Monza vs Sassuolo - prediction, team news, lineups

After pulling disconnected different Serie A giant-killing past week, Sassuolo volition question maximum points against winless Monza erstwhile the brace conscionable connected Friday evening.

Having stunned Italy's astir palmy nine successful a jaw-dropping five-goal thriller, the Neroverdi indispensable present sojourn recently promoted opponents.

Match preview

With a well-earned estimation for shocking Serie A's biggest clubs, Sassuolo bushed Juventus with astir the past footwear of past week's clash astatine the Mapei Stadium.

Sebastiano Esposito scored connected his afloat debut earlier Juve pulled level; then, Kieron Bowie emerged from the seat and enactment the hosts up erstwhile again. 

Though their visitors produced different equaliser successful stoppage time, Juventus-owned Vasilije Adzic past popped up with a last-gasp victor to decision his genitor club.

Victory made up for conceding a precise precocious leveller against Bologna 7 days earlier, and it took Sassuolo's tally to 7 points from a imaginable 12.

Also into the past 16 of the Coppa Italia - wherever a reunion with Juventus awaits - it has been a palmy commencement to beingness successful Reggio Emilia for caller brag Alberto Aquilani.

However, earlier heading to Monza, the Neroverdi are connected an eight-game streak without an distant triumph that dates backmost to February.

Not lone that, but Sassuolo person yet to bushed Friday's hosts successful Serie A, arsenic Monza person claimed 10 points from 4 contests truthful far.

However, caller results suggest it could beryllium a conflict to widen that trend: the Lombardy nine person mislaid 3 times and drawn erstwhile this term, leaving them conscionable wrong the driblet zone.

By opposition with Sassuolo, the Biancorossi were connected the incorrect extremity of a 3-2 scoreline past weekend, erstwhile a dilatory commencement down successful Lecce proved costly - they fell 2 down wrong 12 minutes and were ever chasing the game.

Notably, they person routinely failed to support corners - peculiarly struggling against Lecce - and person already conceded six set-piece goals successful the league.

Dating backmost to their past spell astatine Italy's elite level, Monza person won conscionable 1 of their past 22 Serie A matches; that includes their lone location crippled this play - different 3-2 defeat, to Udinese.

All of which heaps aboriginal unit connected caput manager Ivan Juric, whose idiosyncratic grounds astatine respective clubs implicit the past 2 years is rather dismal.

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Team News

Though Esposito got his archetypal commencement and archetypal extremity for Sassuolo past week, helium faces contention from Bowie to pb the visitors' beforehand enactment connected Friday night.

Either striker would beryllium supported by long-serving talisman Domenico Berardi, who has been straight progressive successful 19 goals crossed his past 21 league games against recently promoted opponents.

Aquilani's agleam commencement has travel successful spite of a large wounded list: Fali Cande, Edoardo Pieragnolo and Ismael Kone are semipermanent absentees, portion Daniel Boloca and Cristian Volpato are presently sidelined.

Sebastian Walukiewicz is besides a doubt, and influential defender Jay Idzes has conscionable been ruled retired for six weeks with a quad strain.

Meanwhile, Monza are missing skipper Matteo Pessina, Roma loanee Jan Ziolkowski and wing-back Idrissa Toure; Patrick Ciurria, Cyril Ngonge and Ricardo Mangas are each doubts.

More positively, Gustavo Varela - the lone subordinate to people much than 1 league extremity for the Biancorossi this word - precocious returned to action.

Experienced campaigners Patrick Cutrone and Dany Mota volition beryllium among respective men vying to articulation Varela up front.

Monza imaginable starting lineup:

Tornqvist; Kouadio, Lucchesi, Carboni; Birindelli, Akinsanmiro, Folorunsho, Bakoune; Colpani, Robinson; Varela

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Muric; Cinquegrano, Caleta-Car, Leysen, Doig; Lipani, Matic, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Esposito, Lauriente

We say: Monza 1-2 Sassuolo

After conquering Juventus, logic suggests Sassuolo should expanse speech past season's Serie B playoff winners.

Of course, logic does not ever use to football, but the visitors are afloat of assurance and person a overmuch stronger corporate individuality than their hosts.

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