Serie A: Roma vs Sassuolo – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Serie A round 11 match between Roma and Sassuolo and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Roma enjoy home advantage, when visitors Sassuolo swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Serie A. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Roma are currently looking at 24 points on their account, having played ten matches, leaving them two places off the current Serie A leaders. Meanwhile, Sassuolo find themselves as number 17 in the Serie A with eight points following ten rounds.

Team form: Roma vs Sassuolo

Roma Form

Roma are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Cagliari by 4-2, before beating Udinese by 2-5. The winning streak came to an end against Manchester United, who ran out 3-2 winners. Roma showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 16 times, while letting in five themselves.

Sassuolo Form

Sassuolo lost their previous three matches by 2-0 against Como, 2-6 against Lazio and 2-4 against Fiorentina. Sassuolo came through their last six away games in the Serie A without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 13 goals to six.

Betting facts for Roma and Sassuolo

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Roma and Sassuolo. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Roma vs Sassuolo

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Roma, Donyell Malen has been good for them over the course of the season with eight goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Sassuolo, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

Betting markets: Roma vs Sassuolo

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Stadio Olimpico, Rome across all tournaments Roma won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Sassuolo claimed zero wins, two draw and eight defeats in their last 10 games away. Amazingly, Roma are on a streak of 17 matches without defeat. Roma are on a fantastic streak of no less than 17 matches in a row without defeat as the home side. Sassuolo lost their last 4 matches. Roma have not lost to Sassuolo in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Roma scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Curiously, Sassuolo only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Of the previous 10 outings, Sassuolo scored the opening goal five times, whereas Roma were first on target in seven of their last 10 games. Roma have scored in 4 consecutive home meetings with Sassuolo.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Roma’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Sassuolo, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game. Romas previous 3 matches in the Serie A had over 4.5 goals.