Sassuolo face off with visitors Catanzaro at Mapei Stadium-Città del Tricolore in the Serie B tie on Friday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Sassuolo v Catanzaro match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
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Sassuolo
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Sassuolo go into this game following on from a 1-1 Serie B stalemate against Cremonese.
In that match, Sassuolo had 41% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Sassuolo was Armand Laurienté (31'). On the other side, Cremonese got 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. Tommaso Barbieri (38') scored for Cremonese.
Sassuolo haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They have hit an aggregate of 16 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 8. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, of course.
Coming into this fixture, Sassuolo are undefeated in their previous 15 home league matches. What a fantastic run.
Catanzaro
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In the game prior to this, Catanzaro drew 2-2 in the Serie B tie with Sampdoria.
In that game, Catanzaro had 65% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Catanzaro, goals were scored by Nicolò Brighenti (45') and Tommaso Biasci (47'). Sampdoria had 6 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Fabio Depaoli (23') and Massimo Coda (50') scored for Sampdoria.
Catanzaro have attacked well in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 9 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Catanzaro can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes.
Going into this contest, Catanzaro haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.
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Head to head
The previous league clash featuring the two was Serie B match day 1 on 18/08/2024 when it ended Catanzaro 1-1 Sassuolo.
On that day, Catanzaro managed 50% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Simone Pontisso (53').
Sassuolo had 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Samuele Mulattieri (38') scored.
The match was refereed by Marco Piccinini.
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Team News: Sassuolo
There is just the sole fitness concern for the Sassuolo boss Fabio Grosso to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group. Kristian Thorstvedt (Heel problems) misses out.
It looks as if Sassuolo could opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to Giacomo Satalino, Jeremy Toljan, Matteo Lovato, Tarik Muharemovic, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Luca Moro, Pedro Mba Obiang, Domenico Berardi, Andrea Ghion, Daniel Boloca and Armand Lauriente.
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Team News: Catanzaro
We believe Aquile del Sud seem likely to elect for a 3-5-2 formation, starting the game with Mirko Pigliacelli, Nicolo Brighenti, Matias Antonini Lui, Federico Bonini, Mario Situm, Jacopo Petriccione, Simone Pontisso, Rares Ilie, Giacomo Quagliata, Tommaso Biasci and Pietro Iemmello.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Sassuolo will likely score a couple of goals when they play Catanzaro, who may well struggle to find the back of the net.
We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 victory for Sassuolo at the end of this one.
Andre Moura,
09:04 05/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Sassuolo
Formed: 1920
Stadium: Mapei Stadium-Città del Tricolore (21,525)
Captain: Domenico Berardi
Chairman: Carlo Rossi
Manager: Fabio Grosso
Competitions: Serie B position 1
🔑 Key Man: Samuele Mulattieri
Customarily taking up the Striker position, Samuele Mulattieri was born in La Spezia, Italy. Having made his senior debut playing for Spezia in the 2017 - 2018 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 9 league goals in the Serie B 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 31 appearances.