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Serie A · Regular Season - 9 · 2026-10-28 17:30 UTC

SassuoloTeam strength 1622 · projected league finish #13
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lazio
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
LazioTeam strength 1703.2 · projected league finish #8
Sassuolo wins 32.1%Draw — neither team wins 28.4%Lazio wins 39.5%Average simulated goals 1.311.47

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Lazio have the highest number? Lazio currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Sassuolo playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.31for Sassuolo and 1.47 for Lazio. That makes Lazio the highest of the three result estimates at 39.5%. For the full league season, Sassuolo is projected to earn about 45points and Lazio about 56. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Sassuolo a 32.1% chance of beating Lazio at home in the Serie A on 2026-10-28, with 28.4% for the draw and 39.5% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.311.47; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.8% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.77.66.73.31.20.5
16.613.58.84.31.60.6
25.37.85.82.81.00.4
32.33.42.51.20.50.2
40.81.10.80.40.10.1
5+0.30.40.30.10.00.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 13.5%12 8.8%21 7.8%00 7.7%01 7.6%02 6.7%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.8%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Sassuolo avoids defeat60.5%
Lazio avoids defeat67.9%
Sassuolo allows no goals23.0%
Lazio allows no goals27.0%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Sassuolo450.8%15.7%
Lazio560.6%11.8%1.2%

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