Serie A · 2023Sat, 6 Jan 2024, 19:45 UTCFull timeFull-time recap
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This match

Match statistics

MetricSassuoloFiorentina
Shots7 shots/match9 shots/match
Shots on target1 shots/match3 shots/match
Expected goals0.88 xG/match1.25 xG/match
Possession33%67%
Corners1 corners/match8 corners/match
Fouls10 fouls/match14 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

Domenico Berardi · Sassuolo · 15′ · 0.00 xG · off target or blockedJonathan Ikoné · Fiorentina · 59′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedArmand Laurienté · Sassuolo · 15′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedDomenico Berardi · Sassuolo · 57′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedAlfred Duncan · Fiorentina · 66′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedJonathan Ikoné · Fiorentina · 90′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedAndrea Pinamonti · Sassuolo · 12′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedNikola Milenković · Fiorentina · 39′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedLucas Beltrán · Fiorentina · 70′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedJeremy Toljan · Sassuolo · 19′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedLucas Martínez Quarta · Fiorentina · 90′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedNikola Milenković · Fiorentina · 70′ · 0.10 xG · on targetM'bala Nzola · Fiorentina · 71′ · 0.13 xG · off target or blockedGian Marco Ferrari · Sassuolo · 48′ · 0.20 xG · off target or blockedAndrea Pinamonti · Sassuolo · 9′ · 0.51 xG · goalGiacomo Bonaventura · Fiorentina · 64′ · 0.82 xG · on target
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Sassuolo: 7 shots, 1 on target, 0.86 xG. Fiorentina: 9 shots, 2 on target, 1.28 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

00.751.50′HT90′Andrea Pinamonti · Sassuolo · 9′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sassuolo 0.86 xG · Fiorentina 1.28 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Fiorentina's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Fiorentina have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Fiorentina's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Fiorentina's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/matchGoals forLast 5 · Season1.42 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.8 goals/match1.42 goals/match1.16 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Fiorentina have recorded the higher season possession share.

45.5%PossessionSassuolo · Fiorentina57.7%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 12.2 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricSassuoloFiorentinaBaseline
Possession45.5%57.7%51.5%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Sassuolo
1Draws
2Fiorentina
SassuoloFiorentina · Serie A13
FiorentinaSassuolo · Serie A21
SassuoloFiorentina · Serie A21
FiorentinaSassuolo · Serie A22

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Sassuolo favored in 1 of 13 directional metrics · Fiorentina in 6 · 6 too close

1.37 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 19/191.42 goals/match
1.74 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 19/191 goals/match
1.27 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 19/191.21 xG/match
1.65 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 19/191.27 xG/match
13.6 shots/matchShotsseason · 19/1913.3 shots/match
14.5 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 19/1910.1 shots/match
4.68 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 19/194.58 shots/match
4.89 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 19/193.84 shots/match
45.5%Possessionseason · 19/1957.7%
5.53 corners/matchCornersseason · 19/195 corners/match
5.84 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 19/193.21 corners/match
Cardsseason · 0/0
9.95 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 19/1912.9 fouls/match
Passesseason · 0/0
Pass accuracyseason · 0/0
Shots inside boxseason · 0/0
Blocked shotsseason · 0/0
Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0
Offsidesseason · 0/0
5%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 19/1932%
74%Scoring frequencyseason · 19/1968%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Sassuolo37.5
Fiorentina92.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Sassuolo72.5
Fiorentina70.8
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Sassuolo20
Fiorentina73.3
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Sassuolo92.5
Fiorentina22.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Sassuolo7.5
Fiorentina77.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Sassuolo82.5
Fiorentina70
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Sassuolo61.2
Fiorentina73.1
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Sassuolo19 matchesFiorentina19 matches
1.37 goals/matchGoals scored19/191.42 goals/match
1.74 goals/matchGoals allowed19/191 goals/match
1.27 xG/matchExpected goals19/191.21 xG/match
13.6 shots/matchShots19/1913.3 shots/match
4.68 shots/matchShots on target19/194.58 shots/match
45.5%Possession19/1957.7%
5.53 corners/matchCorners19/195 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.95 fouls/matchFouls19/1912.9 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Sassuolo10 matchesFiorentina10 matches
1.3 goals/matchGoals scored10/101.2 goals/match
1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed10/101.1 goals/match
1.27 xG/matchExpected goals10/101.25 xG/match
14.5 shots/matchShots10/1011.9 shots/match
4.6 shots/matchShots on target10/104.3 shots/match
44.8%Possession10/1056.4%
5.7 corners/matchCorners10/105.5 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.8 fouls/matchFouls10/1013.2 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.11 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/18.09 days
1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited
Season samples19 / 19home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 6 Jan 2024, 23:45 UTC · analysis-v4

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