina Sassuolo 2 : 1