Sassuolo – Torino

Torino has a decent chance of taking points on the road.

Sassuolo pulled off a very sensational draw in the last round. The Neroverdi faced Milan away and went ahead already in the 13th minute. The Devils, who played with a fairly experimental lineup, equalized in the 34th minute. Bartesaghi's debut goal wasn't his only one, as almost immediately after the break Davide completed a brace. The Rossoneri could have increased the lead, but Rabiot's goal was ruled out after a VAR intervention. Fabio Grosso's charges began to press, and Lorente scored in the 77th minute. The final draw is a fair result for this match. Torino interrupted their run of three defeats with a confident victory over Cremonese. The Turin side scored in the 27th minute and comfortably controlled the game. Marco Baroni's charges had chances to add more, but even a minimal win would positively affect the team. The teams spent the previous season in different divisions, but looking at their head-to-head history, there are interesting moments. Three of the last five matches between them ended in a draw. The most recent meeting finished 1-1. Before it, the Bulls had a home win 2-1. At Mapei Stadium, interestingly, the hosts have won only one of their last five matches. Sassuolo shows inconsistencies in some statistical metrics. The Neroverdi have collected slightly more points by xPTS (2.02) and have overperformed on xG (1.3). But their underperformance is more evident in the xGA metric. According to it, Grosso's players could have conceded 4.54 more goals than the actual 19. The Bulls also show deviations in statistics. For example, according to xG the Bulls were short by 4.43 goals. The Granata trailed in three of seven away matches. The most notable is Inter's 5-0 demolition. But it's worth noting that Baroni's players have picked up points against Juventus (0-0), Bologna (0-0), Lazio (3-3) and beat Roma (1-0). Also, according to xPTS, the team should have earned another 2.5 points. However, apart from metrics, Sassuolo's problems are obvious. Besides injuries to the leaders, the team will lose Torstvedt due to a card suspension and several players due to international duty. The Turin side are not about to yield to their opponents and should be able to collect points on the road.