Sassuolo vs Lazio prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-09-13 16:00.
[p]Sassuolo continue their search for their first win upon return to Serie A as they host two-time Scudetto winners Lazio on Sunday.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Newly-promoted Sassuolo were the only side not to pick up a point in the first two rounds following a 2-0 defeat at home to Napoli and a 3-2 loss at Cremonese. Across their 11-season period in the top flight that ended in 2023/24, the Black and Greens only once lost their first three league games of a new campaign and that was in their debut season at this level when they were beaten in all five of their openers. They recovered to finish two points above the drop in that campaign and coach Fabio Grosso will not be panicking yet, not least because they’ve won at least one of their first two Serie A home games in five of the last six campaigns.[/p]
[p]Maurizio Sarri recorded his first win back in charge of Lazio in round two with a thumping 4-0 home win over Verona to banish the memory of a disappointing 2-0 loss at Como on the opening day. Despite missing out on European qualification last season, the White and Sky Blues were strong on the road, losing only once away in Serie A from round 21 onwards (W6, D2). Defeat on Sunday would see them start this campaign with successive league losses on their travels, something they also did 12 months ago, after avoiding doing so across all seasons from 2016/17 to 2023/24![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Sassuolo have picked up a solitary point from the last five Serie A H2Hs, losing 2-0 in each of their last two as hosts.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Sassuolo have conceded the first goal of the game in five of their last six Serie A matches.[/p]
[p]Sassuolo lost their last three top-flight home games, conceding 2+ goals in each.[/p]
[p]Five of Lazio’s last six Serie A away games saw the winning team keep a clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Lazio won nine of their last 12 Serie A away games as pre-match favourites (D1, L2).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Domenico Berardi has 11 goal contributions (G9, A2) from 16 matches against Lazio and scored in Sassuolo’s defeat against Cremonese. Mattia Zaccagni scored in the last H2H and has six goal contributions (G5, A1) across his last seven meetings with Sassuolo.[/p]
[p]Laurs Skjellerup is nearing full fitness but remains sidelined for Sassuolo, while Samuel Gigot, Adam Marušić, Patric and Matías Vecino are all out for Lazio.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With their strong H2H record in mind, we recommend backing Lazio to win with a clean sheet.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tom Penn[/i][/p]