- Home form: Monza are winless in their one home game in Serie A 2026/2027, losing 2-3 to Udinese.
- Away form: Sassuolo are winless in their two away games in Serie A 2026/2027, drawing 2-2 and losing.
- Head-to-head: Monza have won three of the last five matches between the two sides, with two draws and no Sassuolo victories.
Both teams to score looks a savvy bet
Sassuolo can win the matchup of two teams trying to make the most of new Serie A 2026/2027 campaigns on Friday, but the Neroverdi will have to work for it against a team they've rarely beaten in recent years. Monza are 18th in the table with just one point from three games, so they are already feeling the heat, but Sassuolo are not that much better off in 10th place with four points.
The Neroverdi are in better form than their hosts with three wins, one draw and one defeat from their last five games across all competitions, while Monza have won two, drawn one and lost two. Their last three games have seen a 2-1 home win over Torino in Serie A, a 1-1 draw with Frosinone in the Coppa Italia (with Sassuolo winning the shootout) and a 2-2 away draw with Bologna in Serie A.
Alberto Aquilani has set up his team to play with the ball, as you would expect, so Sassuolo are more of a possession football team than a pressing one. They look to get the ball into wide areas and allow the wide defenders to push on, so it should be a very different approach to the all-action, back-three system of Ivan Juric's Monza.
Monza can make it tough
Style and defence
The Biancorossi have the more explosive players and have pressed their opponents relentlessly in the early stages of the season with a very man-to-man approach. It's been working pretty well, but their back line has been too open, conceding three goals per game at home in Serie A 2026/2027 so far.
Key players
- Gustavo Varela has been Monza's biggest threat in Serie A 2026/2027 with two goals in two matches and has scored three of their seven goals in all competitions.
- Sassuolo's sharpest early finisher has been Cas Odenthal, who has scored once in one Serie A 2026/2027 appearance, while Ricardo Mangas has been Monza's creative spark with two assists in three matches.
Betting and outlook
The odds are similar for all three outcomes in this game with Sassuolo at 2.46, Monza at 2.72 and the draw at 3.35, but there's good reason to believe Monza can get something. They have had Sassuolo's number of late, winning three of the previous five meetings. Sassuolo are in much better form overall and we give them the edge, but Monza have home advantage, so a midfield battle could determine the flow of the game.
Monza’s strong home record could prevail
Backing both teams to score at 1.7 makes plenty of sense given the offensive numbers we have discussed above, but Over 2.5 goals at 1.9 is the sharper option as Sassuolo have been averaging 1.50 goals for and 2.00 against on the road in Serie A 2026/2027.
