AS Roma will host Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico this Sunday for the 26th game of the 2022/23 Serie A season.
The hosts recorded their 14th win of the season last time with a narrow 1-0 victory over Juventus. The result boosted Roma’s chances of claiming a top-four spot in Serie A come the season’s end.
José Mourinho’s men backed up their weekend win with a 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last 16 tie. Consecutive victories without conceding made the Portuguese strategist happy as he claimed’ he couldn’t ask for more’.
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They will be happy to return to the Stadio Olimpico, where Roma have won each of their last five Serie A home matches without conceding a goal. So the Giallorossi will believe they can go six in a row without conceding for the first time since 2014.
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Sassuolo looks ready to bridge that Roma backline, though, given that they failed to score twice in their last ten outings. Nevertheless, they make the trip to the capital in good spirits, with four wins in their last six Serie A matches to move away from relegation danger and into mid-table (D1, L1).
Only Napoli have earned more points in the division in that period, and another win would match their three-match winning streak from March 2022 – their longest under current coach Alessio Dionisi. So they will fancy their chances of winning here and ending a five-game winless run against Roma (D4, L4).Meanwhile, Roma have won a joint-league-high nine matches by a single-goal margin this season. So this game will likely feature Under 1.5 goals scored.
