Lazio take on the visitors Torino in the round 31 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Saturday, April 22nd at Stadio Olimpico (Rome).
Lazio are in their second season under Maurizio Sarri, and the "Smokers" are clearly making the local public forget about Simone Inzaghi. Last season, the new coach achieved more than his predecessor, at least finishing with his new charges one step higher. In this cycle, the capital's project did not go well. They practically failed on the international stage, failing to advance from the Europa League group stage and stopping in the round of 16 of the Conference League, even with a couple of defeats to AZ. They have been out of the cup for a while. But in Serie A, they managed to gain momentum at the right time, towards the end. As a result, while their competitors faltered, "Laziali" won 7 out of their last 8 matches. Among their defeated opponents were such rivals as "Napoli" (away!), "Roma," and "Juventus," and in the last round, they even thrashed "Spezia" 3-0 on their field. As a result, they were able to secure 2nd place, breaking away from all their pursuers. Only the situation around Ciro Immobile is worrisome. The striker, who just scored his 10th goal, was involved in a car accident and suffered a spinal injury and a broken rib.
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Torino may effectively finish the season. It remains to be noted that so far, Ivan Juric has turned his team into a strong mid-table team. Last season, the debut for the Croat in Turin, this was a noticeable step forward: after taking on ambitious "bulls" in 17th place in 2021, he finished in the top 10 in the last Italian championship. Then he had to rebuild the squad radically, and just last offseason, Vlasic and Miranchuk were loaned. As a result, the team shows decent results, but no more than that, and it is far from certain that they will be able to repeat the result of last season. The last notable success was the consecutive victories over "Bologna" at home and "Lecce" away. But after that, they lost at home to both "Roma" and "Napoli," and their journey to another team that is also just playing out the season, "Sassuolo," brought a 1-1 draw. They repeated the same scoreline with another controversial opponent, "Salernitana."
It is interesting that for the fourth time in a row, the clubs have played strictly to a draw, 0-0 or 1-1. So in this championship, the teams managed to do without scoring goals. The capital club has gained excellent form, which cannot be said about its opponent from Turin. Therefore, without making anything up, we can assume that the "Eagles" of Maurizio Sarri will be able to win another victory here.
Prediction for the match: Lazio to win.
