Sassuolo take on the visitors Lazio at “Mapei Stadium-Citta del Tricolore” in the matchday 26 of the Italian Serie A. The game will be played on Sunday, February 25th.
After Eusebio Di Francesco’s retirement from a position from the head-coach which happened this summer, Sassuolo’s results can be described as a complete disaster. A number of key players who made the game last season, have also left the club. Thus, it is no wonder that club currently occupies the 16th place in the Serie A standings, being only five points away from the relegation zone. “I Neroverdi” have big problems both with offense and defense as they have scored only 15 goals while conceded 43 goals instead in 25 clashes, which is simply a horrible statistics. Sassuolo also disappoint greatly with thei performance at the home ground, having gained only two triumphs and scored just five goals in 12 home battles. The team hasn’t tasted victories across seven tackles in a row in which it earned four defeats and three draws with only three goals scored in them.
In their turn, under the rule of Simone Inzaghi Lazio started to show terrific football which allowed to claim for participation in the UEFA Champions League instead of the UEFA Europa League as they used to in recent years. At the moment “Le Aquile” settle on the fourth position in the elite division table, keep on hunting for a pass into the group stage of the most prestigious club competition of the world. The side demonstrates beautiful play in attack, having scored 61 goals so far and only Juventus have better result in this season. “Le Aquile” show decent football on the road, having lost only three away clashes to AC Milan, Napoli and Atalanta out of 13 games conducted. At the same time Lazio deserved confident victories over the club which can be compared with Sassuolo, namely Spal, Bologna, Genoa, Benevento and Verona with 18:7 aggregated score.
I believe that Simone Inzaghi’s must beat Sassuolo in Sunday head-to-head if Lazio are willing to fight for a place in the UEFA Champions League for the next season as the visitors’ current competitive form allows to do it.
Prediction for the match: Lazio to win.
