S.S. Lazio welcome the visitors Juventus F.C. in the Italian Serie A – Round 21. The match will be held on Sunday, January 27th, at the Stadio Olimpico (Rome).
S.S. Lazio ended the year in 2 wins and 1 draw but lost in Naples (2:1). The ‘Eagles’ suffered just 2 defeats in the latest 10 rounds. Both were away. Will the team that won in only half of their home clashes (5-3-2) be able to oppose the leaders that beat all possible and impossible records though? In the Serie A fixtures, Lazio were victorious over Juventus F.C. back in 2003. Afterwards, the Turin team registered 11 victories and 3 draws. Will the Romans repeat Atalanta’s success when they took points from the highflyer (2:2)? Anderson’s leave and Milinkoviс-Saviс’s bad form was the main reason for Lazio’s effectiveness recession – the team have scored around 1.5 times less so far than they did in the last campaign. Inzaghi faces a big challenge as the compact 3-5-2 scheme was played solely by the above performers. High passes are doable, but defense will suffer then – the team have already allowed yet 23 times (only Roma did more in the top-six).
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Lazio like Naples, maybe because Immobile was born there. The ‘Eagles’ wished to cowboy their way through San-Paolo; an opener was possible within the first 25 minutes, so Lazio did their job, only when Strakosha’s woodwork was hit, they slowed down a bit. Then Napoli netted twice and hit Lazio’s woodwork three times. Immobile found the net in the 2nd half, but the goal did not make any difference. In the coming match, Acerbi and Marusic will not help the team, Radu’s and Lulic’s form is not great, and Felipe is injured. Parolo, Leiva, and Milinkoviс-Saviс will be in charge of the compact play, and Lulic and Lukaku will have to play hard. The wingbacks will mostly secure the experimental centrebacks’ trio of Radu, Basta, and Wallace.
Ronaldo was blatantly unlucky, which is not only relevant to the failed penalty. Now his great concern is that 2 forwards from the top-list have caught up with him, so he will be extremely motivated to find the net tomorrow. It is encouraging that Juventus’ ‘newcomers’ Rugani, Сan, and Costa scored on Monday, which means that individual bad performance does not affect the team’s general results. Juventus are ready to continue their triumphant success. Not so much time left to the Champions League playoffs. Therefore, Allegri’s side need to make the best of the Serie A and the Italian Cup fixtures within this period. This weekend, Juve face the cup quarter-final, but the expected squad for the tomorrow’s encounter look very convincing (4-3-3): the goalkeeper Szczesny; the defenders Cancelo, Chiellini, Bonucci, Sandro; the midfielders Matuidi, Bentancur, Can; and the attacking trio Costa, Ronaldo, Dybala. In our view, Juventus are little underestimated. We predict their win at the Stadio Olimpico.
Prediction for the match: Juventus F.C. to win away.
