Sassuolo vs Salernitana prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-10-01 13:00.
Sassuolo looked to be on their way to a third goalless draw in four games last time out at Torino, yet a 93rd minute winner helped Alessio Dionisi’s men to just their second win of this Serie A (SA) season (W2, D3, L2). The new-found solidity of Sassuolo is nothing short of remarkable, as they’ve already recorded a joint league-high four clean sheets, one more than they did in the entirety of 2021/22.
Dionisi will be happy to return to the hallowed turf of the Mapei Stadium for this encounter after the Sassuolo boss hailed it as the most “beautiful pitch” in SA during the week. However playing on high quality turf hasn’t stopped Sassuolo from losing as many games across their last six home league games (W1, D2, L3) as they did across the 12 prior (W5, D4).
Considering Salernitana’s aim of simply surviving in SA, they’ve made a relatively solid start (W1, D4, L2). Yet a four-game winless run ahead of this is a cause of concern for Davide Nicola’s men, who have given up leading positions to draw in two of their last three matches. But should Salernitana win here, it would be their first victory against Sassuolo since 2008 (D1, L4 since).
However with three draws to open their away league campaign extending their run of travelling stalemates to five, Salernitana could also become just the third side to notch a run of 6+ SA draws in the three points a win era with another here. With a little bit of history on the line fans in attendance would be wise to stay until the bitter end, especially as the equalising goal in four of those draws came within the final 15 minutes!
Players to watch: Sassuolo’s Andrea Pinamonti has scored two goals in two H2Hs vs Salernitana and has only scored more top-flight goals against two other sides. As for Salernitana, Antonio Candreva has only registered more combined goals and assists against Fiorentina than his ten against Sassuolo (G4, A6).
Hot stat: Sassuolo have conceded the opener in just one of their opening seven league games.