Lazio – Sassuolo: crisis brewing in Rome, the Black-and-Greens lying in wait 
Monday at the Stadio Olimpico is a study in contrasts. On one side, a Lazio side that can’t find its feet and looks wounded. On the other, Sassuolo — buzzing, hungry and picking off victims in Serie A.
Lazio in full-blown nightmare 
Everything’s gone wrong at Lazio. They’re scraping around for a point a game in 2026, have tumbled into the bottom half and look set to watch European nights on TV next season. The 2-0 hammering by Torino only confirmed the slump: 313 minutes without a league goal. One win in seven? Yeah, that’s ugly.
Tempers are blowing up on the pitch — seven red cards this season — and the fans are getting restless. The spat between Maurizio Sarri and president Claudio Lotito is public and poisonous; the manager’s chair is wobbling. The only light left is the Italian Cup, yet even there they showed fragility, conceding twice to Atalanta in a 2-2 home draw. The Olimpico isn’t a fortress anymore: one Serie A home win in seven, conceding at least two in each.
Sassuolo on cloud nine 
Night and day for the visitors. After taking Lazio 1-0 earlier in the season, Sassuolo smell a historic double. Given their form, that’s realistic. Fabio Grosso’s men have won five of their last six, slipping only to the league leaders Inter.
That run pushed them past Lazio in the table and into a comfy spot in the top half. March began with a statement — a scalp over Atalanta, a genuine Champions League contender. The mad part? They played almost the whole game with ten men after Andrea Pinamonti was sent off in the 16th, still scored twice and held on. Promoted last summer, they’ve already mentally booked safety and now fancy a top‑10 push. A win in Rome would be three successive away wins — their first such streak since De Zerbi’s 2021 side.
Probable line-ups
Lazio : Provedel ; Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli, Tavares ; Dele-Bashiru, Cataldi, Taylor ; Isaksen, Maldini, Zaccagni
Sassuolo : Muric ; Walukiewicz, Muharemovic, Idzes, Garcia ; Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone ; Berardi, Nzola, Lauriente
Football Prediction Lazio vs Sassuolo
Draw
Sassuolo arrive in Rome full of confidence and without a shred of fear. They’ll defend their four-point cushion and press to extend it.
Lazio, by contrast, are gasping. Thin squad, short recovery after the cup game, morale in tatters — this is a tall order for Sarri’s side. Expect them to scrap for a point at best; it would feel like a result but won’t fix anything.
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