Lazio take on the visitors AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of UEFA Conference League 1/8-finals. The match will be played on Tuesday, February 7th at Stadio Olimpico (Rome).
Lazio are forced to divide their efforts in the fight on two fronts. The Eagles want to make it to the Champions League, and with Juventus receiving a 15-point penalty during the season, other ambitious teams have a better chance of overall success and climbing to the top four. And of course, Maurizio Sarri's team will be among those fighting for a position in the quartet until the very end. Although they have not been entirely successful, they beat Napoli on Friday, even though it was an away game! At the same time, they are still managing to stay in the Conference League. However, to pass CFR, they only managed to score one goal - they won at home thanks to Immobile's goal and settled for a goalless draw on a terrible pitch in Romania.
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AZ remains in the "second tier" of Dutch football. The "Cheese farmers" cannot repeat the achievements of the van Gaal era, with the 2009 championship title. But a couple of times in recent years, including in 2021, they managed to climb to third place. And last spring, they managed to reach the 5th position - this opened up access to the group stage of the Conference League. They managed to qualify and win 5 out of 6 matches in the group, including two wins against Dnipro-1. Alkmaar skipped the previous stage of AZ,immediately stepped into the 1/8 finals according to the regulations. While Lazio was sorting things out with the Romanians, Pascal Jansen's team was solving cases in the Eredivisie and during this time they beat Vitesse and Cambuur, but did not pass the test of the more status Feyenoord. In addition, it should be noted that the Dutch are currently in good form and could easily take the Eredivisie bronze again. Moreover, after beating Vitesse 1-0, they managed to climb to second place!
This will be the first meeting between the Italians and the Dutch. The Italians are considered favorites, but it is not certain if they are interested in winning. It is recommended to bet on "total under 2.5 goals" in the match.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored gaols.
