Sassuolo
Serie A
Regular Season
Sat , Apr 17 , 2021 18:00
3 - 1
Fiorentina
Sassuolo
Fiorentina
3 - 1
Fiorentina is not yet entirely safe from the threat of relegation, but Franck Ribery returns against a Sassuolo side beset by injury problems. Read our reasons for Sassuolo vs Fiorentina prediction and betting tips.
Sassuolo has fallen too far behind the race for European football and needs to restore some motivation, but above all deals with numerous injuries that continue to pile up. They had to rely on an own goal to beat Benevento on Monday evening. A Federico Barba's own goal gave the Neroverdi all the three points against Benevento, but Andrea Consigli was decisive with two crucial saves on the stoppages. “I am proud to have won in such a difficult pitch. We could have killed the game and avoid Consigli’s saves on the stoppages, but that’s the picture of Sassuolo,” De Zerbi told the media. “Maybe this team will do more when I leave. We have this bitter taste in our mouths. We could have done something more, but I see a very strong team. We sit at eight at the table, but we can do even more. This team is strong, but the game remained balanced for too long. We needed more wickedness to break the deadlock and kill the game earlier.
Sassuolo still has slim chances to finish higher in the standings. ‘’We need to look over our shoulders. We are 11 points behind a European placement. It’s a big gap at this point. I congratulated the lads at the end of the game, but I had to highlight what hadn’t worked too. If I compliment them when we win and criticize them when we lose, I would be a journalist, not a coach. I must tell the guys when they make mistakes and try to improve. I want everyone to improve, I am seeing players with quality, and I’ll never stop asking them to improve. Perhaps it’s my fault if we can’t go the extra mile, our playing style is demanding. We need to improve, have more desire to win and not concede goals, be happy with a 4-0 win, not a 4-2 win.”
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Muldur, Marlon, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Lopez, Locatelli; Traore, Djuricic, Boga; Raspadori
Suspended: None
Injured: Ayhan, Romagna, Berardi, Caputo, Defrel
The Viola sit eight points clear of the bottom three, but still just in 15th place, a long way from where President Rocco Commisso wanted them to be at this stage of his second season. The good news is that Ribery is back after his one-match ban in the five-goal Atalanta thriller. Beppe Iachini and Fiorentina ‘felt we could go and win it’ after clawing Atalanta back to a 2-2 draw, but were undone by a spot-kick. The Viola certainly put up a valiant effort, as Dusan Vlahovic’s double canceled out a Duvan Zapata brace, but Lucas Martinez Quarta’s handling offense allowed Josip Ilicic to convert the decisive penalty. “We didn’t start the way we wanted to and Atalanta did well to make the most of dead-ball situations,” Iachini told the media. “We also weren’t lucky on the very tight offside decision and the handball for the penalty. However, we had the right spirit in the second half, got it back to 2-2 and at that moment we had the feeling we could go and win it, then the penalty happened. It’s a regret. Vlahovic had already scored six or seven important goals last season, we knew he was still maturing and he is getting into shape now.”
Iachini was asked about the defending on the corner, as Duvan Zapata easily out-jumped Giacomo Bonaventura for the goal. “We do zonal marking and should’ve gone a bit further forward to get the ball at the near post, but a goal can happen. The important thing now is to rediscover the defensive solidity we had last season, to bring home decisive points for our Serie A safety. We’ve been working on it for two weeks. The fact remains, in football you need to score goals and not concede them.”
Fiorentina (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Pezzella, Martinez Quarta; Caceres, Bonaventura, Amrabat, Castrovilli, Biraghi; Ribery, Vlahovic
Suspended: None
Injured: Igor, Kokorin
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Dusan Vlahovic has 15 goals before his 22nd birthday. In Serie A's history, only three foreign players scored more by this age, as Harald Nielsen had 19 in 1962-63, Mirko Vucinic 19 in 2004-05, and Ronaldo had 25 in 1997-98. BettingKick’s Sassuolo vs Fiorentina prediction is: Both teams to score.
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