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Sassuolo-Bologna under X-ray: historical data, trends and curiosities

• Sassuolo have lost each of their first round matches in the last two Italian League tournaments to Bologna without scoring, with Alessio Dionisi on the bench, having lost only once in all seven previous matches (W4, D2) played in the first half of the season. season. The great tournament against the Emilites.
• Sassuolo conceded goals in all nine of their home Serie A matches against Bologna; Among the teams that have faced at least five home matches in Serie A, only against Napoli have the Neroverdi played more matches without managing to keep a clean sheet (10 matches against the Neapolitans).
• Sassuolo have lost two of their last three league matches (1N), having won three of the previous four (1L); In 2023, no team has suffered more defeats than the Neroverdi in Serie A (15, tied with Empoli).
• Bologna have drawn all four of their away matches in this tournament and can register five ‘X’s in their first five away matches this season for the first time in their Serie A history. Overall, only four teams have drawn all of their first five away matches in a single tournament: Juventus (1980/81), Perugia (1979/80), Napoli (1974/75) and Torino (1973/74).
• Bologna is on a winning streak in eight consecutive league matches (3 wins, 5 d) – the last defeat dates back to the first day against Milan (0-2) – The Rossoblu have not remained unbeaten in several consecutive matches in the Italian League. Since the series of nine recorded between November 2008 and January 2009, with Sinisa Mihajlovic on the bench.
• Sassuolo have conceded goals in 17 consecutive matches in the major tournament (34 goals conceded during this period – an average of two goals per match): this is the longest open streak among the teams participating in this tournament. The Neroverde’s last clean sheet in Serie A dates back to April 16, in a 1-0 win (Deverell’s goal), at home, against Juventus.
• Sassuolo and Bologna have two very different philosophies: the black-and-green is the formation with the most vertical attacks (23) in Serie A, and Bologna (136) is second only to Napoli (153) in terms of sequence of open play at least. 10 passes.
• Domenico Berardi’s last league goal came from a penalty kick against Lecce on 6 October; In the last three seasons (as of 2021/22), the Sassuolo striker is the player with the highest penalty kick percentage in the top five European leagues: 94% (15 from 16 kicks), ahead of Erling Haaland and Wissam. Ben Yedder (both 93%).
• With the goal against Frosinone in the final round of the tournament, Lorenzo De Silvestri scored at the age of 35 years and 152 days: only Danilo (36 years and 63 days on 12/07/2020 vs. Parma) found the net as an older player among the players. Defenders in the history of Bologna in the Italian League. The 1988 team was able to score in two consecutive matches in the major tournament for the first time since May 2018, with Torino (against Napoli and SPAL).
• Riccardo Orsolini scored four goals in his first nine matches for the first time in his career in an Italian league; The Bologna winger was involved in five goals (four goals and one assist) against Sassuolo: against any other team who performed better in the competition (e.g. Udinese and Parma).