Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Sassuolo and Fiorentina face each other at Mapei Stadium – Citta del Tricolore in the closing match of Saturday’s program. The Neroverdi do not seem to be at their sharpest, with the team losing four of their last five league matches, while sharing the spoils with Udinese. Sassuolo are eager to kick off 2024 in style and we are positive that they will fight tooth and nail against Fiorentina. The likes of Daniel Boloca, Gregoire Defrel, Uros Racic, Matias Vina, and Pedro Mba Obiang continue to miss out with injuries.
The Viola, on the other hand, are on a three-game winning run in the Italian top flight. Fiorentina have been impressive at the back of late and given Sassuolo’s poor form, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from the match. Barring any fresh injury worries, Vincenzo Italiano is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated Torino in the last game of 2023.
Highlighted Player (Domenico Berardi):
Once one of the most promising young players in Serie A, Domenico Berardi is the Italian footballer that plays for Sassuolo and the Italy national team. Born in Cairati, Calabria, the forward begun his professional career back in 2012, when he helped the Neroverdi win Serie B and play in Serie A next season and was named as the best player of the competition, only 18 years of age.
He made his first appearance for the Italy U19 national team in the same season. His excellent performances draw the attention of Juventus and the Old Lady confirmed in the beginning of the Season 2013/14 that Domenico Berardi joined the club on a co-ownership deal.
The player never played for Juventus because he remained in Sassuolo and he recently signed a new contract with the Neroverdi. The 24-year-old right winger, who can also play as a left winger and a second striker, made his first appearance in the senior national team in June 2018.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.