The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Thursday's Serie A clash between Sassuolo and Genoa, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
We said: Sassuolo 2-0 Genoa
After drawing a rare blank to round off a topsy-turvy 2020, Sassuolo ought to return to winning ways against a team whose dictionary does not seem to include the word win. The visitors deserve credit for stunting the normally irrepressible Atalanta frontline but have not been fortunate on the absentee front, so a fired-up Sassuolo will expect to break the Grifone resistance on home soil. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sassuolo win with a probability of 58.28%. A draw had a probability of 22.1% and a win for Genoa had a probability of 19.64%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sassuolo win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.33%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.93%) and 2-0 (9.84%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.43%), while for a Genoa win it was 0-1 (5.48%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood.
| Result | ||
| Sassuolo | Draw | Genoa |
| 58.28% | 22.08% | 19.64% |
| Both teams to score 54.1% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
