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The Coppa Italia will be held for the 74th time this season. Unlike in Germany, for example, no amateur teams take part, in total only nine teams from the fourth-rate Serie D are represented at the beginning. The best eight teams from the previous Serie A season will not even start until the round of 16, which will mostly be played this week. Among other things, there will be a duel between Sassuolo and SPAL Ferrara with a host who is clearly favored according to odds.
As eighth of the table last season, it will be the first cup appearance of the season for head coach Roberto de Zerbi’s team. SPAL Ferrara, who was relegated to the Italian upper house last year, is one of only two remaining teams that are at home in Serie B.
Sassuolo :
Sassuolo could not quite build on the outstanding 2015/16 season in the previous year, but the 51 points and eighth place were the second-best result in the club’s history. The further development under head coach Roberto de Zerbi was clearly visible. The football of the US Sassuolo is particularly recommended for neutral football fans, because the team is extremely attractive in terms of play.
The attractive style of play is characterized by the enormous urge to attack. 69 hits were scored in 2019/20, only the first five in the table scored more often.
The club’s development in recent years is not necessarily surprising, since the club’s management has not hired veterans since its first promotion to the Serie A, but instead offered young talents a platform to establish themselves at the highest level.
That this succeeds impressively can be proven not only by the eighth place in the table last year, but also by looking at the results of the current season. Roberto de Zerbi’s team is in seventh position after 17 league games and is sniffing the international starting positions.
Sassuolo lost only four games this season and these against the absolute top teams Juventus Turin, Atalanta Bergamo, AC Milan and Inter Milan. In the games against Napoli (win) and Roma (draw) the green-blacks were able to surprise positively.
If Sassuolo was seen as a favorite, the de Zerbi-Elf could mostly fill that role. According to these statistics, the prediction of the home win can be made in the Coppa Italia round of 16 between Sassuolo and SPAL Ferrara. Even if the favorite will spin through (top striker Berardi is also injured), the team has significantly more quality than the second division. With Kaan Ayhan and Jeremy Toljan, two former Bundesliga players are expected in the starting lineup.
SPAL Ferrara :
After six and a half years, those responsible had to take the consequences and release successful coach Leonardo Semplici from his duties. In the 2019/20 season, nothing came together at SPAL Ferrara, from the fifth matchday the team was continuously on a relegation zone.
Even his successor Luigi di Biagio could not turn things around and with only five wins, five draws and 28 defeats, the desolation was certain.
With Pasqual Marino, the coach was lured away from FC Empoli, but SPAL also got off to a horror start one floor below. There was no victory in the first four league games, but this cold start has long been forgotten. After the four games without a win, there were six wins in a row (five without conceding) and gradually SPAL Ferrara was able to reconnect to the promotion places.
Recently, however, there was a bit of a mess again (two wins from seven games). Nevertheless, the relegated ranks fifth in Serie B and is only two points behind the direct promotion place.
With only 16 goals conceded in 17 games, SPAL has a strong defense that conceded less than one goal per game on average. What is striking this season is the fact that the Marino-Elf hardly ever hits in away games. Although 18 goals were scored in nine games (8-10 goal difference), there were six goals in the 3-3 draw against Pordenone on matchday three.
Against the big favorites from Sassuolo, the second division with the strong defense will try to keep the goalless draw as long as possible. There will probably only be offensive actions by the guests from switching situations. In this regard, Sassuolo’s tip against SPAL Ferrara is that a maximum of one team can score.
Sassuolo vs Spal head to head matches
09.02.20 SA Spal Sassuolo 1 : 2
22.09.19 SA Sassuolo Spal 3 : 0
24.02.19 SA Sassuolo Spal 1 : 1
27.09.18 SA Spal Sassuolo 0 : 2
11.03.18 SA Sassuolo Spal 1 : 1