Serie A: Sassuolo-Roma 0-1, as it happened...
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Sassuolo are winless against AS Roma in Serie A: five wins and four draws for the Giallorossi in the nine meetings in the top-flight.
- In addition, AS Roma have won their four away games played against Sassuolo in Serie A, scoring at least two goals in each match.
- Sassuolo have lost only one of their last 11 league games (W5 D5) and they have won four of their last five.
- Roma are unbeaten in away games in Serie A since December (against Juventus): six wins and four draws for the Giallorossi since then.
- Sassuolo have scored only 29 goals in Serie A this season: they have never ended a top-flight campaign with less than 43 goals.
- Roma have conceded 28 goals in Serie A this season, more only than 2013/14 (25) in a single Serie A with 20 teams.
- Roma have conceded the fewest goals in away games in Serie A this season (nine): their second-fewest in a single campaign (the Giallorossi have conceded only seven goals in 2003/04).
- Edin Dzeko has scored three goals and delivered one assist in his last three Serie A games against Sassuolo, including a brace in the last campaign in Mapei Stadium.
- Only Immobile (13) has scored more goals than Matteo Politano (seven) among Italian players in Serie A in 2018.
- Former Sassuolo player, Lorenzo Pellegrini has bagged one of his three league goals for Roma against Sassuolo.
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