The Florentine hosts the Sassuolo in the first match of the 17th day of the championship at the Franchi stadium. The neroverdi arrive in Florence in a precarious state of form, they haven’t won a victory since October and at the restart they succumbed to Sampdoria at home. The Viola restarted with a home draw against Monza and must give up Jovichit hard in training. From the bench Gonzalez after the long unavailability, not at its best Berardi and out Maxime Lopez.
STATISTICS
The Sassuolo he has scored in all of his last nine Serie A matches against Florentine: against no opponent has ever found the net in consecutive matches in the competition. He hasn’t lost in any of his last four Serie A away games at the Viola (W2, D2).
Fiorentina striker Arthur Cabral he has scored three goals in his last six Serie A appearances, one more than the two he scored in his first 21 games in the competition.
Against Sassuolo came the first and only hat-trick by Antonin Barak in Serie A: last January 16, with the Verona shirt. In general, the black and green formation is the favorite victim of the purple midfielder in the top division (four goals).
Dominic Berardi participated in 12 goals against Fiorentina in Serie A (eight goals and four assists); only against Milan (14) has Sassuolo’s full-back done better so far in the top division.
THE OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
Florentine: Terracciano; Venuti, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi; Duncan, White; Ikoné, Bonaventure, Kouame; Cabral.
Sassuolo: Advice; Toljan, Tressoldi, Ferrari, Rogerio; Frattesi, Obiang, Traore; Berardi, Pinamonti, Lauriente.
