Sassuolo host red-hot Lazio aiming to arrest slide
Sassuolo welcome Lazio to the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia on matchday nine of Serie A, with the two sides heading in starkly different directions.
The hosts have managed only one win in their last five outings, a run that reads LLDLW, including three defeats. Lazio, by contrast, arrive having won four of their last five, losing none, a sequence that puts them clearly ahead of Sassuolo in current form.
Recent meetings
The fixture has been tightly contested in recent seasons. Lazio won the most recent encounter in March, edging Sassuolo 2-1, though Sassuolo had the better of the previous meeting in September, winning 1-0 at home.
Further back, the sides drew 1-1 in May 2024, while Lazio took both of the fixtures before that, winning 2-0 in October 2023 and 2-0 again in May 2023.
What's at stake
For Sassuolo, the match offers a chance to halt a difficult run of results on home soil. For Lazio, maintaining their current momentum away from home would extend an already strong sequence of form into a sixth straight match without defeat.