Lazio followers look for points in home fixture facing Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Lazio are positioned 2nd, while Sassuolo are lagging 18 points behind in the league standings. Can they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Lazio have the most clean sheets (18) in Serie A
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Lazio nor Sassuolo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lazio form and stats

9-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Lazio so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Sarri led his Lazio to a defeat away at Inter. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Olimpico. Lazio's goalkeeper Provedel was extremely busy against Inter, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Attacking player Anderson outperformed all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Anderson scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Torino (0-1).

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 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

It should be added that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The manager Sarri will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Milan in only three days.

A decent goal production from Lazio in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Lazio are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 4-4-8 (16 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sassuolo have lost on their last two travels.

The club members enjoyed Sassuolo's previous game versus Empoli (placed 15th), a 2-1 win played at home. Things did not look good last match, when Pinamonti got a red card in the 74th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Sassuolo resulted in a win! Midfielder López was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. López hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 68 successful passes (of 70 total).

Prior to that match, the Sassuolo manager Dionisi faced defeat when travelling to Salernitana and losing 0-3.

The visiting Sassuolo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. Sassuolo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Sassuolo - Lazio 0-2. Lazio-Sassuolo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lazio four wins, Sassuolo three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
10 goals
LazioM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
10 goals
LazioF. Anderson Pereira Gomes
F. Anderson Pereira Gomes
8 goals

Lazio missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Sassuolo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 16 32
18 9 2 Won W 2 4 12
7 3 2 Drew D 0 4 7
7 4 2 Lost L 2 8 13
50 25 4 Scored S 9 19 40
24 14 5 Conceded C 12 30 47
91% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
72% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
44% 50% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 56%
25% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 31% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 12%
34% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
56% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 28%
19% 19% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 28%
 
4.5 4.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.9 4.8
4.8 4.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 4.9
2.2 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11 11.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.8 12.9
4.2 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.8 4.6 4.4
37% 34% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 28%
 
12.6 11.9 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.7 12.6
3.4 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
  • Lazio have the most clean sheets (18) in Serie A
  • Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 32 25 4 3 68 22 16 11 3 2 34 14 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 79
2 Lazio 32 18 7 7 50 24 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 26 61
3 Juventus 32 18 6 8 48 27 16 11 3 2 34 13 16 7 3 6 14 14 21 60
4 Inter 32 18 3 11 54 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 15 6 3 6 24 25 19 57
5 Milan 32 16 9 7 52 38 15 10 3 2 30 17 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 57
6 Roma 32 17 6 9 44 30 16 10 2 4 24 10 16 7 4 5 20 20 14 57
7 Atalanta 32 16 7 9 53 37 15 7 3 5 27 19 17 9 4 4 26 18 16 55
8 Fiorentina 32 12 9 11 42 36 17 7 6 4 26 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 6 45
9 Bologna 32 12 9 11 41 40 17 7 7 3 22 12 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 45
10 Monza 32 12 8 12 40 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 44
11 Sassuolo 32 12 7 13 40 47 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 4 4 8 19 30 -7 43
12 Udinese 32 10 12 10 42 40 15 5 8 2 27 17 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 42
13 Torino 32 11 9 12 33 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 16 6 4 6 20 22 -5 42
14 Salernitana 32 7 13 12 38 51 16 5 5 6 23 21 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 34
15 Empoli 32 7 11 14 26 42 15 5 4 6 13 18 17 2 7 8 13 24 -16 32
16 Lecce 32 7 10 15 27 38 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -11 31
17 Hellas Verona 32 6 9 17 27 45 16 6 2 8 19 24 16 0 7 9 8 21 -18 27
18 Spezia 32 5 12 15 26 51 17 3 8 6 16 26 15 2 4 9 10 25 -25 27
19 Cremonese 32 3 11 18 28 58 16 2 4 10 10 26 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 20
20 Sampdoria 32 3 8 21 20 57 16 1 5 10 9 23 16 2 3 11 11 34 -37 17

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 32 25 4 3 68 22 16 11 3 2 34 14 16 14 1 1 34 8 46 79
2 Lazio 32 18 7 7 50 24 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 26 61
3 Juventus 32 18 6 8 48 27 16 11 3 2 34 13 16 7 3 6 14 14 21 60
4 Inter 32 18 3 11 54 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 15 6 3 6 24 25 19 57
5 Milan 32 16 9 7 52 38 15 10 3 2 30 17 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 57
6 Roma 32 17 6 9 44 30 16 10 2 4 24 10 16 7 4 5 20 20 14 57
7 Atalanta 32 16 7 9 53 37 15 7 3 5 27 19 17 9 4 4 26 18 16 55
8 Fiorentina 32 12 9 11 42 36 17 7 6 4 26 21 15 5 3 7 16 15 6 45
9 Bologna 32 12 9 11 41 40 17 7 7 3 22 12 15 5 2 8 19 28 1 45
10 Monza 32 12 8 12 40 43 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 44
11 Sassuolo 32 12 7 13 40 47 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 4 4 8 19 30 -7 43
12 Udinese 32 10 12 10 42 40 15 5 8 2 27 17 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 42
13 Torino 32 11 9 12 33 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 16 6 4 6 20 22 -5 42
14 Salernitana 32 7 13 12 38 51 16 5 5 6 23 21 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 34
15 Empoli 32 7 11 14 26 42 15 5 4 6 13 18 17 2 7 8 13 24 -16 32
16 Lecce 32 7 10 15 27 38 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 11 18 -11 31
17 Hellas Verona 32 6 9 17 27 45 16 6 2 8 19 24 16 0 7 9 8 21 -18 27
18 Spezia 32 5 12 15 26 51 17 3 8 6 16 26 15 2 4 9 10 25 -25 27
19 Cremonese 32 3 11 18 28 58 16 2 4 10 10 26 16 1 7 8 18 32 -30 20
20 Sampdoria 32 3 8 21 20 57 16 1 5 10 9 23 16 2 3 11 11 34 -37 17

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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.