Sassuolo vs Crotone Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Crotone won their last Serie A meeting with Sassuolo, after being winless in their previous three (D1, L2).
Among current Serie A sides, Crotone are the only team Sassuolo have a 100% home win record in the Italian top-flight (2/2). Sassuolo have won only one of their last five Serie A home games (D2, L2), a 5-0 win against Genoa in July 2020 -they had won four of their previous six (D1, L1).
Crotone have lost 28 of their 39 away games in the Italian top-flight (72%) -among teams with 20+ away games since their debut Serie A season in 2016/17, this is the worst percentage in the competition.
Sassuolo have kept a clean sheet only once in their last 15 league games, in a 5-0 win against Genoa last July-the Neroverdi have conceded 1.7 goals on average per game over this period.
Crotone have conceded at least two goals in each of their two league games this term, while this run also extends to their last five matches in the competition -they have never previously had a longer such run in the Italian top-flight.
Sassuolo had the highest average possession rate in the opening two Serie A matchdays this season (67%). Gian Marco Ferrari has played 110 games between Serie A and B with Crotone (scoring four goals) against Spezia last time out, the Sassuolo defender delivered two assists in a single top-flight game for the first time ever.
The Serie A season in which Luca Marrone managed to play his most games was the 2013/14 campaign, while playing for Sassuolo -he is the Crotone player with the most successful passes in Serie A this term (122).
Simy scored his only previous Serie A brace in April 2018, against Sassuolo -the Neroverdi are the only side against which the Crotone striker has scored more than one goal in the Italian top-flight.
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