Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Roma will look to climb to top position in the standings when they take on Sassuolo at their Stadio Olimpico. As things stand now, new boss Jose Mourinho is doing a great job with the capital club, who kicked off the new Serie A campaign with back-to-back wins over Fiorentina and Salernitana. The Giallorossi are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, but keep in mind that both Smalling and Spinazzola remain in the recovery room.
The likes of Pellegrini, Vina, and Mancini are rated doubtful for the game. The Neroverdi, on the other hand, defeated Verona 3-2 in their first away game of the season, and, taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. Midfielder Pedro Obiang should be the only absentee in the away team, whilst Roma defenders should have Domenico Berardi at bay.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
Highlighted Team (Sassuolo):
US Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club from Sassuolo, state Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region. In the season 2012/2013 Sassuolo managed to promote to the Serie A before playing in the Serie B for four seasons. Sassuolo was founded in 1922 and is known for being one of the smaller teams in the Serie A.
Sassuolo hosts its home games in the Stadio Citta del Tricolore which holds a capacity for approximately 21 000 spectators. Sassuolo is also known as i Neroverdi and plays at home in black and green. The biggest achievements in the club history were in 2007/2008 where the club won the Serie C1 and in season 2012/2013 were Sassuolo won the Serie B as well.
Known players in the club history are Andrea Poli, Antonio Floro Flores, Simone Zaga and Reto Ziegler.