National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lazio or Bologna that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Lazio nor Bologna as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lazio form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Lazio have collected 17 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-2-2.
Lazio enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sassuolo's place. The match ended 2-0 with Zaccagni and Anderson scoring. Milinković-Savić (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Milinković-Savić served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Lazio drew at home versus Empoli.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lazio's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Lazio in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna was sent out of Coppa Italia in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from Bologna's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Bologna only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away matches in a row for Bologna, whose coach Motta could celebrate last time after the win against Udinese. Midfield player Ferguson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Ferguson hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 1-2 loss hosting Atalanta before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cremonese in just four days.
The visiting Bologna have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. For Bologna, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Lazio-Bologna H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lazio five wins, Bologna two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Arnautović 8 goals |   C. Immobile 7 goals |  M. Zaccagni 7 goals |
Lazio missing players
Bologna missing players
| Lazio | Bologna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| 12.3 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 47 |
| 2 | Milan | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Juventus | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Inter | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Lazio | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 7 | Roma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Udinese | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Torino | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Bologna | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Monza | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Lecce | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Empoli | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Spezia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -12 | 18 |
| 17 | Sassuolo | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 9 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -22 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -19 | 7 |
