Sassuolo desperately need a result against Athletic Club at the San Mames in Bilbao to stay in Europa League contention.
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The Neroverdi are in their first ever continental competition and started off with a bang, sweeping Athletic aside 3-0 at the Mapei Stadium.
Sassuolo desperately need a result against Athletic Club at the San Mames in Bilbao to stay in Europa League contention.
It kicks off at 20.05 GMT, follow the action from all today’s Italian competitors in the Europa League on our LIVEBLOG.
The Neroverdi are in their first ever continental competition and started off with a bang, sweeping Athletic aside 3-0 at the Mapei Stadium.
It is probably no coincidence that their form went downhill fast after the injury to Domenico Berardi, struggling both in Serie A and Europe.
He’s far from the only absentee, as also missing out here are Alfred Duncan, Stefano Sensi and Tim Letschert, while Matteo Politano is not 100 per cent fit after an injury on international duty.
Gregoire Defrel leads the attack with Antonino Ragusa and Federico Ricci, the same trident that had Sassuolo 2-0 up at Sampdoria on Sunday before they conceded three goals in the last seven minutes.
Athletic recovered from that early upset to top the group alongside Genk on six points, beating Rapid Vienna here 1-0 and Genk in a 5-3 thriller.
That seemed inevitable considering the pedigree of their players, such as Spain internationals Iker Muniain and Aritz Aduriz.
Midfielder Ander Iturraspe and defender Oscar de Marcos are unavailable for this match.
Eusebio Di Francesco’s men have just two points from the last three Europa League fixtures and will crash out with another defeat here, but only if Genk and Rapid don’t share the spoils.
Athletic will be through automatically with a win this evening and if Genk are also victorious.
Athletic: Herrerin; Lekue, Yeray Alvarez, Laporte, Balenziaga; San Jose, Benat Etxebarria; I Williams, Raul Garcia, Muniain; Aduriz
Athletic bench: Iraizoz, Vesga, Boveda, Etxeita, Mikel Rico, Susaeta, Merino
Sassuolo: Consigli; Lirola, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Gazzola; Biondini, Magnanelli, Pellegrini; Ricci, Defrel, Ragusa
Sassuolo bench: Pegolo, Peluso, Antei, Missiroli, Mazzitelli, Matri, Politano
Ref: Kassai (HUN)