Sassuolo vs Lazio Match Analysis and Prediction

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Lazio will be travelling to face Sassuolo on Sunday, after having completed the formality of European progress in midweek.

The Eagles progressed as runners-up in their Europa League group, having previously defeated Sampdoria to sit eighth in the Serie A table.

They were held to a 0-0 draw with Galatasaray on Thursday, which denied them the opportunity to win at home and get to top spot in Group E, which would have guaranteed a direct place in the Europa League last 16.

Lazio will now turn their attention to the domestic football, having been set to face a playoff with one of the Champions League dropouts in February.

With their inconsistency under Maurizio Sarri, they had picked up just one point from their previous three league matches before travelling to face Sampdoria last weekend, and were at risk of losing pace in the top-four race.

Though midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic managed to score, he was later sent off on his team’s way to a 3-1 victory, Lazio’s first success in seven domestic away games.

Meanwhile, Sassuolo have won two of their last three league encounters with Lazio, with the gap between the two certainly narrowing recently.

However, Sassuolo have as well shown the same inconsistency as Lazio throughout this season, even losing grip on several matches during the course of the 90 minutes.

In fact, despite the Black and Greens gaining more points from losing positions than any other Serie A side this year, they have also lost 24 points when leading since end of 2020.

That trait was seen last Sunday as Sassuolo played out a 2-2 draw with Spezia, having previously held Napoli to the same score just days after a 3-1 victory over AC Milan.

Sassuolo have drawn three of their last four league games and are sitting 12th, having finished eighth in both of the past two seasons.

Sassuolo vs Lazio head to head

The two Italian outfits have previously met 17 times, with their last encounter being a club friendly. Lazio are leading with 9 victories over 4 of Sassuolo and they have drawn in four. Lazio have scored 34 goals and conceded 23. In their last five, both have won two with one draw.

Sassuolo 1-2 Lazio 24/11/19

Lazio 1-2 Sassuolo 11/07/20

Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo 24/01/21

Sassuolo 2-0 Lazio 23/05/21

Lazio 1-1 Sassuolo 14/08/21

Sassuolo latest home form

Sassuolo have been struggling with their form at home, as they have recorded just three victories in their last ten matches, and they have drawn in their last two. In their last five at home, they have won just one, drawn two and lost two, scoring 9 and conceding 9.

Sassuolo 1-2 Inter Milan 02/10/21

Sassuolo 3-1 Venezia 23/10/21

Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli 31/10/21

Sassuolo 2-2 Cagliari 21/11/21

Sassuolo 2-2 Napoli 01/12/21

Sassuolo latest away form

I Neroverdi have recently been on a relatively good form on the road, with a recent 3-1 victory over league leaders AC Milan on November 28. They have lost just three matches out of their last ten. In their last five, they have won two, drawn two and lost one.

Genoa 2-2 Sassuolo 17/10/21

Juventus 1-2 Sassuolo 27/10/21

Udinese 3-2 Sassuolo 07/11/21

AC Milan 1-3 Sassuolo 28/11/21

Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo 05/12/21

Lazio latest home form

Lazio have recently been on a relatively good form at home, having lost just one of their last ten matches, where they were defeated 2-0 by Juventus in the Serie A. In their last five, they have won two, drawn two and lost one. They drew their last match with Galatasaray in the Europa League.

Lazio 1-0 Fiorentina 27/10/21

Lazio 3-0 Salernitana 07/11/21

Lazio 0-2 Juventus 20/11/21

Lazio 4-4 Udinese 02/12/21

Lazio 0-0 Galatasaray 09/12/21

Lazio latest away form

The Eagles have been on a relatively good form on the road recently, especially after defeating Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0 in their last Europa League outing. They however lost to Napoli after that. In their last five, they have won two, drawn two and lost one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 9.

Atalanta 2-2 Lazio 30/10/21

Marseille 2-2 Lazio 04/11/21

Lokomotiv Moscow 0-3 Lazio 25/11/21

Napoli 4-0 Lazio 28/11/21

Sampdoria 1-3 Lazio 05/12/21

Sassuolo news

Filip Djuricic will miss due to a hamstring alongside Edoardo Goldaniga who has a muscular injury. Jeremy Toljan is likely to replace Mert Muldur at right-back, while Giacomo Raspadori is likely to replace Gregoire Defrel in the attack. Foward Domenico Beradi will also be featuring in the Sunday’s clash.

Lazio news

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was dismissed at Sampdoria and will be missing out due to suspension, with Luis Alberto set to replace him in the side that will face Sassuolo.

Danilo Cataldi is set to return after being benched in midweek, as Patric comes back for a place in the back four after sitting out in the Sampdoria game due to a ban.

Prediction and Odds

With Sassuolo’s Berardi and Lazio’s Immobile being in good form and set to feature in this clash, their is a likelyhood of over 2.5 goals in this match which is full of possibilities.

Lazio may capitalize on Sassuolo’s defense failures to get through to the net, but we also expect some resistance from the hosts. So, we predict an away win or a draw

Odds: 1 2.61 X 3.05 2 2.58