Serie A · Matchday 11 
Our pick Home win Correct result
Roma test Sassuolo as their losing run deepens
Sassuolo arrive in Rome after four consecutive defeats and without a win in six league matches. Third-placed Roma have won their last two and are unbeaten in ten.
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Match report
Final result: AS Roma 3-0 Sassuolo.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 28–6; Shots on target: 9–1; Corners: 12–1; Expected goals: 3.47–0.3.
Goals
- 27' Mario Hermoso · AS Roma
- 30' Sebastian Walukiewicz (o.g.) · AS Roma
- 58' Rodrigo Mora · Donyell Malen · AS Roma
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: Hermoso (AS Roma) 8.4
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
AS Roma · 3-4-2-1
- 32D. VásquezG
- 26L. BalerdiD
- 5E. NdickaD
- 22HermosoD
- 20N. MolinaM
- 4B. CristanteM
- 17M. KonéM
- 43WesleyM
- 18M. SouléM
- 86Rodrigo MoraM
- 14D. MalenF
Coach: G. Gasperini
Sassuolo · 3-5-2
- 49A. MurićG
- 6S. WalukiewiczD
- 21J. IdzesD
- 15D. Ćaleta-CarD
- 46S. CinquegranoM
- 55I. SulemanaM
- 18N. MatićM
- 42K. ThorstvedtM
- 3J. DoigM
- 94S. EspositoF
- 45A. LaurientéF
Coach: A. Aquilani
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| AS Roma | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| Sassuolo | 1.6 | 2.6 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | AS Roma | 10 | +18 | 24 |
| 17 | Sassuolo | 10 | -10 | 8 |
Last meetings
- 2026 AS Roma 2-0 Sassuolo
- 2025 Sassuolo 0-1 AS Roma
- 2024 AS Roma 1-0 Sassuolo
- 2023 Sassuolo 1-2 AS Roma
- 2023 AS Roma 3-4 Sassuolo
Absences
AS Roma
No reported absences
Sassuolo
- Out I. Koné · Broken Leg
- Out E. Pieragnolo · Jumpers Knee
- Out Fali Candé · Jumpers Knee
- Out D. Boloca · Muscle Bruise
- Out Y. Paz · Jumpers Knee
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Strong
- Expected goals (model)
- 2.17 – 1.00
- Double chance
- 1X · 84%12 81% · X2 35%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 61%Over 1.5: 82% · Over 3.5: 39%
- Both teams score
- 56%
- Clean sheet
- 37% – 11%AS Roma–Sassuolo
- Half-time result
- 1 · 48%X 36% · 2 16%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 42%X/1 19% · X/X 11%
- Expected corners
- 9.26.3 – 2.9 · Over 9.5: 44%
- Expected cards
- 4.21.9 – 2.3 · Over 3.5: 61%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Pressure grows on Sassuolo
Sassuolo travel to Rome under mounting pressure after four defeats in a row have left them without a win in six league matches. They sit 17th, with eight points from ten games, while Roma are third on 24 points. The 16-point gap captures the challenge facing the visitors as they try to halt their slide at the Stadio Olimpico.
Roma have made a strong start, winning seven and drawing three of their ten league matches. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 10, while Sassuolo have conceded 26 and have yet to keep a clean sheet in the league.
Roma’s momentum, Sassuolo’s slide
Roma are unbeaten in ten league matches and have won their last two. Their last five brought three wins and two draws, with 14 goals scored and seven conceded. At home, they have four wins and a draw from five matches, scoring 14 times and conceding five.
Sassuolo’s recent record is much more troubling: a draw and four defeats in their last five, with seven goals scored and 17 conceded. Away from home, they have drawn once and lost four times, conceding 12 goals across those five matches.
Roma hold the recent edge
Roma have won four of the last five meetings, with Sassuolo taking one and no draws. Three of those games had two goals or fewer. Their most recent meeting, in January 2026, ended in a 2-0 Roma win.
Five concerns for Sassuolo
Sassuolo will be without I. Koné, E. Pieragnolo, Fali Candé, D. Boloca and Y. Paz. The absences leave the visitors facing an already difficult task as they seek a response to their run of defeats.
Roma’s attack offers the contrast
Roma have scored 14 goals across their last five league games, while Sassuolo have conceded 17 in that span. That contrast is central to the contest: the home side have found regular scoring form, while the visitors have struggled to contain opponents.
Our prediction
Roma’s home record and current unbeaten run make them the stronger side, while Sassuolo’s four straight defeats point to a difficult afternoon in the capital. PreviaXI’s model favours Roma, with a two-goal home win its most likely scoreline.
AS Roma 2-0 Sassuolo
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