AS Roma vs Sassuolo prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-03-11 17:00.
A narrow 1-0 victory over Juventus boosted Roma’s chances of claiming a top-four spot in Serie A (SA) come the season end, which José Mourinho’s men then backed up with a 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last 16 tie. Consecutive victories without conceding made the Portuguese strategist happy as he claimed ’he couldn’t ask for more’.
With the Stadio Olimpico hosting its fourth game in eight days, Mourinho may fear that a wearing pitch will hold his side back as they welcome Sassuolo to the capital. However, with Roma winning each of their last five SA home matches ’to-nil’, the Giallorossi will believe that they can go six in a row for the first time since 2014.
Sassuolo make the trip in good spirits though, winning four of their last six SA matches to move away from relegation danger and into mid-table (D1, L1). Only Napoli have earned more points in the division in that period, and another win would match their three-match winning streak from March 2022 – their longest under current coach Alessio Dionisi.
Their 3-2 last-gasp win over Cremonese saw Armand LaurientĂ© (G1, 2A) perfectly filling in for banned captain Domenico Berardi who is set to return here, which is a good sign as Sassuolo are unbeaten in each of the last five matches Berardi appeared. Extending that record would see the Neroverdi stretch their unbeaten run on their SA travels to five matches – their longest such streak since January 2022.
Players to watch: After netting the winner against Juventus, seven of Gianluca Mancini’s eight goalscoring appearances for Roma turned out to be victorious (D1). For the opposition, Laurienté’s goal in the win over Cremonese was his fifth free-kick league goal across the last three seasons – Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse is the only player across Europe’s top five leagues to score more in this period with 11.
Hot stat: Ahead of this round, Roma have won a joint-league high nine matches by a single-goal margin this season.