Sassuolo vs Lazio - prediction, team news, lineups

Lazio volition look to widen their stunning commencement to the play connected Tuesday evening, erstwhile they sojourn an ailing Sassuolo broadside successful Serie A.

The Biancocelesti are unbeaten successful their archetypal 8 league games for the archetypal clip since the 1999-00 campaign, which they memorably ended by lifting the Scudetto.

Match preview

With the Serie A summit up for grabs, Lazio went apical of the heap connected Saturday night, moving supra defending champions Inter Milan with yet different location win.

After the record-breaking Biancocelesti had beaten Juventus 3-0 successful Turin, they conquered lowly Parma successful Rome, with a 2-1 triumph taking them onto 22 points from 8 games.

Almost everything is going close astatine some ends of the pitch: Gennaro Gattuso’s broadside person scored astatine slightest doubly successful each of the past six, portion lone Inter person deed the woodwork much often.

Furthermore, they are the lone squad yet to concede a first-half extremity crossed each of Europe's apical 5 leagues, and they boast the champion antiaircraft grounds successful Italy’s apical flight.

Before heading to Reggio-Emilia, the past clip Lazio failed to triumph connected the roadworthy was May’s Derby della Capitale decision to Roma - and they person won 4 of their past six Serie A meetings with Sassuolo.

If that were not capable to dishearten the Neroverdi, taking conscionable 1 constituent from their past 4 matches whitethorn not help. 

Following a 4-2 decision to recently promoted Frosinone and Saturday’s 2-0 reverse successful Como, Sassuolo person slipped person to the driblet zone, with lone 8 points connected the committee truthful far.

While fewer teams tin woody with Como’s fluent football, the visitors attempted a specified 7 shots astatine Stadio Sinigaglia, nary of which recovered the target.

Sassuolo person besides failed to support a cleanable expanse successful Serie A, truthful speech from a Coppa Italia tally - they volition conscionable Juventus for a last-16 necktie successful December - Alberto Aquilani's reign has been a small beneath par.

Since taking charge, helium has yet to registry an distant triumph - and the Neroverdi’s winless streak connected the roadworthy dates backmost 11 games wide - but Aquilani’s broadside are inactive undefeated astatine home.

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Team News

It remains to beryllium seen if either volition beryllium acceptable to play astatine the Mapei Stadium, portion Adam Marusic and Nicolo Rovella could besides miss out.

After scoring the opener against Parma, and ending a 13-game extremity drought successful Serie A, Kenneth Taylor should articulation erstwhile Sassuolo prima Davide Frattesi successful midfield.

Meanwhile, the hosts volition inevitably crook to Domenico Berardi for inspiration: the Neroverdi’s main antheral has notched 132 top-flight goals since 2013.

Sebastiano Esposito and Kieron Bowie indispensable proceed to combat for enactment up front, portion goalkeeper Arijanet Muric volition anticipation to regain his spot from Stefano Turati, aft a 3rd large mistake of the play saw him benched astatine the weekend.

Once again, Ismael Kone, Jay Idzes, Daniel Boloca and Belgian defender Fedde Leysen are each sidelined by injury; seasoned midfielder Nemanja Matic should beryllium available, contempt being withdrawn aboriginal against Como owed to fatigue.

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Turati; Cinquegrano, Caleta-Car, Odenthal, Doig; Lipani, Matic, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Esposito, Lauriente

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Mandas; Floriani Mussolini, Sutalo, Doekhi, Tavares; Frattesi, Belahyane, Taylor; Isaksen, Noslin, Zaccagni

We say: Sassuolo 2-2 Lazio 

While they are not successful bully form, Sassuolo person a estimation for upsetting Italy's apical teams, and they are mostly pugnacious to bushed connected location turf.

So, Lazio's unexpected occurrence streak whitethorn travel to an extremity - but their undefeated tally volition rotation on. 

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