📊 Form Guide

Sassuolo

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Sassuolo go into this fixture following on from a 3-3 Serie A drawn match against AC Milan.

In that match, Sassuolo had 33% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Sassuolo, goals were scored by Andrea Pinamonti (4') and Armand Laurienté (10', 53'). For their opponents, AC Milan had 23 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Rafael Leão (20'), Luka Jović (59') and Noah Okafor (84') scored for AC Milan.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Sassuolo have shown defensive steel. In fact, Sassuolo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals in the process.

A look at their previous results shows us that Sassuolo:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Lecce

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Lecce head into the meeting after a 1-0 Serie A win with the downing of Empoli in their previous match.

In that match, Lecce managed 54% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lecce was Nicola Sansone (89'). At the other end, Empoli got 3 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Lecce, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game in that period works out to a meagre 1.33, with the average goals for Giallorossi being 0.5. That kind of trend might not be carried forward here, of course.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 30/05/2010 tells us that Sassuolo have won 3 of them & Lecce 0, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 from Sassuolo and 5 belonging to Giallorossi. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 8 on 06/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Lecce 1-1 Sassuolo.

On that occasion, Lecce had 42% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Nikola Krstović (48').

Sassuolo got 14 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Domenico Berardi (22') was the scorer.

The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi.

ℹ️ Team News: Sassuolo

It’s our opinion that Sassuolo should go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this game with Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Martin Erlic, Gian Marco Ferrari, Josh Doig, Daniel Boloca, Uros Racic, Gregoire Defrel, Kristian Thorstvedt, Armand Lauriente and Andrea Pinamonti.

📰 Team News: Lecce

Lecce manager Luca Gotti has some current player fitness concerns. Mohamed Kaba (Cruciate ligament injury), Lameck Banda (Knee surgery), Kastriot Dermaku (Cruciate ligament injury) and Jeppe Corfitzen (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

It’s our belief that Giallorossi appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Wladimiro Falcone, Valentin Gendrey, Marin Pongracic, Federico Baschirotto, Antonino Gallo, Joan Gonzalez, Alexis Blin, Patrick Dorgu, Remi Oudin, Nicola Sansone and Nikola Krstovic.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Lecce will surely be able to get a goal against this Sassuolo lineup, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Sassuolo by the conclusion of the game. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 10:20 21/04/2024