Sassuolo vs Frosinone - prediction, team news, lineups

Sassuolo and Frosinone conscionable successful Wednesday's all-Serie A Coppa Italia clash astatine the Mapei Stadium, aiming to beforehand to the tournament's circular of 16.

Both top-flight clubs came done the circular of 64 with ease, with the Neroverdi beating Cesena 3-0 and their midweek visitors securing a 4-1 triumph implicit Juve Stabia to scope the circular of 32.

Match preview

Sassuolo's lucifer against Frosinone comes astatine the close clip for the Emilia-Romagna outfit, who conscionable secured their archetypal league triumph nether Alberto Aquilani.

Having seen his squad decision Cesena successful their opening-round home cupful success, the caller brag past suffered a mini setback successful his Serie A bow distant astatine Atalanta, losing 2-1.

That decision continued the Reggio Emilia outfit's mediocre tally of league results going backmost to the erstwhile season, erstwhile they ended with 3 losses to adjacent retired the run nether now-departed brag Fabio Grosso.

Those reverses were admittedly constrictive losses, and different marginal decision to commencement the caller run was astir apt frustrating for the Sassuolo faithful.

As such, Cristian Volpato and Domenico Berardi's goals were conscionable what the doc ordered for Aquilani and his players, who present purpose to unafraid consecutive competitory wins for the archetypal clip successful his embryonic tenure.

Standing successful their mode are Frosinone, who interestingly person an identical grounds up of the pair's all-Serie A tussle astatine the Mapei.

However, Massimiliano Alvini is inactive riding the momentum of guiding the Canaries backmost to the apical formation aft a two-year lack and astatine the archetypal clip of asking since taking the occupation successful the summertime of 2025.

Back successful the apical flight, they were spared a dense decision against Juventus connected the opening play of the league play aft the Old Lady's profligate outing resulted successful a 1-0 effect successful favour of the top-flight heavyweights.

The Canarini person since responded to that nonaccomplishment connected location ungraded by stunning Fiorentina 3-0 successful Florence, with an Antonio Raimondo brace, either broadside of Gabriele Bracaglia's 38th-minute effort, carrying the newcomers to their archetypal league victory.

Like the Neroverdi, they present question back-to-back triumphs for the archetypal clip this season, arsenic they strive to scope the circular of 16 for the archetypal clip since their tally to the quarter-finals successful 2023-24 earlier falling 4-0 to Juventus.

That tally remains an outlier for Frosinone successful the competition, which has typically brought archetypal and 2nd circular defeats earlier the ongoing campaign, and the visiting nine question to crook the tide by beating their Reggio Emilia hosts.

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Team News

Sassuolo person respective players missing, particularly owed to semipermanent genu injuries, with Yeferson Paz, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Daniel Boloca and Fali Cande semipermanent absentees, portion Ismael Kone and Sebastian Walukiewicz person ankle and musculus issues respectively.

Volpato, leader astatine the play against Torino, was the archetypal goalscorer successful the Neroverdi's 3-0 occurrence implicit Cesena successful the erstwhile round, and the wide attacker could support Berardi retired of the broadside for the sojourn of Frosinone.

While Armand Lauriente has yet to people oregon assistance this term, the Frenchman has already proved himself susceptible of influencing games careless and should clasp his spot connected the near broadside of attack.

Unlike their hosts, Frosinone person a steadfast squad, with lone Fares Ghedjemis the evident absentee owed to a calf problem.

Giorgi Kvernadze was the undoubted leader of the erstwhile round, notching a brace and assisting 1 against Juve Stabia, earlier adding a 4th nonstop engagement against Fiorentina, earmarking him arsenic the club's starring attacking threat.

Having scored and assisted wrong 23 minutes — excluding second-half stoppage clip — aft replacing Kevin Akpoguma successful the erstwhile round, Bracaglia could play from the disconnected astatine the Mapei.

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Muric; Cinquegrano, Odenthal, Macchioni, Doig; Adzic, Matic, Bakola; Volpato, Bowie, Lauriente

Frosinone imaginable starting lineup:

Palmisani; Leysen, Calvani, Monterisi, Bracaglia; Calo, Cichella, Schmid; Zerbin, Raimondo, Kvernadze

We say: Sassuolo 2-1 Frosinone

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