Coppa Italia first round, Sassuolo hosting a Cesena side that has arrived in ugly, determined shape. The Neroverdi head into their first competitive game of the season carrying heavy absences and four pre-season defeats in five, conceding ten goals in that run. Cesena, by contrast, have been a defensive wall all summer: four wins, one draw, twelve goals scored and zero conceded across five friendlies. That clean-sheet record is the story here. Cesena kept five clean sheets in five pre-season games, while Sassuolo scored in just three of their five warmups. In the two previous head-to-heads, both from Serie B, Sassuolo won both but BTTS only landed once. The pattern is clear: when these sides meet, goals for Cesena are rare. Sassuolo are the right side to back at home, but the juicier play is BTTS NO at 2.10-2.15. Cesena's goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann is injured, yet their outfield defensive structure kept a perfect clean-sheet run all pre-season. Back BTTS NO and let Cesena's defensive discipline do the work.
The numbers behind the tip
Form · last five
Goals per game · last five
Head-to-head · last five
| 25.04.25 | Serie B | 0–2 | U2.5 |
| 24.08.24 | Serie B | 2–1 | O2.5 |
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