Buy AS Roma vs Sassuolo tickets for the 2026/27 Season. The fixture kicks off at 20:00 local time on Sunday 8 November 2026 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, matchday eleven of the Serie A campaign. On paper it is the quietest home fixture on Roma's autumn calendar. In practice it is one of the few chances all season to see the Curva Sud at full volume without paying derby prices.
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Timing is the reason. Roma play at Old Trafford in the Champions League five days earlier, then host Monza three weeks later, which places this match in the softest pricing window of an otherwise crowded stretch. Buyers watching AS Roma tickets through the season will find November offers better value than anything from December onwards.
What follows is a buyer's guide to the fixture: what the sectors at the Olimpico actually cost, where to sit when the ground is shared with another club, the identification rules that trip up more visiting supporters than anything else in Italian football, plus how the delivery methods differ. Every figure below is scoped to Serie A at this stadium with Roma hosting.
Roma sell out the Olimpico for Lazio, Napoli, Juventus and European nights. Sassuolo is none of those things, which is exactly the point. A Sunday evening against a newly returned mid-table side is when season ticket holders release seats they would never release for a derby. It is also when the market has depth rather than scarcity.
Anyone tracking Sassuolo tickets across the season will find Rome the most accessible of their away days.
The European calendar sharpens that further. Roma face Manchester United away on 3 November, which means a squad managing travel and recovery, with supporters choosing between a midweek European trip and a Sunday league night. Fixtures in that position consistently see more inventory reach the open market than fixtures in a quiet week.
None of which means the ground will be half empty. Roma's average gate is among the highest in Italy. The home league meeting with Sassuolo in January 2026 drew 60,713.
What changes is the composition of the crowd and the price of entry, not the size of it. You are buying into a full Olimpico at a fraction of what a Derby della Capitale seat costs.
Sassuolo bring the other variable. Their travelling support is small, so the visiting sector is a modest block rather than a full end. That keeps segregation light and makes the Distinti and Tribuna areas genuinely comfortable for neutrals, which is not always true in Rome.
Yes, more easily for this fixture than for most. Roma operate a supporter membership scheme that gives holders priority in club sale windows, placing them behind season ticket holders in the queue. For a derby or a European night that priority consumes almost everything. For a Sunday league fixture against Sassuolo, seats usually survive to general sale.
The catch is that the club's own windows are documented in Italian, frequently require an Italian tax code at the payment stage, then open on a schedule that suits residents rather than travellers. If you are booking flights around the fixture rather than the other way round, that route is awkward even when inventory exists.
The resale market removes those obstacles. Seats released by members and season ticket holders are listed with the sector, the block and the delivery method stated before you pay. On a lower-demand fixture the pricing sits far closer to face value than it would for Lazio or Napoli, so the convenience costs less here than almost anywhere else on Roma's calendar.
Travelling Sassuolo supporters have a narrower path. The visiting allocation at the Olimpico is a corner block rather than a stand, it moves through the club's own supporter routes first, while Italian authorities retain the power to restrict sales to residents of the visiting province on any fixture they rate as sensitive. That rating is unlikely here, but it is worth moving early rather than assuming.
Five factors set the price. Sector comes first: the Tribuna Monte Mario side carries a heavy premium over the curve, with the Tevere side and the Distinti corners filling the middle. Demand is second, sitting near its seasonal floor against Sassuolo. Timing is third, with the widest inventory typically four to six weeks out.
Competition context is fourth. A Serie A fixture against a mid-table opponent prices well below a Champions League night at the same ground, which for this stadium can mean a difference of three or four times on the same seat. The fifth driver is hospitality tier, priced on the room rather than the view. The ranges below reflect typical resale movement for a fixture of this profile at the Olimpico in the 2026/27 season.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curva, upper rows | £30 – £65 | Atmosphere on a budget | Behind the goal, steep and loud. The most affordable way into the ground by a clear margin. |
| Distinti corners | £45 – £95 | A first visit without committing to an end | Angled view from the corner between curve and tribune. Reliable availability for a fixture like this one. |
| Tribuna Tevere | £70 – £150 | A proper longside view at a fair price | Full length of the pitch from the river side. The value pick for most buyers on this fixture. |
| Tribuna Monte Mario | £130 – £280+ | Comfort and the clearest sightlines in the ground | The main stand, covered, with the dugouts below and the premium blocks at its centre. |
| Hospitality and VIP | £350 – £900+ | Client entertaining or a special occasion | Lounge access, catering and a central Monte Mario seat. Priced per person and sold ahead of matchday. |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
The Olimpico is unusual among Europe's great grounds because it belongs to nobody in particular. Opened in 1953 to Annibale Vitellozzi's design and rebuilt for the 1990 World Cup, it is a municipal stadium shared by Roma, Lazio and the Italian rugby team. That shared tenancy shapes where you should sit more than the architecture does. The Stadio Olimpico seating plan is worth opening alongside the table below.
Four sections ring the pitch above a continuous lower bowl. Curva Sud is Roma's end, the historic home of the organised support. Curva Nord belongs to Lazio's ultras and carries no Roma identity at all, which makes it the odd corner of the ground on a Roma matchday. Tribuna Tevere runs the east touchline, Tribuna Monte Mario the west.
General Stadio Olimpico tickets reach resale across all of them in very different volumes.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curva Sud | Supporters who came for the noise | Lower | The heart of the Roma support, with flags, drums and standing throughout. Not a seat for a quiet evening or for young children. |
| Distinti Sud | Buyers who want the Curva Sud sound without being inside it | Lower to mid | Corner blocks adjoining the home end. You hear everything, you see the pitch at an angle, you keep your seat. |
| Tribuna Tevere | Most first-time visitors | Mid | Longside stand on the river flank with a clean view of the full pitch. The sensible default on this fixture. |
| Tribuna Monte Mario, central | Comfort and the technical areas | High | Covered main stand at the halfway line, with the premium and lounge facilities behind. The most sheltered seats if the weather turns. |
| Tribuna Monte Mario, wings | Value seekers who still want cover | Mid to high | Same stand and same roof, angled towards one goal, usually a full bracket below the central blocks. |
| Visiting supporters' sector | Travelling Sassuolo fans | Lower to mid | A segregated corner block beside the Curva Nord, with its own approach and entry. Sassuolo colours belong here only; visiting colours are not permitted elsewhere in the ground. |
If you are neutral, take the Tribuna Tevere or the Distinti Sud. Both give you a proper sense of a full Olimpico without placing you inside the organised support. On a fixture priced like this one the step up from the curve is small. Buyers bringing children should stay on the tribune sides entirely.
Where you sit also decides how you travel, because the Olimpico sits around six kilometres north-west of the centre with no metro station of its own. From Termini, Metro Line A to Flaminio then tram 2 to its Piazza Mancini terminus leaves a walk across the Ponte Duca d'Aosta into the Foro Italico. The alternative is Line A to Ottaviano, then bus 32 towards Piazzale della Farnesina.
Allow an hour rather than the usual half hour. Rome's matchday traffic is heavy, the tram queues at Piazza Mancini build sharply in the final forty minutes, while security screening at the Foro Italico perimeter sits well back from the turnstiles themselves. Driving is the weakest option, since parking near the ground on a matchday is effectively unavailable.
Hospitality at the Olimpico is concentrated in the Tribuna Monte Mario, where the premium areas were installed during the 2007 and 2008 modernisation. Because the stadium is municipal rather than club-owned, the facilities are more restrained than at a purpose-built modern ground. What they offer instead is position, since the central Monte Mario blocks sit at the halfway line with the pitch square on.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Lounge seat with pre-match reception | Pairs and small groups marking an occasion | Entry point to the premium side. Drinks and Roman antipasti before kickoff, a padded central seat and no concourse queues at the interval. |
| Seated dining package | Business hosts entertaining two to six guests | Table service before the match and at half-time, with a reserved Monte Mario seat a short walk from the room. |
| Private box | Companies and larger private parties | Enclosed space for the group, dedicated service and a private view across the halfway line. Limited in number at this ground. |
| Premium seat with lounge access | Buyers who want comfort over catering | Wider padded seating in the central Monte Mario blocks with indoor access, without the cost of a full dining package. |
Two things to know before committing. Packages at Roma are largely sold on seasonal contracts, so single-match availability on resale is thinner than the headline price suggests, even on a quiet fixture. Dress codes apply in the lounges, usually smart casual with no club colours, enforced at the door rather than waved through.
The calculation here is friendlier than at most grounds. Because standard seating against Sassuolo prices near the bottom of Roma's range, the step from a good Monte Mario seat to an entry-level package is smaller in absolute terms than it would be for a derby. If a client evening has been on your list all season, this is a sensible fixture to spend it on.
Italian entry rules are stricter than anything in British or Gulf football. They trip up visitors every week. Tickets at the Olimpico are nominative: the holder's name is printed on the ticket and matched to identification at the gate. The identification must show your registered residence, which in practice means a passport or a national identity card rather than a driving licence.
| Delivery Type | What to Confirm |
|---|---|
| Electronic ticket by email | The standard method for Serie A. Confirm the name to be printed matches the document you will carry, then note the send-out window stated on the listing. |
| Mobile ticket transfer | Confirm you can accept a transfer into a smartphone wallet and that you will have data or a saved pass at the turnstile. A screenshot is not always accepted at Italian grounds. |
| Collection in Rome | Pickup from a stated point in the city or near the Foro Italico. Confirm the collection window and what documentation is required at handover. |
| Courier delivery | Physical tickets to a nominated address. Confirm your address is reachable in time; overseas buyers should nominate a Rome hotel rather than a home address abroad. |
Read the listing notes in full before completing the order, because the naming process, delivery timing and any restrictions are stated there. On the day, carry the passport or identity card that matches the ticket, travel light because only small bags are permitted with no deposit facility, then take the seat printed on your ticket. Moving to a better empty seat is a real ejection risk in Italy rather than a technicality.
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Step1
Open the fixture listing
Start on the match page for 8 November 2026 so you are seeing inventory for this fixture in Rome only, not the return meeting at the Mapei Stadium later in the season.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account before or during the purchase. Doing it first matters here, because the name on your order feeds the naming process for a nominative Serie A ticket.
Step3
Filter by quantity first
Set the number of seats before anything else. Listings sell in fixed splits, so filtering by quantity strips out everything that cannot take your group in one move.
Step4
Choose your sector
Decide between the Curva Sud, the Distinti corners, the Tevere and the Monte Mario using the guidance above. At the Olimpico the sector shapes your evening far more than the row does.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Naming requirements, seating-together status, delivery method and any restrictions are all stated on the listing. For an Italian fixture this step is not optional.
Step6
Confirm the all-in total
Move to the payment screen and review the final figure including fees and delivery before committing. The displayed per-seat price is not always the amount charged.
Step7
Complete the purchase securely
Pay through the encrypted payment page. You will receive written confirmation carrying your order reference, sector details and the delivery method the seller has attached.
Step8
Follow your order to matchday
Use track order to watch the status through to delivery. If a name looks wrong in the final fortnight before 8 November, raise it then rather than at the turnstile.
Overseas buyers should favour electronic or mobile delivery over anything physical, settling the name on the order at the point of purchase rather than afterwards. A nominative ticket carrying the wrong name is not a paperwork problem in Italy; it is a refused entry at the gate. Carry the passport or national identity card that matches the ticket.
Request seats together when you buy rather than assuming it. A listing showing four seats does not always mean four in a row; the notes will say so if they are split across rows. For groups of five or more, two or three pairs in the same sector is usually more achievable than one continuous block in the busier areas.
On date movement, Serie A confirms broadcast slots several weeks ahead. While 8 November and the 20:00 kickoff are set, European scheduling around Roma's Champions League commitments can occasionally shift a round or a kickoff time, so keep travel flexible where you can. A Sunday evening finish near 22:00 leaves a long journey back from the Foro Italico, so book accommodation towards the centre or the Prati district rather than relying on a late airport transfer.
There is no rivalry here, no shared history and no geography to argue over. What this fixture has instead is a habit of producing football that nobody expected. Sassuolo arrived in Serie A in 2013 with no top-flight past at all. In twelve visits to the Olimpico they have made themselves genuinely awkward guests.
The evidence is in the pattern. Roma drew four of their first five home league meetings with Sassuolo before finding any rhythm in the fixture. The one Sassuolo win in Rome remains among the wildest afternoons the Olimpico has staged this decade. Domenico Berardi scored in four separate matches at this ground, which is not a record most visiting forwards take home from the Curva Sud.
What makes the fixture worth a ticket is the gap between reputation and reality. Roma have won half of these twelve meetings, which sounds routine until you notice that five of the other six were draws. This is a fixture Roma control far more often than they close out.
For a buyer, that is the argument. You are not paying derby prices, you are not fighting for scarce inventory, while the historical record says you are more likely to see goals than a procession. Twelve meetings at this ground have produced thirty-nine goals, an average above three a match.
The table below covers every Serie A meeting between the clubs at the Stadio Olimpico with Roma hosting, from Sassuolo's promotion to the top flight in 2013 onwards. Fixtures at the Mapei Stadium, along with all cup and European ties, sit outside this scope and are excluded. Sassuolo spent 2024/25 in Serie B, so no fixture existed that season.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 12 |
| AS Roma wins | 6 |
| Sassuolo wins | 1 |
| Draws | 5 |
| AS Roma goals | 24 |
| Sassuolo goals | 15 |
| Biggest AS Roma win | 4-2 |
| Biggest Sassuolo win | 3-4 |
| First Serie A meeting in scope | 10 November 2013 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 10 January 2026 |
All totals are calculated from the verified match-by-match results below. Roma's widest winning margin in this fixture is two goals, achieved four times, of which the 4-2 in September 2019 was the highest scoring.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 10 Jan 2026 | 2-0 |
| 17 Mar 2024 | 1-0 |
| 12 Mar 2023 | 3-4 |
| 12 Sep 2021 | 2-1 |
| 06 Dec 2020 | 0-0 |
| 15 Sep 2019 | 4-2 |
| 26 Dec 2018 | 3-1 |
| 30 Dec 2017 | 1-1 |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 3-1 |
| 20 Sep 2015 | 2-2 |
| 06 Dec 2014 | 2-2 |
| 10 Nov 2013 | 1-1 |
Scores listed from the perspective of AS Roma as hosts, newest first, each verified against three independent match records.
Yes. Membership and season ticket priority govern the club's own sale windows, but seats released by those holders reach the resale market and are open to any buyer without a membership history or an Italian tax code.
A passport or national identity card showing your registered residence, matching the name printed on the ticket. A driving licence is not accepted at Italian grounds and will mean refused entry.
Tribuna Tevere for a clean longside view at a fair price, or the Distinti corners beside the Curva Sud if you want the noise of the home end without standing for ninety minutes.
Metro Line A to Flaminio then tram 2 to Piazza Mancini, crossing the bridge into the Foro Italico. Line A to Ottaviano followed by bus 32 is the alternative. Allow an hour on a matchday.
Seats from one listing are usually together, though some are split across rows in the same sector. Request seating together at the point of purchase, then read the listing notes, which state the arrangement.
Sources: match results compiled from football-data.co.uk Serie A season match files, the official AS Roma season records published on Wikipedia and FBref head-to-head match histories, with all twelve results confirmed by three independent records. Fixture date, kickoff time and venue confirmed against Serie A scheduling and the club's published match calendar. Stadium capacity, architecture, sector names and renovation history from published Stadio Olimpico records. Sector layout, visiting supporter allocation and face-value price bands from the Football Tripper stadium guide. Transport routes from Wanted in Rome travel guidance. Attendance figures from published Serie A match reports.