Sassuolo vs Inter Milan

Underperforming Sassuolo and free-scoring Inter Milan will trade tackles at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore in a potentially high-scoring Serie A affair.

A narrow 1-0 home victory over newbies Salernitana last time out brought Sassuolo’s three-game losing Serie A run to a halt, relieving some of the pressure on under-fire manager Alessio Dionisi. The hosts are gunning for back-to-back top-flight clean sheets for the first time since December 2020. Though they now face a formidable challenge in the shape of reigning champions Inter, the ‘Neroverdi’ can find comfort in holding this opposition to an even overall top-flight H2H record that has yet to produce a stalemate (W4, L4). Sassuolo’s last four Serie A meetings with Inter have featured 3+ total goals, with two of them seeing 6+ goals and both teams scoring. However, entertainment has been relatively sparse at the Mapei Stadium lately, as just one of Sassuolo’s last seven league matches here has contained over 2.5 goals.

On the other hand, Inter have drawn their last two competitive outings, including a scoreless stalemate with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League midweek. In Serie A alone, the ‘Nerazzurri’ have yet to taste a bit of defeat this term (W4, L2), having scored more goals (20) than any other Italian side across the opening six rounds. Indeed, the reigning holders have netted 2+ goals in each of their six Serie A matches so far under new boss Simone Inzaghi, registering a clear majority (75%) of their away league goals notched up in the second half of play (6/8). By extension, Inter have bagged over 1.5 goals in each of their last 11 Serie A games – 2020/21 included – and could make it 12 on the trot for the first time in their top-flight history.