In a weekend match in week 17, on Sun Dec 12th, Sassuolo hosts Lazio in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. In their last match, Sassuolo recorded a 2-2 draw against Spezia. Rey Manaj scored the first goal for Spezia in the 35th minute, then Gyasi added another in the 48th minute on a feed from M’Bala Nzola. Sassuolo is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while lazio sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Sampdoria. Sergej Milinković-Savić struck first for Lazio in the 7th minute, then Ciro Immobile added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Mattia Zaccagni. Lazio is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Lazio is fortunate enough to have Ciro Immobile in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Sassuolo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Domenico Berardi and Gianluca Scamacca each having 3 goals in their last five.