Juventus vs. Sassuolo 10/27/21 Serie A Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Juventus and Sassuolo are clashing at Allianz Stadium in round 10 of the Italian Serie A. Juventus have kept their positive streak alive even against Inter, but they ended their streak without conceding a goal. Sassuolo has been playing well lately, but they will need to keep it up if they want to make something out of this season.

Juventus is slowly climbing the standings, and they are now in 6^th place with 15 points, 13 scored goals, and 11 conceded goals. In that game against Inter, Juventus was solid with 51% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 2 corner kicks, 1 big chance created, and 85% of the correct passes. After Inter got ahead in the 17^th minute, this was shaping up to be a great game with a lot of goals, but it didn’t happen. Luckily for Juventus, they were awarded a penalty kick in the 89^th minute, which they turned into a goal. The final score of this game was 1-1. The biggest problem for Juventus right now is the lack of goals and the fact that their leading goalscorer has only 3 goals to his name, and that is Dybala. He also added 2 assists. Even though Juventus is on a good streak, they need to be careful, and they need to keep their defense strong because they don’t have the offense to come back every time.

Sassuolo is still struggling, but there has been some light in the tunnel lately. Sassuolo has lost only 1 of their last 4 games, and they were even able to keep 1 clean sheet during this stretch. In their latest game against Venezia at home, Sassuolo was the dominant team with 63% of ball possession, 7 shots on goal, 5 corner kicks, 3 big chances created, and a high 91% of the correct passes. After losing in the 32^nd minute, it didn’t take long for Sassuolo to tie the score, and to completely turn the score around. The final score was 3-1 in favor of Sassuolo. At the moment, Sassuolo is in 13^th place with 11 points, but the gap between them and the teams above is not big. Berardi has scored 4 goals for Sassuolo so far, and he is their leading goalscorer. Obiang and Djuricic are both injured yes, Sassuolo is on the right track, they are improving, but they will need a lot more of that in the future.

When playing at home, Juventus hasn’t lost to Sassuolo in their last 8 games. Juventus has also won their last 3 home games in a row. Juventus is the better team here, they are better defensively, and that should be enough for them to win this game.