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The 18th matchday in the Italian upper house of football will open on Friday evening with an absolute top game. In the capital there is the prestigious “Derby della Capitale” between Lazio Rome and AS Roma. The city duel has a lot to offer anyway, but the current table situation makes this even more difficult.
The Inzaghi-Elf absolutely needs something countable in order not to lose sight of the international starting positions. For the Giallorossi, on the other hand, a point loss would mean that the quiet title dream must slowly be shelved. The Fonseca-Elf are already six points behind AC Milan and therefore need the success in the derby against their big rivals.
The capital derby divides the metropolis of millions into two camps. Nominally, Lazio has home rights, but in times like these this only means an advantage that Immobile & Co are allowed to use the larger cabin.
Lazio :
Simone Inzaghi’s team has two completely different faces this season. On the international stage, the Romans were able to convince across the board when they returned to the UEFA Champions League. Without defeat (two wins, four draws), Lazio qualified behind Borussia Dortmund for the round of 16 and met defending champions Bayern Munich.
These appearances were undoubtedly the highlight of the current season, because the team around top striker Ciro Immobile had to cope with many setbacks in the domestic championship. At no point in the season so far was Lazio in a top six place in the table.
After 17 match days there are only 28 points on the credit side and the capital city team has already had to leave the pitch as a loser in five games. The comparison with last season shows a clear picture, because Lazio not only scored eleven points less on the credit side, but also scored 13 fewer goals, but received eight more goals.
With these statistics, it is not surprising that the renewed Champions League qualification currently seems out of reach. A glimmer of hope, however, is the start of the calendar year 2021, because with seven points from three games, the conclusion is quite positive.
Definitely one reason for the fluctuating performance this season is the persistent injury concerns at Lazio. Again and again Inzaghi has to do without important players whose failures can only be partially compensated.
For example, captain Senad Lulic, striker Joaquin Correa, winger Mohamed Fares or goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha are not available for the city derby against the neighbor. At least the absence of Strakosha does not weigh heavily, because Simone Inzaghi prefers the 38-year-old Pepe Reina between the posts, as he is safer with the ball on his foot than the 25-year-old Albanian.
AS Roma :
In 2021, the two capital city teams have so far been in lock step. Paulo Fonesca’s team also collected seven out of nine possible points from the first three league games in 2021. This lock step could be a further argument to set up the prognosis for a point sharing in the derby between Lazio Rome and AS Roma.
On paper, the third place in the table is listed as a guest on Friday evening, but the city derby at home is not a real away game. For the Giallorossi speaks namely the excellent record in their own stadium. While Lazio can only have a balanced 3-2-3 record, Roma have not yet lost a game at the Olimpico Stadium.
Roma celebrated six wins in nine home games and only in the games against Juventus Turin, US Sassuolo and last weekend against Inter Milan did the attacking capital city club have to be content with a point-sharing. 21 points from nine home games currently mean first place in the home table of the Italian Serie A.
The previous season games of AS Roma are the perfect antithesis to the claim that Italian teams are very defensive. The Fonseca protégés have already scored 37 goals in 17 games, only Inter Milan (43) and Atalanta Bergamo (40) have often played the round in the square.
Lazio vs AS Roma head to head matches
26.01.20 SA AS Roma Lazio 1 : 1
01.09.19 SA Lazio AS Roma 1 : 1
02.03.19 SA Lazio AS Roma 3 : 0
29.09.18 SA AS Roma Lazio 3 : 1
15.04.18 SA Lazio AS Roma 0 : 0