ACF Fiorentina vs US Sassuolo Calcio, Serie A 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
ACF Fiorentina vs US Sassuolo Calcio — Serie A at Artemio Franchi, Firenze.
- ACF Fiorentina 38 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
- US Sassuolo Calcio 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Livio Marinelli
18 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Internazionale Milano 38 87 2 SSC Napoli 38 76 3 AS Roma 38 73 4 Como 1907 38 71 5 AC Milan 38 70 6 Juventus FC 38 69 7 Atalanta BC 38 59 8 Bologna FC 1909 38 56 9 SS Lazio 38 54 10 Udinese Calcio 38 50 11 US Sassuolo Calcio 38 49 12 Torino FC 38 45 13 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 14 Cagliari Calcio 38 43 15 ACF Fiorentina 38 42 16 Genoa CFC 38 41 17 US Lecce 38 38 18 US Cremonese 38 34 19 Hellas Verona FC 38 21 20 AC Pisa 1909 38 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr US Sassuolo Calcio H 0–0 D 20 Apr US Lecce A 1–1 D 13 Apr SS Lazio H 1–0 W 04 Apr Hellas Verona FC A 1–0 W 22 Mar FC Internazionale Milano H 1–1 D 16 Mar US Cremonese A 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr ACF Fiorentina A 0–0 D 17 Apr Como 1907 H 2–1 W 12 Apr Genoa CFC A 1–2 L 04 Apr Cagliari Calcio H 2–1 W 21 Mar Juventus FC A 1–1 D 15 Mar Bologna FC 1909 H 0–1 L Season Stats
ACF Fiorentina US Sassuolo Calcio #15 Position #11 42 Points 49 38 Played 38 9 / 15 / 14 W / D / L 14 / 7 / 17 41 Scored 46 50 Conceded 50 -9 GD -4 1.11 PPG 1.29 24% Win % 37% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
ACF Fiorentina this season22% Clean Sheets
US Sassuolo Calcio this seasonACF Fiorentina are 15th (42 pts). US Sassuolo Calcio are 11th (49 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
ACF Fiorentina0-15–/116-302/131-452/146-60–/161-75–/176+2/–■ Scored ■ ConcededUS Sassuolo Calcio0-151/116-301/331-452/146-604/–61-75–/276+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
ACF FiorentinaMoise Kean 8 G 1 A Rolando Mandragora 6 G 3 A Albert Gudmundsson 5 G 4 A US Sassuolo CalcioDomenico Berardi 8 G 4 A Andrea Pinamonti 8 G 3 A Armand Lauriente 6 G 10 A Ismael Kone 6 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Artemio Franchi, Firenze. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' It looks surprising ACF Fiorentina does not make any changes. Manor Solomon has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Aster Vranckx needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 20' US Sassuolo Calcio started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering ACF Fiorentina that had 443 games and scored 336 goals.
- 30' The referee calls foul for Luca Ranieri. He receives a card.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with US Sassuolo Calcio winning 50% of all matches.
- 40' US Sassuolo Calcio looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 45' US Sassuolo Calcio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' It looks like no one’s ball. US Sassuolo Calcio is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. ACF Fiorentina needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 57' A meaty challenge results in booking for Rolando Mandragora on 57.
- 62' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Cristian Volpato suffering a number of foals already.
- 65' Luca Lipani has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cristian Volpato on 65 minute.
- 66' Time for substitution for ACF Fiorentina. Jack Harrison is replaced by Jacopo Fazzini.
- 67' The ACF Fiorentina manager makes a substitution. Rolando Mandragora departs to be replaced by Giovanni Fabbian.
- 72' Nicolo Fagioli has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 74' It is a substitution in US Sassuolo Calcio team. Ismael Kone is replaced by Alieu Fadera on 74 minute.
- 75' ACF Fiorentina manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pietro Comuzzo is hanging Luis Balbo Vieira on the field on 75 minute.
- 80' The travelling US Sassuolo Calcio supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 81' The referee shows US Sassuolo Calcio player a card on 81.
- 86' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 88' Luca Moro is replacing Armand Lauriente for the US Sassuolo Calcio side.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
ACF Fiorentina Lineups
Starting XI
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- 10
- 43
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17
Jack Harrison ↓ Jacopo Fazzini 66'
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- 8
- 2
- 44
- 19
- 27
- 62
Bench
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- 4
- 53
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22
Jacopo Fazzini ↑ 66'
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80
Giovanni Fabbian ↑ 67'
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15
Pietro Comuzzo ↑ 75'
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- 23
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Coach Paolo VanoliUS Sassuolo Calcio Lineups
Starting XI
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18
Nemanja Matic ↓ Aster Vranckx 88'
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45
Armand Lauriente ↓ Luca Moro 88'
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99
Andrea Pinamonti ↓ M'Bala Nzola 74'
- 23
- 6
- 13
- 42
- 21
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90
Ismael Kone ↓ Alieu Fadera 74'
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Cristian Volpato ↓ Luca Lipani 65'
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Bench
- 49
- 19
- 12
- 25
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40
Aster Vranckx ↑ 88'
- 3
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24
Luca Moro ↑ 88'
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8
M'Bala Nzola ↑ 74'
- 16
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20
Alieu Fadera ↑ 74'
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35
Luca Lipani ↑ 65'
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- 44
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Domenico Berardi 5 Nicolas Gonzalez 4 Dusan Vlahovic 3 Arthur Cabral 3 Gregoire Defrel 3 Hamed Traore 2 Lucas Torreira 2 Riccardo Saponara 2 Head to Head
ACF Fiorentina Form
US Sassuolo Calcio Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.27 ACF Fiorentina xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1 US Sassuolo Calcio xGI would bet for: ACF Fiorentina or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.27Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
ACF Fiorentina or Draw 73%Draw or US Sassuolo Calcio 56%ACF Fiorentina or US Sassuolo Calcio 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.1%0 – 0 Actual1 – 0 12%0 – 1 9.1%2 – 1 8%2 – 0 8%1 – 2 6.3%0 – 2 5%2 – 2 4.1%3 – 1 3.4%3 – 0 3.3%1 – 3 2.1%Asian Handicap — ACF Fiorentina
Handicap ACF Fiorentina covers Push US Sassuolo Calcio covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 22% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 17% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
ACF Fiorentina keeps clean sheet 37% ✗US Sassuolo Calcio keeps clean sheet 29% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.