Serie A · 2025Sun, 14 Sept 2025, 16:00 UTCFull timeMAPEI Stadium - Città del TricoloreFull-time recap

Sassuolo

LL

1–0Full-time recap

Lazio

LW

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This match

Match statistics

Metric	Sassuolo	Lazio
Shots	10 shots/match	13 shots/match▲
Shots on target	3 shots/match	3 shots/match
Possession	41%	59%
Corners	3 corners/match	7 corners/match
Fouls	15 fouls/match	11 fouls/match
Yellow cards	6 cards/match	3 cards/match▲

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Lazio have recorded the higher season possession share. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Lazio have recorded the higher season possession share.

45.7%▲PossessionSassuolo · Lazio55.3%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.7 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Sassuolo	Lazio	Baseline
Possession	45.7%	55.3%	50.7%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Sassuolo favored in 0 of 14 directional metrics · Lazio in 0 · 14 too close

1 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/31.33 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/31 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

8.67 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/313.3 shots/match

12.3 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/313.7 shots/match

3.67 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/33.33 shots/match

4.33 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/34.33 shots/match

45.7%Possessionseason · 3/355.3%

2.67 corners/matchCornersseason · 3/35 corners/match

4.67 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/33.33 corners/match

4 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/32 cards/match

16.3 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/310.3 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

33%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/333%

67%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/333%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Sassuolo34.4

Lazio71.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Sassuolo32.3

Lazio52.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Sassuolo37.5

Lazio39.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Sassuolo3.1

Lazio34.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Sassuolo96.9

Lazio42.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Sassuolo9.4

Lazio53.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Sassuolo38.3

Lazio39.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

3 / 3 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲1 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

8.67 shots/matchShots3/3▲13.3 shots/match

3.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

45.7%Possession3/355.3%

2.67 corners/matchCorners3/35 corners/match

4 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

16.3 fouls/matchFouls3/310.3 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

3 / 3 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲1 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

8.67 shots/matchShots3/3▲13.3 shots/match

3.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

45.7%Possession3/355.3%

2.67 corners/matchCorners3/35 corners/match

4 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

16.3 fouls/matchFouls3/310.3 fouls/match

Window

Season

3 / 3 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲1 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

8.67 shots/matchShots3/3▲13.3 shots/match

3.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

45.7%Possession3/355.3%

2.67 corners/matchCorners3/35 corners/match

4 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

16.3 fouls/matchFouls3/310.3 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

2 / 2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals0/0—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards2/2—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

16 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/113.9 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 14 Sept 2025, 20:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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