Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Parma were on the verge of holding Lazio to a draw at Stadio Olimpico, but Ciro Immobile eventually scored a late winner to help the Biancocelesti pick up all three points from the match. The Gli Emiliani extended their losing run to seven games in midweek, and, no doubt, they are low on confidence ahead of the visit of Sassuolo. Since all Brugman, Karamoh, Man, Cyprien, Zirkzee, Inglese, Iacoponi, and Caviglia are likely to miss the game with injuries, home win should not be considered.
The Neroverdi, on the other hand, suffered a 3-1 loss to Juventus where Domenico Berardi failed to convert a penalty at 0-0. Sassuolo aim to climb to the Europa League Conference berth, and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Parma, who will compete in the Serie B from next season. Filippo Romagna should be the only absentee in the away side.
Highlighted Player (Andreas Cornelius):
The 23-year-old Danish international Andreas Cornelius plays as a striker for F.C. Copenhagen. Product of the youth set-up, Cornelius started his professional career at F.C. Copenhagen in 2012 when he joined the first-team of the Danish giants. His first goal for Copenhagen came in the very first game of the new season 2012-13 against Odense, when Cornelius scored an opening goal in a 2-2 draw.
Cornelius’ immediate impact and impression in the first-team quickly made him the fan favourite. The Danish striker became one of the most popular players of the club despite playing only one full season with the first team before he was transferred to Cardiff City in 2013. Cornelius was unfortunate to sustain a recurrent ankle injury which prevented him from making his stamp in the new team and which also reduced his playing time to only 8 Premier League performances.
Not only did Cornelius miss three months of club football, but he also failed at the chance to compete for his country in their final qualification games for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Cornelius ended up returning to Copenhagen in January 2014, where he has so far played more than 65 matches and enjoyed 18 goals.
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.