Sassuolo will be looking to make it back-to-back victories in the Serie A on the bounce when they host a struggling Verona at the Mapei Stadium in an important league fixture on Sunday afternoon with kickoff at 14:30.
Sassuolo have made a perfectly balanced campaign this season with the side claiming seven wins, seven draws and seven defeats from their 21 league matches to collect 28 points, which have left them sitting in the middle of the table with four points outside the top six.
They head into the match in a good Serie A form as they have only lost one of their last nine league matches, claiming three wins and five draws in the run and are coming off a massive confidence booster as they crashed Empoli with a 5-1 victory at away last Sunday.
Alessio Dionisi’s side will be looking to keep their upward trajectory in the Serie A with a win on Sunday and they will fancy their chances as they have not lost to Verona in their last three meetings, winning 3-2 at away in the reverse fixture this season.
Verona on the other hand have been on and off this season with the club collecting 27 points from their 21 matches and currently occupy the 13th place with just one point below their Sunday hosts and outside the top-half.
Verona have been struggling recently with the club winning just one of their last six across all competitions, suffering four defeats while picking up one draw in the run and are coming off a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Salernitana, who are languishing at the bottom of the table, at home last Sunday and will be looking to quickly move on from that embarrassment with a win on Sunday.
Sassuolo vs Verona head to head
Both sides have met in 21 encounters since 2007 with Sassuolo claiming 11 victories while Verona have claimed seven victories and there have been three draws.
- Verona 2-3 Sassuolo 21/08/21
- Sassuolo 3-2 Verona 13/03/21
- Verona 0-2 Sassuolo 22/11/20
- Sassuolo 3-3 Verona 28/06/20
- Verona 0-1 Sassuolo 25/10/19
Home
- Empoli 1-5 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 1-1 Genoa
- Sassuolo 0-3 Bologna
- Fiorentina 1-1 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 2-1 Lazio
Away
- Verona 1-2 Salernitana
- Spezia 1-2 Verona
- Verona 1-1 Fiorentina
- Torino 1-0 Verona
- Verona 3-4 Empoli
Sassuolo team news
Sassuolo will be without Matheus Henrique and Filip Djuricic due to injuries, while Pedro Obiang and Federico Peluso will miss due to testing positive for Covid-19 and Domenico Berardi will be out due to suspension. Hamed Junior Traore left for his international duties at the AFCON.
Verona team news
Verona will be without Gianluca Frabotta, Daniel Bessa, Alessandro Berardi, Lorenzo Montip, Mert Cetin, Antonio Ragusa and Bosko Sutalo due to testing positive for Covid-19, while Pawel Dawidowicz will miss through an injury and Ivan Ilic is serving a suspension.
Prediction and odds
- Sassuolo win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
