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Fiorentina vs Lazio Prediction & Betting tips
Lazio Roma is currently in the best five of all the teams in the top five of the Series A, which is good news as the team of Simone Inzaghi will get the chance to get a real prize next week. Then the final of the Coppa Italia is on the program against Juventus. First, the Romans will have to focus on the difficult extermination against Fiorentina.
Fiorentina :
Fiorentina is one of the teams who could keep pace with the subtop this season, but eventually came too short to secure European football. For a long time, the gap with the top five appeared to be bridgeable, but it was realistic this was a difficult task. The current gap with number five Atalanta Bergamo is nine points with three more matches and, due to the much worse goal balance, it can be concluded that Paulo Sousa’s formation will not be in the European field next season. In the last few weeks Fiorentina is running out of line. Of the last five duels, Paulo Sousa’s team won only one, so Fiorentina is currently in eighth place. In addition, the teams from Milan also perform fairly moderately, which means that there may be a sixth position in the vessel for Fiorentina. Then it will have to be settled with the small mold tip. For example, last week there was a match against Sassuolo on the program, which seemed to be an ideal duel to add another victory to the total. Nothing turned out to be true. Fiorentina scored submarine and had to go very deep to prevent defeat. With 94 minutes played, Fiorentina put themselves up 2 – 2 when Filippo Bernardeschi finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.
The question now is to what extent Paulo Sousa will succeed in motivating his team to meet Lazio Roma. As mentioned, Fiorentina is no longer winning, and it will appeal to the players’ ambition. What is more noticeable is the fact that Fiorentina is virtually untouched at home. So far, only one time lost to their own audience, and that’s impressive statistics, as only Juventus can show better numbers.
Paulo Sousa will not be able to use Gonzalo Rodriguez’s qualities on Saturday. The experienced Argentinian defender collected two yellow cards last week at Sassuolo and will now have to put a match on suspension. Behind the name of Milan Badelj is still a question mark. The midfielder left the field for injunction last week after sixteen minutes and he will have to make progress to get this duel.
Probable setup Fiorentina
Tatarusanu, Sanchez, Astori, Tomovic, Chiesa, Vecino, Borja Valero, Saponara, Maxi Olivera, Bernardeschi, Kalinic
Lazio :
Lazio Roma actually bumped between two fronts for a long time. The gap with teams like Napoli and AS Roma seemed to be too big to force a ticket for participation in the Champions League, but the performance was good enough to beat the attacks of clubs like Atalanta Bergamo and AC Milan . It is true that Lazio Roma of all the teams in the top five of the Serie A is currently in shape and this could result in a nice season end. Recently Lazio still won 6-2 from Palermo and a week later followed a still surprising 1-3 victory on Aartsrivaal AS Roma. The formation of Inzaghi then got a huge boost and last week, it resulted in a total humiliation of Sampdoria. Sampdoria defender Milan Skriniar had to have a red card of the field after eighteen minutes, thus creating an ideal situation for Lazio Roma to work for confidence. For rest there were already five balls in the net and eventually after 90 minutes football appeared a spectacular 7-3 finish on the board.
This outcome has obviously provided the necessary confidence, but the question now is to what extent Lazio Roma will be motivated to go to Fiorentina. The hole of seven points with Napoli is as good as unbridgeable and because of last week’s victory, the Romans are sure to be part of the Europa League. Again, the final of the Coppa Italia may already be in the minds of the players. The match with Juventus is already on Wednesday and the team of Inzaghi will have to show their best form to keep Juve from a new prize.
Inzaghi has little reason to complain about injuries this week. Goalkeeper Federico Marchetti is still absent due to injury, but in recent months Thomas Strakosha has shown that he is a worthwhile replacement.
Probable setup Lazio
Strakosha, Wallace, The Free, Hoedt, Anderson, Milinkovic, Biglia, Parolo, Lulic, Immobile, Keita
Fiorentina vs Lazio head to head
18.12.16 SA Lazio Fiorentina 3 : 1
15.05.16 SA Lazio Fiorentina 2 : 4
09.01.16 SA Fiorentina Lazio 1 : 3
09.03.15 SA Lazio Fiorentina 4 : 0
19.10.14 SA Fiorentina Lazio 0 : 2