Sassuolo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Lazio.
Sassuolo and Lazio should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sassuolo form and stats
Sassuolo have played 6 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Sassuolo's last game was hosting Bologna (placed 15th) and winning 3-1. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Lecce the opponent.
Sassuolo are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 6 games). Sassuolo have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Lazio form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Lazio, who have the the best goal difference (+15) in Serie A, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far. The fact that Lazio have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Lazio has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The supporters enjoyed Lazio's previous game versus Lecce (placed 16th), a Serie A 4-2 win played at home. A 1-2 loss hosting Celtic before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Lazio, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha was absolutely vital in the Lazio victory against Lecce, making 8 saves.
After this away game Lazio return home for a Europa League game against CFR Cluj. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Lazio are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by Lazio in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sassuolo 2 wins, 2 draws and Lazio 6 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 14 goals |   D. Berardi 7 goals |  J. Correa 6 goals |
Sassuolo missing players
Lazio missing players
| Sassuolo | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 28 |
| 21 | 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 55% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- All of Sassuolo's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sassuolo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sassuolo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sassuolo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Inter | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Lazio | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Roma | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Napoli | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Parma | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Torino | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Udinese | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Milan | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Bologna | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Lecce | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Genoa | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 19 | SPAL | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Brescia | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 7 |