Roma-Sassuolo: probable lineups and where to watch the match

Rome 16 March 2024 - Two teams with opposing ambitions find themselves facing each other to follow their respective objectives. Tomorrow, Sunday 17 March, Roma e Sassuolo they will face each other for the twenty-ninth matchday of Serie A, in a challenge from opposite perspectives, but with three points needed for both to collect. The match is part of the championship Sunday evening program and will kick off at 18pm.

The Romans have just reached the quarter-finals of Europa League and I'm fully in the running for fourth place in the championship. The success of Bologna yesterday they took six points away from the rossoblu and after the draw in Florence, they need to make up ground immediately and get back in touch, winning against the neroverdi. The Rossi he celebrated in Europe but cannot afford what he himself defined as the thrill of victory. There Roma she must be aware of her own means, but not haughty and has the duty to continue to keep her foot pressed on the accelerator. Under the guidance of the former captain, the Romans found themselves without a win for the first time in two consecutive matches, including the defeat suffered by Brighton. It will therefore be necessary to avoid this becoming a trend if we want to maintain our excellent position in the standings and win the match at the Olimpico.

Just like the Roma, also Sassuolo he doesn't have the luxury of being able to afford missteps. With the arrival of Ballardini, the Emilians returned to success more than two months after the last time. The three points of the match against Frosinone However, they were not enough to lift the Sassuolo team out of the red zone, keeping them in penultimate place in the ranking. Precisely for this reason the sense of urgency among the Neroverdi ranks is at its highest level, making it more necessary than ever to score points even on complicated pitches like the Olimpico. Without Berardi, the coach will still leverage the strength of the group, hoping to be able to stem a formation that is decidedly superior on paper.

Directing the match at the Olimpico, valid for the 29th day of the championship Serie A, L 'Aia has decided that it will be Gianluca Manganiello of the Pinerolo section. Helping the race director will be assistants Daniele Bindoni from Venice and Alberto Tegoni from Milan. Fourth man: Giuseppe Collu from Cagliari. In the Var room in Lissone prepared for the challenge there will be Simone Sozza from Seregno and Rosario Abisso from Palermo. For the Piedmontese referee it will be the thirteenth time in his career with the Neroverdi on the pitch, with a balance of 12 previous matches including 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. On the other hand, there are 9 matches with the Giallorossi, with a very positive balance sheet for the Capitoline team of 8 victories and just one knockout. For Manganiello overall, however, it will be the seventeenth direction of the season, the ninth in Serie A, to which he adds 4 games of Serie B, 2 of Coppa Italia and 2 matches abroad in Protathlima Cyta (Cyprus). 

Probable lineups

The Rossi celebrates the recovery of Lukaku, who is back available, while Dybala remains in the box due to a muscle problem. They will be ready to replace them Azmoun e Baldanzi, while El Shaarawy will complete the trident. After the rest he received in the Europa League, he returns to the starting position in the center of midfield Paredes, with Crystalline e Pellegrini to complete the department. Before Silker will Mancini e N'Dicka to make up the central duo, while they will act on the flanks Steel right and Angelino on the left, these two have an advantage in the run-offs with Kristensen and Spinazzola respectively.  

Ballardini relies on Defrel as a charismatic leader in the center of the front line, with bajrami e Laurenté on the outside to support the single tip Pinamonti. Before Advice instead the four-way line is reformed with To the sender e Pedersen on the outside to provide support to Erlic e Ferrari. Pedersen e racing sarnano the midfield, which will complete the 4-2-3-1 of the Emilian coach.

Roma (4-3-3): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Angeliño; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Azmoun, El Shaarawy. Coach Daniele De Rossi.

Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Advice; Missori, Erlic, Ferrari, Pedersen; Racic, Matheus Henrique; Bajrami, Defrel, Laurienté; Pinamonti. Coach Davide Ballardini.

Where to watch the match

The match between Roma e Sassuolo of the Olympic stadium, valid for the twenty-ninth matchday of Serie A, will begin at 18pm on Sunday 17 March 2024. The match will be visible exclusively in streaming on Dazn, with live connection starting at 17pm. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 30/4, Xbox console, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Google Chromecast device. Viewing also possible via app or website Dazn on tablets, PCs and smartphones. The match will also be available on Sky only for those who have purchased the Zona Dazn package on the platform. The commentators chosen by the platform to describe the meeting are Riccardo Mancini and Manuel Pasqual.

Statistics and precedents

La Roma has won only three of the last 10 matches against Sassuolo in Serie A (5N, 2P); after the success of the first leg (2-1 on 3 December 2023), the Giallorossi could win both seasonal matches against the Neroverdi for only the second time in the competition, after the 2016-17 season. In each of the last six matches between these two teams in Serie A, both teams scored, scoring almost the same number of goals: 12 for the Romans and 11 for the Emilians.

In the most recent away match against Roma in the top league the Sassuolo he won, dispelling a taboo that lasted for the first 8 games (5N, 4L). With The Rossi on the bench, however, the Giallorossi (last eight matchdays) are the team to have scored the most goals in Serie A (22, an average of 2.8 per match) and are second, tied with Bologna, in terms of points won (19, less only thanInter full score with 24). Furthermore, the Romans are the team with the largest difference in favor between goals scored and Expected Goals this season in the top five European leagues: +14.7 (54 goals with an xG of 39.3); on the other side, only the Frosinone (12.3) has conceded more goals than Sassuolo (8.9) when comparing goals against (55) to Expected Goals against (46.1) in this year's Serie A.