Parma faced a very challenging schedule at the end of the season. Carlos Cuesta's charges were quite fortunate that they were not fighting relegation and had already long since secured their tournament objectives. In the previous round the Crusaders faced Como. The Biancoblù had important league goals and began pursuing them from the first minutes. Despite total domination, Fabregas's charges converted their playing advantage only once, in the 58th minute. Before that Parma had faced Roma and Inter. In both cases, Cuesta's charges failed to collect any points. Sassuolo hosted Lecce, for whom the match was of extreme importance. The teams exchanged goals quite quickly, and by the 25th minute the Wolves were leading. Neroverdi equalized, and Pinamonti managed to level the score in the 82nd minute. It seemed that Andrea had set the final score, but Stulic brought the Giallorossi three points in stoppage time. In the previous round Sassuolo had lost to Torino. The first-round meeting ended in a productive 1-1 draw. By the 24th minute the rivals had exchanged goals, and the rest of the match went goalless. The Crusaders had scored in four of their last five matches at Ennio Tardini. Notably, in as many cases the team conceded as well. Parma kept their own net safe only in the match against Pisa. And Cremonese were the only ones not to score. Similar statistics also apply to the Neroverdi. Thus, four of Fabio Grosso's last five away matches ended with a goal exchange. Only the match against Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi was goalless. It is worth considering the main statistical metrics of the opponent. Thus the Gialloblu substantially underperform in both xG and xGA. Statistically, Cuesta's charges should have scored 7.64 goals more than they have. Meanwhile, Parma should concede 14.74 goals more. Sassuolo has a deficit in expected conceded. Statistically, the Neroverdi could have let in ten more goals. Notably, the largest deficit (7.41) is in away matches for Fabio Grosso's charges. The opponents have no tournament objectives and won't feel any pressure. At the same time, it's unlikely anyone would want to end the season with a string of defeats. The match has every chance of ending in a draw. Moreover, statistics indicate that it could be a high-scoring affair.