Sassuolo vs Cagliari Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 🧿
Sassuolo and Cagliari have drawn seven of their 12 meetings in Serie A, including the most recent two (two wins apiece).
Sassuolo are unbeaten in six Serie A home matches against Cagliari (W2 D4). The Neroverdi previously netted the most goals in a single Serie A game against Cagliari -winning 6-2 in May 2017 at Mapei stadium.
Sassuolo and Cagliari will face each other in the opening game of a Serie A campaign for the second time, after drawing 1-1 in August 2014.
Sassuolo are unbeaten in their previous four opening games of a Serie A season when playing at Mapei stadium (W2 D2).
Cagliari have failed to score in each of their last three opening games of a Serie A campaign -their last goal on MD1 was scored back in 2016.
Only Udinese (86%) scored a higher percentage of their goals from open play than Sassuolo (83%) and Cagliari (77%) in Serie A last season.
Cagliari's Eusebio Di Francesco is the manager with the most matches in charge of Sassuolo in Serie A: 147 (WS0 D40 L57).
Since Serie A resumed in June, Sassuolo's Francesco Caputo has been involved in 11 goals in Serie A (eight goals and three assists); the joint-most of Italian player in this period, alongside Ciro Immobile.
Sassuolo's Domenico Berardi has been involved in seven goals in his seven appearances on MD1 in Serie A (five goals and two assists), including a hat-trick last season (v Sampdoria). Cagliari forward
Leonardo Pavoletti made his first 11 appearances in Serie A while playing for Sassuolo (scoring one goal) -the striker has netted four goals against the Neroverdi; only against Sampdoria (5) has he scored more in the Italian top-flight.
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