Sassuolo make the trip to Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday for the Serie B clash with home team Palermo.
Our tips, poll and stats for Palermo v Sassuolo can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
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Palermo
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Palermo will be looking for another win after the 1-2 Serie B victory vs Salernitana.
In that match, Palermo had 47% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Palermo, the goalscorers were Matteo Brunori (27') and Joel Pohjanpalo (40'). For their opponents, Salernitana got 14 shots at goal with 2 on target. Lorenzo Amatucci (91') was the scorer for Salernitana.
Palermo haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have managed to rack up 11 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7.
Heading into this fixture, Palermo have not registered a win against Sassuolo in their last 6 league games.
Sassuolo
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Sassuolo come into this game after a 5-1 Serie B win over Reggiana in their most recent outing.
In that game, Sassuolo managed 48% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Sassuolo, the goalscorers were Samuele Mulattieri (15'), Armand Laurienté (35'), Daniel Boloca (38') and Simone Verdi (86'). Reggiana had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Antonio Vergara (3') and Tobias Reinhart (18' Own goal) scored for Reggiana.
A succession of very capable performances from the Sassuolo defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 clashes overall. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 11. We will find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Their prior results show that Sassuolo:
- remain undefeated by Palermo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
A study of past results between these clubs going back to 02/05/2015 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Palermo. They’ve not been able to register any wins whatsoever while Sassuolo have remained in the ascendancy, finishing as winners in 67% of those matches.
A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 for Rosaneri and 10 belonging to Sassuolo. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 18 on 21/12/2024 when the final score was Sassuolo 2-1 Palermo.
On that day, Sassuolo managed 51% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Armand Laurienté (9') and Nicholas Pierini (70').
On the other side, Palermo got 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Jérémy Le Douaron (21') scored.
The match was refereed by Giovanni Ayroldi.
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Team News: Sassuolo
Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Sassuolo manager Fabio Grosso to contend with. Kristian Thorstvedt (Heel problems) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Sassuolo and Palermo may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.
We’ll have to see, but a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.
Victor Martins,
06:12 04/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Palermo
Formed: 1900
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera (36,365)
Captain: Matteo Brunori
Chairman: Dario Mirri
Manager: Alessio Dionisi
Competitions: Serie B position 7
⭐ Star Man: Matteo Brunori
Generally taking to the field in the Striker position, Matteo Brunori was born in Macaè, Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Pescara in the 2019 - 2020 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 7 league goals in this Serie B 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 26 appearances.