Sassuolo and Fiorentina are going to play on Saturday the 6th of January at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Reggio Emilia at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore. The encounter will be officiated by Rosario Abisso.
Sassuolo occupies the 16th place in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Fiorentina sits in the 4th position in the table with 33 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 10 times, draw 3 times, and lost 5 times.
Fiorentina won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 25th of November against Milan and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (16 times or 88.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Fiorentina with the following players: Andrea Consigli, Marcus Pedersen, Martin Erlic, Gian Marco Ferrari, Jeremy Toljan, Matheus Henrique, Kristian Thorstvedt, Nedim Bajrami, Armand Laurienté, Domenico Berardi and Andrea Pinamonti.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Sassuolo would be 27.91.
Alessio Dionisi will probably not be able to employ Grégoire Defrel because of injury.
Matías Viña, Daniel Boloca, Pedro Obiang and Uroš Račić will definitely miss the match.
Fiorentina
Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (17 times or 94.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: Pietro Terracciano, Cristiano Biraghi, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Nikola Milenković, Michael Kayode, Arthur, Alfred Duncan, Josip Brekalo, Giacomo Bonaventura, Jonathan Ikoné and Lucas Beltrán.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Fiorentina would be 28.18.
Dodô, Gaetano Castrovilli, Nicolás González, Christian Kouamé and Riccardo Sottil will definitely miss the match.
