In this week 18 match on the 19th of December, Fiorentina and Sassuolo will play a match in Firenze in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Fiorentina is fresh off their 2-1 win against Benevento. Nikola Milenković scored the first goal for Fiorentina in the 19th minute, then Riccardo Sottil added another in the 47th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Fiorentina should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 12th placed Sassuolo, recorded a 2-1 win against Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni scored the first goal for Lazio in the 6th minute, then Domenico Berardi tied it up for Sassuolo in the 63rd minute on a feed from Giacomo Raspadori Finally they completed the comback in the 69th minute on a goal by Giacomo Raspadori to cap off a wild match. Sassuolo is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Sassuolo won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Gianluca Scamacca and Giacomo Raspadori have been the hottest scorers for Sassuolo in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Dušan Vlahović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored five goals for Fiorentina.