Lazio host the visiting Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico di Roma in the Serie A game this Wednesday as they look to end October with two wins from their remaining games after a disappointing September in the run and both sides are targeting a place in the European spots come at end of the season.
Maurizio Sarri came in as the Lazio manager on a high notch winning both opening two fixtures and managed nine goals after winning against Empoli in the opener 1-3 before the home 6-1 victory against Spezia.
However the hosts here couldn’t maintain their opening excellence and run of three winless games followed their demolition of Spezia and the side from Italy’s capital have only managed a further two victories in their last six Serie A and have managed to score ten goals in the previous 7 matches and are currently positioned 8th in the standings on fourteen points.
Lazio come to this fixture on the back of a 4-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Hellas Verona and Sarri will look for a response here at home to Fiorentina, a side Lazio have beaten in their last four meetings on home soil. In that match, Lazio had 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target with only Ciro Immobile on the scoresheet for Lazio.
Going into this contest, Lazio remain unbeaten in their last 17 home league matches.
Fiorentina on the other hand, have also been impressive and are currently 7th one point on top of their hosts here. Fiorentina go into this game after a 3-0 Serie A win over struggling Cagliari in their previous match.
In that game, Fiorentina managed 65% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target with Cristiano Biraghi (21′), Nicólas González (42′) and Dušan Vlahović (49′) getting the net. Fiorentina had a tight defensive side with the opponents getting only 3 attempts only 1 on target.
Heading into this fixture, Fiorentina have left without a victory over Lazio in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games and Vincenzo Italiano’s men will believe that they can end this record.
Lazio vs Fiorentina head to head
In the 54 head to head encounters Lazio have won 31 times with 10 draws while their opponents have won only 13 times. When playing at home, Lazio have not lost to Fiorentina in their last 6 encounters.
- Fiorentina 2-0 Lazio 08/05/21
- Lazio 2-1 Fiorentina 06/01/21
- Lazio 2-1 Fiorentina 27/06/20
- Fiorentina 1-2 Lazio 27/10/19
- Fiorentina 1-1 Lazio 10/03/19
Home
- Hellas Verona 4-1 Lazio
- Lazio 0-0 Marseille
- Lazio 3-1 Inter
- Bologna 3-0 Lazio
- Lazio 2-0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Away
- Fiorentina 3-0 Cagliari
- Venezia 1-0 Fiorentina
- Fiorentina 1-2 Napoli
- Udinese 0-1 Fiorentina
- Fiorentina 1-3 Inter
Lazio team news
Bobby Adekanye and Mattia Zaccagni are on injuries. Luiz Felipe and Francesco Acerbi are both serving suspensions on red cards.
Fiorentina team news
Aleksandr Kokorin, Michele Cerofolini, Bartlomiej Dragowski and Erick Pulgar are names that won’t be in selection. Riccardo Sottil is on suspension on a red card.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance (Lazio win/ Draw)
- Goals under 2.5
- Both sides to score
