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AS Roma vs Lazio Prediction & Betting tips
AS Roma is on its way to realizing direct placement for the Champions League, while Lazio Roma also has a small chance to place himself for the million-ball. The derby of Rome will also be the tension and pressure again this time.
AS Roma :
AS Roma performs the last few weeks, but it does not seem enough to keep Juventus from the title. The Turin team currently defends a gap of eight points with Luciano Spalletti’s men and that battle seems to be fighting. For AS Roma it is now the case to hold second place and thus enforce direct qualification for the Champions League. In view of that, the Romans did good business last week. AS Roma recovered through an easy 1-4 win on Pescara of the draw with Atalanta Bergamo, while Napoli surprisingly left two points at Sassuolo. The match against Pescara last week was actually won on the automatic pilot. Between the 44th and 60th minute scored four times and it proved to be sufficient for the victory.
AS Roma performs this season better than Lazio Roma, but that does not mean that the hosts will win this match. Recently, these teams hit each other in the Coppa Italia and then Lazio Roma managed to conquer the city-side from the tournament. AS Roma won the second match with 3-2, but that was not enough to clear the 2-0 defeat of the first match.
The team of Spalletti will, despite the loss in the Coppa Italia, be the favorite for this derby. In addition, the practice master has little reason to complain about the fitness in his selection. Alessandro Florenzi has been injured with serious injury for months, but it is also the only player who struggles with his fitness. Spalletti can therefore have his best potential, which will allow AS Roma to work with confidence in this duel. The team may have to perform at the top of her as there are still points lost to her own audience. After the winter break, AS Roma lost 1-2 with Napoli and recently the points were shared with Atalanta Bergamo: 1-1.
Probable setup Roma
Szczesny, Rudiger, Manolas, Fazio, Emerson, De Rossi, Strootman, Salah, Nainggolan, El Shaarawy, Dzeko
Lazio :
Lazio Roma is currently fully motivated to close the gap with Naples, which will be a very difficult task, but the pressure of other teams has also become a factor in recent weeks. Atalanta Bergamo managed to reduce the hole with the formation of Simone Inzaghi to a point, and Lazio Roma will have to put all the sails in order to paralyze that attack. The last one actually lost too many points. Against Cagliari, Lazio Roma did not score (0-0) and against Napoli (0-3 loss) and Genoa (2-2), Inzaghi’s team did not manage to impress. The match against the swallowing Palermo that was on the program last week therefore came on time. The hosts screamed loose and that resulted in a 5-0 score after 26 minutes. Palermo later produced two goals, but that was not enough to prevent defeat: 6-2.
Lazio Roma has shown this season that it is able to win from AS Roma and provide a new victory for a huge boost. The lack of stability is another problem that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. As mentioned, Lazio Roma had a lot of points in the last few weeks and that has to stop now.
The injury list should not affect Lazio Roma’s performance this week. Federico Marchetti is on the verge of injury, but Thomas Strakosha has had the time to get in shape. The Albanians came to the top power this year to seventeen appearances, so the real weakening of the team is no longer the case.
Probable setup Lazio
Strakosha, Bastos, The Free, Wallace, Basta, Parolo, Biglia, Milinkovic, Lulic, Anderson, Immobile
AS Roma vs Lazio head to head
04.04.17 COP AS Roma Lazio 3 : 2
01.03.17 COP Lazio AS Roma 2 : 0
04.12.16 SA Lazio AS Roma 0 : 2
03.04.16 SA Lazio AS Roma 1 : 4
08.11.15 SA AS Roma Lazio 2 : 0