Sassuolo vs Salernitana Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd October 2022

After surviving a gruelling battle for survival last season, Salernitana continue their latest Serie A campaign on Sunday. The away side play Sassuolo at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore in a round 8 fixture. Sassuolo and Salernitana had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 3.40.

Ranked as number 11 in the Serie A standings, Sassuolo, have so far collected nine points this season, while Salernitana collected seven points. This puts them up as number 13 after seven rounds.

Although only separated by a few points, Salernitana will have their work cut out for them this coming Sunday. Sassuolo are favoured to maintain the lead they currently hold on Salernitana in the Serie A standings.

Sassuolo have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Salernitana managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

Sassuolo vs Salernitana Prediction

Their last three matches saw Sassuolo drawing 0-0 with Cremonese, losing 1-3 against Udinese before beating Torino by 0-1. In their last six Serie A matches at home, Sassuolo have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Sassuolo have their target set on sneaking inside the top six of the Serie A this season, and they have the qualities to at least a finish inside the top third.

In their last three matches, Salernitana drew 2-2 with Empoli, drew 2-2 with Juventus and lost 1-2 against Lecce. Salernitana only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Serie A. In these six matches they drew five and lost zero as well as being outscored by five goals to six.

Salernitana will probably do well to just fend off relegated this coming season and knowing how much every point counts, they should be ready from the outset.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Sassuolo get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Salernitana.

Sassuolo vs Salernitana Team News

Sassuolo could have five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Salernitana this coming Sunday.

Gregoire Defrel, Domenico Berardi, Hamed Traore, Mert Muldur and Martin Erlic are missing from the squad, Sassuolo will field against Salernitanaon Sunday.

Salernitana have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Sunday against Sassuolo.

Names like Federico Fazio, Boulaye Dia, Ivan Radovanovic, Franck Ribery, Emil Bohinen and Matteo Lovato most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Sassuolo.

Sassuolo vs Salernitana H2H

It was an enormously entertaining 2-2 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Sunday. Sassuolo claimed one win, while Salernitana picked up zero wins in the previous seven matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3.40.

Sassuolo vs Salernitana Results

Sassuolo vs Salernitana Betting Tips

Davide Frattesi is the most prolific Serie A marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Salernitana look to Boulaye Dia, hoping he can add to his current total of three Serie A goals in his latest games.

Sassuolo claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Salernitana won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing six and losing zero in this series of matches. Goals are flowing freely for Sassuolo on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Salernitana''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened one time in the past two encounters between Sassuolo and Salernitana, with Sassuolo scoring 1.5 goals on average per game. Salernitana averaged one goal, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Sassuolo’s last ten matches across the tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of the last ten matches Salernitana played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.