Inter striker Mauro Icardi got off to a good start in matches with Sassuolo as he netted a hat trick in a 7-0 thrashing back in September 2014, since however, Icardi has endured a nightmare in the games with the Neroverdi scoring just once.

It was the match in which he last scored in back in 2015 that the whole Curva Nord segment in his controversial book went down and in the seven games since then, Icardi has not found the net against the Reggio Emilia side and typically put in a disappointing performance in by his standards.