Roma vs Sassuolo Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Roma

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Roma fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-0 Europa League victory against Real Sociedad.

In that game, Roma had 40% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Roma, goals were scored by Stephan El Shaarawy (13') and Marash Kumbulla (87'). Real Sociedad got 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

A recurring trait of more recent Roma games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous six clashes before this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have been a losing one.

Taking a look at their past results, Roma:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Sassuolo in their last 5 matches.
• have not emerged victorious against Sassuolo in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 6 home league matches.

Sassuolo

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Sassuolo will go into the game following on from a 3-2 Serie A win with the eclipse of Cremonese in their previous fixture.

In that match, Sassuolo managed 54% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Sassuolo, the goalscorers were Armand Laurienté (26'), Davide Frattesi (41') and Nedim Bajrami (92'). For their opponents, Cremonese had 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Cyriel Dessers (62', 83') scored for Cremonese.

Demonstrating their appetite for fruitful matches, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the previous six matches in which Sassuolo have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have hit 8 of these goals. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Heading into this contest, Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 01/02/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Roma winning 1 of those games, Sassuolo 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 from i Giallorossi and 10 netted by Sassuolo. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The last league clash between the two was Serie A match day 14 on 09/11/2022 when it ended Sassuolo 1-1 Roma.

That day, Sassuolo had 47% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Andrea Pinamonti (85').

For their opponents, Roma got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Tammy Abraham (80') was the scorer.

The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi.

📰 Team News: Roma

Diego Llorente (Adductor problems), Ebrima Darboe (Cruciate Ligament Surgery), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Contused laceration), Andrea Belotti (Broken wrist) and Ola Solbakken (Muscle Injury) aren’t available for Roma gaffer José Mourinho. Bryan Cristante cannot play in this game through suspension.

In all likelihood, i Giallorossi will probably make use of the 3-5-2 system featuring Rui Patricio, Marash Kumbulla, Chris Smalling, Roger Ibanez, Nicola Zalewski, Edoardo Bove, Nemanja Matic, Georginio Wijnaldum, Leonardo Spinazzola, Stephan El Shaarawy and Tammy Abraham.

ℹ️ Team News: Sassuolo

Thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from, the Sassuolo manager Alessio Dionisi has no fitness worries to speak of before this match.

It’s our belief that Sassuolo could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 system by sending out Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Ruan Tressoldi, Gian Marco Ferrari, Rogerio, Davide Frattesi, Maxime Lopez, Matheus Henrique, Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Lauriente.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Sassuolo are certainly able to get a goal against this Roma outfit, although that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Roma by the conclusion of the game. Hopefully this is a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:42 08/03/2023