Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Following a routine 2-0 win over rock-bottom Salernitana, Fiorentina will be aiming to move closer to the Conference League berth when they face Sassuolo on Sunday evening. The Viola did well to put an end to their dreadful winless run in the Serie A, with the team regaining a much-needed confidence and they are seen as favourites to beat the Neroverdi on home soil. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team ahead of the visit of Sassuolo.
The visitors, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 loss to Lecce and given their poor away record in the 2023/2024 Serie A campaign, anything but a routine win would be a big surprise. To make things even worse for the visiting team, France midfielder Armand Lauriente serves a one-game ban due to the accumulation of yellow cards, while both Samu Castillejo and Domenico Berardi miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Christian Kouame):
Christian Kouame is an Ivory Coast international who has been playing for Serie A side Genoa since 2018. Kouame started his youth career at Prato and after ending his loan spells with the likes of Sassuolo and Inter, he returned to Stadio Lungobisenzio.
The 185-cm-tall forward made his professional debut with Prato on September 6, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Pisa. Christian Kouame started the match, but he was replaced by Alberto Aladje after 66 minutes. The Genoa attacker, though, has yet to earn a call-up for the Ivory Coast national team. He has two caps for the Ivory Coast U23 team, but he is still eyeing his senior team debut.
His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as both left and right winger as well. The Genoa footballer was born in Abijan on December 6, 1997 and he has a contract with the Rossoblu until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Sassuolo):
US Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club from Sassuolo, state Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region. In the season 2012/2013 Sassuolo managed to promote to the Serie A before playing in the Serie B for four seasons. Sassuolo was founded in 1922 and is known for being one of the smaller teams in the Serie A.
Sassuolo hosts its home games in the Stadio Citta del Tricolore which holds a capacity for approximately 21 000 spectators. Sassuolo is also known as i Neroverdi and plays at home in black and green. The biggest achievements in the club history were in 2007/2008 where the club won the Serie C1 and in season 2012/2013 were Sassuolo won the Serie B as well.
Known players in the club history are Andrea Poli, Antonio Floro Flores, Simone Zaga and Reto Ziegler.