Sassuolo take on the visitors Genoa at "Mapei Stadium-Citta del Tricolore" in the opening round of the Italian Serie A of 2017/2018 season. The game will be played on Sunday, August 20th.
Sassuolo finished last season's Serie A sitting on the 12th position with 46 points taken and 58-63 goal difference. In summer the club sold Lorenzo Pellegrini to AS Roma for 10 million EUR which were spent on Riccardo Marchizza and Davide Frattesi from the same AS Roma as well as on Francesco Cassata from Juventus. During the summer break and in first official clash of the new season Sassuolo showed impressive results, having got a single draw and five victories including 2:0 triumph over Spezia in the Coppa Italia.
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Genoa collapsed in the second lap of the last season's Serie A being very close to relegation to the Serie B as the team occupied the 16th place in the table with 36 points gained and 38-64 goal difference. In summer the club lost only Giovanni Simeone who moved to Fiorentina for 15 million EUR. Instead the team's squad was enforced by the footballers from Argentina and rented players among which should be mentioned Gianluca Lapadula and Ricardo Centurion. "Il Grifone" went through a glorious summer, having won all four friendly encounters and defeated Cesena with 2:1 scoreline in extra time in the Coppa Italia.
Last season Sassuolo broke Genoa in both their head-to-heads with 1:0 and 2:0 scorelines. I believe that this time as well the hosts will earn some points at the home ground.
Prediction for the match: Sassuolo to win.
