Sassuolo, second to last and four points away from safety, host the Champions of Italy and seek salvation points. Inter aim to further enhance their dream season

A highly delicate match awaits at 20:45 CEST at the Mapei Stadium. The Neroverdi, the only team capable of defeating Inter in this campaign, need to win to avoid drifting further away from safety.

The Nerazzurri continue to celebrate but they are not losing focus on further improving the standings plus individual and collective records.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sassuolo have only won one of their last 15 Serie A matches (D4 L10), which was also the only match in this period in which they kept a clean sheet (1-0 v Frosinone in March).

Inter have won 89 points after 34 matches in Serie A this season; they have surpassed the 90 point mark in a single Serie A season only twice before (91 in 2020-21 and 97 in 2006-07).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Sassuolo have won nine of their 21 matches against Inter in Serie A (D2 L10); against no other team have the Neroverdi won more in the top-flight (also 9 v Hellas Verona).

Inter`s only defeat in Serie A this season came against Sassuolo in the reverse fixture (1-2 in September). The Neroverdi could complete a double in Serie A over the Nerazzurri for the first time since 2017-18.

There have been no draws in the 10 matches at the MAPEI Stadium between Sassuolo and Inter in Serie A, with this exact fixture seeing four victories for the Neroverdi and six for the Nerazzurri (including each of their last four).

PLAYERS

Only Lautaro Martínez (7) has scored the first goal of a match more times than Andrea Pinamonti (6) in Serie A this season. The Sassuolo striker made his debut in the top-flight for Inter in February 2017 (v Empoli), and has scored one goal in nine matches against the Nerazzurri in Serie A.

Lautaro Martínez both made his Serie A debut against Sassuolo in August 2018 at the MAPEI Stadium, and scored his first brace in the competitions against the Neroverdi in October 2019 (5 goals overall against the Neroverdi in Serie A). However, El Toro has not scored in Serie A since 28th February against Atalanta (six matches without scoring since), and he hasonly recorded a longer goalless run in the competition twice before (8 games between December 2021-February 2022 and 7 from April-August 2019).

Hakan Çalhanoglu has scored 13 goals in Serie A this season; the last midfielder to score more for Inter in a single Serie A season was Lothar Matthäus (16 in 1990-91). Furthermore, he has scored all 16 penalties he has taken in Serie A; no player has ever recorded a longer run of penalties converted in Serie A since this data has been available (from 2005-06) - Çalhanoglu has equalled the previous such record by Giampaolo Pazzini (16 between 2012 and 2020).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo)

Cautioned: Ferrari, Pedersen (Sassuolo) Mkhitaryan (Inter)

REFEREE

Marchetti (Galetto–Fontemurato) IV: Perenzoni, VAR: Valeri, AVAR: Serra

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Genoa-Sassuolo (Sunday 12 May, 15:00 CEST)

Frosinone-Inter (Friday 10 May, 20:45 CEST)

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