Frosinone aiming for 3 points against Salernitana
Serie A

Frosinone aiming for 3 points against Salernitana

In the relegation battle, Frosinone will host a Salernitana side rooted to the bottom

Frosinone vs. Salernitana will kick off matchday 34 in Serie A TIM at 20:45 CEST this evening. The Ciociari haven’t won since beating Cagliari 3-1 on 21 January but have drawn their last four matches. They need three points to - at least temporarily - move out of the relegation zone. Salernitana need to win to avoid the risk of relegation from Serie A already this week end.

DID YOU KNOW?

Amongst current Serie A teams, Salernitana (15) and Frosinone (12) are the two sides currently on the longest winless streaks in the competition. Overall, both teams have recorded only one win in their last 20 league matches: Frosinone 3-1 against Cagliari in January and Salernitana 1-0 against Hellas Verona in December 2023. Salernitana (34) and Frosinone (30) are the two teams to have conceded the most first half goals in Serie A this season. Indeed, considering only the first half of the games, only Salernitana (22) would have won fewer points than Frosinone (28 - level with Cagliari) in the top-flight this term. This game will see the team that has conceded the most goals from set pieces (Frosinone - 20) and the team that has conceded the most goals from open play Salernitana - 53) in Serie A this season come up against each other.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Frosinone have lost just one of their last eight matches against Salernitana across Serie A and Serie B (W2 D5, including a draw in the reverse fixture); the Granata’s only win in this period against the Ciociari came back in April 2021 (1-0 in Serie B). This will be the first match between Frosinone and Salernitana at the home of the Ciociari in Serie A; the head-to-head between the two sides is level in their six encounters at the home of the Gialloblù in Serie B, with two wins each and two draws.

PLAYERS

Since his debut with Frosinone (since the weekend of 20-21 January 2024), Nadir Zortea has provided five assists in Serie A, with only Álex Grimaldo of Bayer Leverkusen and Deniz Undav of Stuttgart providing more across that period in the big-5 European Leagues (both 6 assists). Since the beginning of last season, Antonio Candreva (suspended for this match) has missed only four league games for Salernitana in Serie A; in those four matches the Granata have never won (D1 L3), while in the 67 matches with him on the pitch the Granata have obtained 0.8 points per game with a win-rate of 16%.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Candreva (Salernitana) Cautioned: Barrenechea, Oyono (Frosinone); Gyomber, Pirozzi, Pirola (Salernitana)

REFEREE

Fourneau (Tolfo-Fontemurato) IV: Volpi, VAR: Meraviglia, AVAR: Chiffi

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM

Empoli-Frosinone (Sunday 5 May, 15:00 CEST) Salernitana-Atalanta (Monday 6 May, 18:00 CEST) (Photo LaPresse)