Cremonese vs Sassuolo

Before Cremonese in the current Serie A, the last newly-promoted side able to win their first two seasonal games in the Italian top-flight was Sampdoria in 2012/13.

Cremonese scored at least three goals in a home Serie A game for the first time since 15 February 1996 (3-1 vs Cagliari).

Sassuolo have lost their first two seasonal Serie A games for the third time in their history, after 2013/14 – their first season in the Italian top-flight – and 2023/24.

Across the last four league matches between Cremonese and Sassuolo the head-to-head record is balanced, with one win each and two draws; the last match between the two teams finished 1-1 in May in Serie B.

Cremonese have not won any of their last three home league matches against Sassuolo (D2 L1) with those games coming across Serie A, B and C. The Grigiorossi's last home league success against the Neroverdi dates back to 14th January 2007 (1-0 in Serie C).

In their previous season played in Serie A as a newly promoted team (2013/14), Sassuolo lost all four matches against teams that were also promoted from Serie B (vs Hellas Verona and Livorno in that year), conceding 11 goals and scoring only three.

After losing their opening game of the season in eight straight Serie A campaigns, Cremonese beat Milan 2-1 on MD1 this term - the last newly promoted team to win their first two games played in a top-flight campaign are Sampdoria in 2012/13, who also won their MD1 fixture at the San Siro against the Rossoneri (1-0).

After the defeat in their opening match of the season (0-2 against Napoli), Sassuolo could lose their first two games of the season in Serie A for the third time in their history, after 2013/14 – their debut season in the top-flight – and 2023/24.