Lazio manager Sarri looking for three points in Sassuolo showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Serie A and this is Lazio - Sassuolo. Get our thorough match guide!

Insights:
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lazio form and stats

Lazio are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Olimpico. 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Lazio are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Roma. Acerbi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Acerbi hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Venezia in a game that was won 1-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lazio matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and two defeats (from seven games).

The Lazio manager Sarri has got the team scoring with 33 from 14 home games in the league. Lazio have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sassuolo form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Impressive finishing from Berardi (2), Scamacca and Ayhan secured the home win 4-1 against Spezia in their previous game. Attacker Berardi got a player rating of 9.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Berardi scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Salernitana that ended 2-2.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sassuolo are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sassuolo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sassuolo - Lazio 2-1 was the end result in these sides' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Lazio-Sassuolo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lazio four wins, Sassuolo three wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
21 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
14 goals
SassuoloG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
13 goals

Lazio missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Sassuolo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 15 30
14 8 2 Won W 2 6 11
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 10
9 2 0 Lost L 0 4 9
58 33 7 Scored S 11 32 55
45 18 3 Conceded C 6 26 49
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
90% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
77% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 87% 80%
43% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 67% 53%
17% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 20%
57% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 87% 80%
27% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 10%
20% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 13%
 
4.3 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.2
3.9 3.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.2 5.1
2.5 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.1 13.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 15.8 15.8
4.8 5.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 6.3 5.9
40% 42% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 31%
 
11.7 9.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.7 14.8
3.4 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Sassuolo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sassuolo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
2 Napoli 30 19 6 5 53 22 15 9 2 4 25 11 15 10 4 1 28 11 31 63
3 Inter 29 17 9 3 62 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 60
4 Juventus 30 17 8 5 47 26 15 9 3 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 21 59
5 Atalanta 29 14 9 6 51 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 15 10 3 2 27 13 20 51
6 Roma 30 15 6 9 50 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 15 51
7 Lazio 30 14 7 9 58 45 14 8 4 2 33 18 16 6 3 7 25 27 13 49
8 Fiorentina 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 2 3 32 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 10 47
9 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 55 49 15 5 5 5 23 23 15 6 5 4 32 26 6 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 29 9 8 12 34 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 14 2 4 8 7 14 4 35
12 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
13 Empoli 30 8 9 13 41 55 15 3 3 9 23 38 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 33
14 Udinese 28 6 12 10 36 46 14 4 7 3 19 21 14 2 5 7 17 25 -10 30
15 Sampdoria 30 8 5 17 39 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 15 4 2 9 16 23 -12 29
16 Spezia 30 8 5 17 31 54 14 4 3 7 15 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -23 29
17 Cagliari 30 5 10 15 28 54 15 2 6 7 16 26 15 3 4 8 12 28 -26 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 29 5 7 17 25 54 15 2 4 9 15 30 14 3 3 8 10 24 -29 22
20 Salernitana 28 3 7 18 22 65 14 1 5 8 12 31 14 2 2 10 10 34 -43 16

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
2 Napoli 30 19 6 5 53 22 15 9 2 4 25 11 15 10 4 1 28 11 31 63
3 Inter 29 17 9 3 62 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 60
4 Juventus 30 17 8 5 47 26 15 9 3 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 21 59
5 Atalanta 29 14 9 6 51 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 15 10 3 2 27 13 20 51
6 Roma 30 15 6 9 50 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 15 51
7 Lazio 30 14 7 9 58 45 14 8 4 2 33 18 16 6 3 7 25 27 13 49
8 Fiorentina 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 2 3 32 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 10 47
9 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 55 49 15 5 5 5 23 23 15 6 5 4 32 26 6 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 29 9 8 12 34 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 14 2 4 8 7 14 4 35
12 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
13 Empoli 30 8 9 13 41 55 15 3 3 9 23 38 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 33
14 Udinese 28 6 12 10 36 46 14 4 7 3 19 21 14 2 5 7 17 25 -10 30
15 Sampdoria 30 8 5 17 39 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 15 4 2 9 16 23 -12 29
16 Spezia 30 8 5 17 31 54 14 4 3 7 15 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -23 29
17 Cagliari 30 5 10 15 28 54 15 2 6 7 16 26 15 3 4 8 12 28 -26 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 29 5 7 17 25 54 15 2 4 9 15 30 14 3 3 8 10 24 -29 22
20 Salernitana 28 3 7 18 22 65 14 1 5 8 12 31 14 2 2 10 10 34 -43 16

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.