Sassuolo vs Genoa - prediction, team news, lineups

Already separated by 10 points successful the Serie A standings, mid-table Sassuolo volition invited rock-bottom Genoa to the Mapei Stadium connected Monday.

Somewhat surprisingly, the recently promoted Neroverdi are good wide of their Rossoblu rivals, who person yet to triumph a league game.

Match preview

After antecedently posting back-to-back wins, Sassuolo had picked up conscionable 1 constituent from their adjacent 2 matches without scoring, truthful they were keen to debar different setback successful midweek.

Sure enough, a Thursday nighttime clash successful Cagliari brought the Emilian nine maximum points, with Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente some uncovering the nett during a 2-1 win. 

Promoted arsenic Serie B champions past season, Fabio Grosso's broadside beryllium 10th aft 9 games of their comeback campaign, leaving them good placed to defy the driblet backmost down to Italy's 2nd tier. 

The Neroverdi volition present instrumentality to Reggio Emilia, wherever they person some won and mislaid doubly truthful far, portion scoring and conceding 4 goals apiece.

To date, Sassuolo person mislaid conscionable 2 of 10 Serie A location games against Genoa, winning much than half, and existent signifier suggests they should commencement favourites connected Monday night.

One of 4 clubs yet to triumph a top-flight fixture this word - alongside Hellas Verona and troubled Tuscan brace Pisa and Fiorentina - it is just to accidental Genoa are successful crisis.

Following Wednesday's 2-0 location decision to recently promoted Cremonese, their winless commencement to the league run stretched to 9 - albeit they person travel done 2 Coppa Italia ties.

Stuck to the bottommost of the table connected 3 points, the Grifone are Serie A's joint-lowest scorers with conscionable 4 goals, which highlights their deficiency of firepower since Pinamonti returned to Sassuolo.

Late lapses successful attraction person not helped either, arsenic Genoa person dropped much points successful the 2nd fractional than immoderate different side, portion much than fractional of 13 goals conceded person arrived successful the last half-hour.

Before heading to the Mapei Stadium - wherever helium volition conscionable erstwhile Inter Milan teammate Grosso - Patrick Vieira's men person won conscionable 1 of their past 15 distant games; different nonaccomplishment could outgo the French manager his job.

Sassuolo Serie A form:

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Sassuolo signifier (all competitions):

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Genoa Serie A form:

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Genoa signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Star antheral Domenico Berardi and centre-back Filippo Romagna some missed Sassuolo's travel to Sardinia with injuries sustained successful the caller nonaccomplishment to Roma, but Berardi whitethorn beryllium backmost for Monday's match.

However, Daniel Boloca (knee), Laurs Skjellerup (muscular) and semipermanent absentee Edoardo Pieragnolo (ACL) are inactive connected the attraction table.

Sure to pb the hosts' three-man attack, Pinamonti has scored successful some of his past 2 league meetings with erstwhile nine Genoa, having recovered the nett 15 times for the Grifone crossed 2 antithetic spells astatine Stadio Ferraris.

Between them, Pinamonti and Lauriente person scored fractional of Sassuolo's 10 goals truthful far, but nary Genoa players person managed much than one.

Once again, AC Milan loanee Lorenzo Colombo and promising teen Jeff Ekhator volition vie to spearhead the visitors' misfiring beforehand line; meanwhile, industrious midfielder Patrizio Masini tops some the tackles and duels won charts successful Serie A.

As Nicolae Stanciu is expected to retrieve from a thigh problem, Vieira should person a afloat squad to take from successful this must-win clash.

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig; Vranckx, Matic, Kone; Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente

Genoa imaginable starting lineup:

Leali; Norton-Cuffy, Ostigard, Vasquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Ellertsson, Malinovskyi, Vitinha; Ekhator

We say: Sassuolo 2-0 Genoa 

On location turf this term, Sassuolo person won 3 times successful league and cup, with their lone defeats coming against confederate giants Napoli and Roma.

As Genoa person been drained of assurance and airs adjacent to nary menace up front, the Neroverdi should grounds back-to-back wins.

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