There’s also action from the Italian top flight on Sunday as Fiorentina play host to Sassuolo in this upcoming Serie A clash at the Stadio Artemio Franchi with the hosts looking to close the gap on the top four.
Fiorentina have racked up three league wins on the trot in the domestic top flight with victories gained over Sampdoria 3-1, Bologna 3-2 and a 4-0 romp against Salernitana whilst the hosts have also plundered a total of 10 goals in the process as well.
Sunday’s hosts have won 10 of their 17 matches to date in this season’s Serie A campaign but they’ve tended not to bother with draws as they’ve also been handed seven defeats into the bargain too, but the wins have outweighed the losses at least on home soil.
Despite suffering back-to-back defeats at home to Inter Milan and Napoli early on in the piece, Fiorentina have responded in impressive fashion by winning their subsequent five home games on the trot, scoring 17 goals and conceding just 4 in reply, so the hosts will be brimming with confidence.
It’s been a mixed campaign so far this season for Sunday’s visitors, Sassuolo, as they occupy 12th place having won 6, drawn 5 and lost 6 of their 17 matches to date this term in the Italian top flight.
For the majority of the season, Sassuolo have been unable to put together any decent sort of sequence of results - up until now that is; Sassuolo bring a solid looking run of five matches without defeat into this upcoming lunchtime clash on Sunday.
Sassuolo have collected impressive wins against AC Milan and Lazio along with picking up points in draws with Cagliari, Napoli and Spezia in recent times and this has at least enabled the visitors to maintain their mid-table position on the Serie A ladder.
However, results away from home haven’t all been that convincing recently as Sassuolo have won just two out of their last seven games on their travels, albeit impressive victories chalked up at Juventus 2-1 and a 3-1 win at the aforementioned AC Milan as well.
Defeats at Roma, Atalanta and Udinese though suggest this upcoming trip to the Stadio Artemio Franchi could be a tricky one for Sassuolo who have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their last 11 away outings.