On Sun Dec 5th, in week 16, Sassuolo will travel to La Spezia to battle Spezia in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Spezia recorded a 0-2 loss against Inter. Roberto Gagliardini struck first for Inter in the 36th minute on a feed from Lautaro Martínez, then Lautaro Martínez added another in the 58th minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Spezia couldn’t manage to score, and Inter took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 11th placed Sassuolo, recorded a 2-2 draw against Napoli. Fabián Ruiz scored the first goal for Napoli in the 51st minute, then Dries Mertens added another in the 59th minute. Sassuolo is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Mapei Stadium – Città Del Tricolore, Sassuolo was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost three thousand jubilant spectators. Hamed Junior Traorè struck first for Sassuolo in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Spezia was frustrated by Sassuolo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sassuolo ended the match with the shutout victory.
Sassuolo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Domenico Berardi and Gianluca Scamacca each having 3 goals in their last 5. M’Bala Nzola has been the most prolific scorer on Spezia in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.