Spezia vs Sassuolo Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 🎙
Sassuolo have won each of their four previous Serie Band Coppa Italia games against Spezia, by an aggregate scoreline of of 8-2.
Sassuolo haven't won an away Serie A game in Liguria since December 2017 (1-0 v Sampdoria) -three draws and two losses since then.
Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last eight Serie A games against newly promoted teams (W4, D4) -their last defeat was back in February 2019, 0-3 away at Empoli.
Spezia are the 68th different side to appear in Serie A: excluding the sides in the historic first season (1929/30), only six teams have managed to win their first ever game in the Italian top-flight (Legnano 1930, Sampierdanese 1934, Salernitana 1947, Como 1949, Empoli 1986, Chievo 2001 ).
Sassuolo drew their opening match against Cagliari; the Neroverdi have gone unbeaten in their opening two games of a Serie A season only twice in their eight campaigns in the division (2015/16 and 2018/19), but have never drawn their opening two games.
Sassuolo have conceded goals in each of their last eight away league games. They last had a longer such run in the competition in 2017 (10). Sassuolo attempted the most shots in Serie A on MD this season (33, nine on the target) and also registered the highest possession figure (67.6%). Both Cristian Dell'Orco and Riccardo Marchizza moved from Sassuolo to Spezia, this summer;
Dell'Orco has made 20 Serie A appearances (with the Neroverdi), whilst Marchizza is yet to make his top-flight debut. Sassuolo striker Francesco Caputo has scored six goals in his last seven matches against newly promoted teams in Serie A -since football restarted last season in June, he has been involved in 11 league goals (eight goals and three assists), no player has been involved in more goals in the division during this period.
Only Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo (10) and AC Milan's Zlatan lbrahimovic (seven) attempted more shots on MD1 this season than Sassuolo duo Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo (both six).
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