Serie A: Sassuolo - Lazio pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

The visiting Lazio team are thought to be odds-on at Sassuolo, as the away team own a 15 point advantage from their 17 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie A

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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Sassuolo form and stats

Sassuolo have played 8 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Sassuolo has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Dionisi and the players.

No payout for Sassuolo in their previous match, an away game at Fiorentina that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Fiorentina was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by González). Berardi, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Berardi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Sassuolo lost 1-2 at home to Sampdoria.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has contained at least three goals.

Sassuolo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore with 12 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Sassuolo have conceded 9 goals.

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Lazio form and stats

4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lazio in their Serie A matches away.

There were no winners in Lazio's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Empoli (placed 13th). It looked so good for Lazio vs Empoli, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfield player Alberto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Alberto served one assist, hit five key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 69 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lecce's place.

Take note: 9 of the last 12 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bologna in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Lazio's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Lazio as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sassuolo-Lazio H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sassuolo three wins, Lazio four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
7 goals
LazioM. Zaccagni
M. Zaccagni
6 goals
SassuoloD. Frattesi
D. Frattesi
4 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Lazio missing players

Sassuolo Lazio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 2 Drew D 1 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
17 12 2 Scored S 5 13 29
26 9 3 Conceded C 1 6 15
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 76%
65% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 59%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 35%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 41%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 53%
35% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 18%
 
4.3 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.6 4.6
4.2 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 4.8
2.3 2.9 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.2 12.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.5 10.4
4.4 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.6 4.2
23% 40% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 45% 40%
 
11.9 11.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11.5 11.6
3.4 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.4 2.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie A

  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 17 14 2 1 39 13 8 7 1 0 21 6 9 7 1 1 18 7 26 44
2 Juventus 17 11 4 2 26 7 9 7 2 0 21 3 8 4 2 2 5 4 19 37
3 Milan 16 11 3 2 31 16 8 7 0 1 20 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 15 36
4 Inter 17 11 1 5 37 24 8 7 0 1 20 4 9 4 1 4 17 20 13 34
5 Lazio 17 9 4 4 29 15 9 5 2 2 16 9 8 4 2 2 13 6 14 31
6 Roma 16 9 3 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 8 5 8 5 2 1 11 9 5 30
7 Atalanta 16 8 4 4 24 17 8 3 2 3 11 11 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 28
8 Udinese 17 6 7 4 25 19 8 3 4 1 13 7 9 3 3 3 12 12 6 25
9 Fiorentina 17 6 5 6 21 22 9 4 3 2 14 14 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 23
10 Torino 17 6 5 6 18 19 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 -1 23
11 Lecce 17 4 7 6 16 18 8 2 4 2 9 9 9 2 3 4 7 9 -2 19
12 Bologna 16 5 4 7 20 26 8 4 3 1 12 6 8 1 1 6 8 20 -6 19
13 Empoli 17 4 7 6 15 22 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 1 5 3 8 14 -7 19
14 Salernitana 17 4 6 7 21 27 9 3 3 3 14 11 8 1 3 4 7 16 -6 18
15 Monza 17 5 3 9 19 25 9 4 1 4 13 10 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
16 Sassuolo 17 4 4 9 17 26 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 1 2 6 5 17 -9 16
17 Spezia 17 3 6 8 16 28 9 2 6 1 13 12 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 15
18 Sampdoria 17 2 3 12 8 30 9 0 2 7 2 15 8 2 1 5 6 15 -22 9
19 Cremonese 16 0 7 9 11 27 8 0 3 5 2 12 8 0 4 4 9 15 -16 7
20 Hellas Verona 16 1 3 12 13 30 8 1 0 7 8 17 8 0 3 5 5 13 -17 6

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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.