Both Gregoire Defrel and Andrea Pinamonti start for Sassuolo against a Cremonese side who haven’t won two consecutive games in Serie A since 1996.
It kicks off at 17.30 GMT at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia.
Domenico Berardi is suspended for the Neroverdi while Jeremy Toljan is not available due to an injury.
Maxime Lopez gets the nod in the middle of the park with Pedro Obiang initially on the bench.
Both Defrel and Pinamonti start up front completing an attacking trident with Armand Laurienté who is back after an injury.
Cremonese must cope without the suspended Alex Ferrari and Emanuel Aiwu.
Davide Ballardini’s side won their first game in Serie A this season against Roma last week and haven’t won two games in a row in Italy’s top flight since 1996.
Sassuolo-Cremonese: confirmed line-ups
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Zortea, Erlic, Tressoldi, Rogério; Frattesi, Lopez, Matheus Henrique; Defrel, Pinamonti, Laurienté.
Cremonese (3-4-3): Carnesecchi; Bianchetti, Chiriches, Vasquez; Sernicola, Pickel, Benassi, Valeri; Afena-Gyan, Tsadjout, Okereke.
Sassuolo-Cremonese: live updates
Player statistic
| Armand Lauriente |  |
26' | ||
| Davide Frattesi (Assist: Armand Lauriente) |
|
41' | ||
| 44' |  |
Felix Afena-Gyan |
| Nadir Zortea | |
52' | ||
| 62' | |
Cyriel Dessers | ||
| 83' | |
Cyriel Dessers (Assist: Marco Carnesecchi) | ||
| 87' | |
Johan Vásquez | ||
| Nedim Bajrami (Assist: Armand Lauriente) |
|
90+2' | ||
| 90+7' | |
Charles Pickel | ||
| 90+7' | |
Marco Benassi |
Match statistic
