Evenly matched teams: Fiorentina vs Lazio match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Fiorentina are set for a new task after their 1-1 vs Cagliari last time out. Lazio are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Fiorentina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Fiorentina form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 29 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Fiorentina travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cagliari that ended 1-1. González, an attacker, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.83 (out of 10). González dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Fiorentina won a home game hosting Genoa (6-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fiorentina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won zero, drawn four and lost zero.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Artemio Franchi in the league this season as Fiorentina has scored 29 goals here in 10 home games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Lazio form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

203 minutes! That's how long the Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Lazio's last game was the home draw against Atalanta (0-0). Midfield player Leiva was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Leiva had 68 successful passes (of 72 total).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lazio manager Sarri as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Milan.

The travelling fans enjoy Lazio's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. As for defending, Lazio rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lazio - Fiorentina 1-0 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Fiorentina victory, two draws and seven Lazio wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
17 goals
LazioS. Milinković-Savić
S. Milinković-Savić
7 goals
LazioP. Rodríguez Ledesma
P. Rodríguez Ledesma
7 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Lazio missing players

Fiorentina Lazio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 5 12 23
11 7 1 Won W 1 4 10
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 6
8 2 0 Lost L 3 6 7
41 29 4 Scored S 6 18 46
30 12 3 Conceded C 11 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 83% 78%
41% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 57%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 22%
59% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 65%
23% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 17%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 22%
 
4.9 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.9 4
3.8 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.4 3.7
2.5 1.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3.1 2.5
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.3 16.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 7.4 10.8
5.1 6.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 4.7
37% 42% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 38% 43%
 
9.9 9.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.6 13.8 11.7
3.7 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Fiorentina's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Lazio's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fiorentina have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lazio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 22 16 5 1 53 17 11 9 2 0 29 8 11 7 3 1 24 9 36 53
2 Napoli 23 15 4 4 43 16 12 8 1 3 22 8 11 7 3 1 21 8 27 49
3 Milan 23 15 4 4 47 25 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 8 2 1 27 14 22 49
4 Atalanta 22 12 7 3 44 26 10 3 4 3 18 15 12 9 3 0 26 11 18 43
5 Juventus 23 12 6 5 34 21 11 6 2 3 14 8 12 6 4 2 20 13 13 42
6 Roma 23 12 2 9 40 30 12 7 2 3 17 12 11 5 0 6 23 18 10 38
7 Fiorentina 22 11 3 8 41 30 10 7 1 2 29 12 12 4 2 6 12 18 11 36
8 Lazio 23 10 6 7 46 39 11 6 4 1 28 16 12 4 2 6 18 23 7 36
9 Hellas Verona 23 9 6 8 43 38 12 6 2 4 23 17 11 3 4 4 20 21 5 33
10 Torino 22 9 5 8 30 21 12 7 3 2 24 11 10 2 2 6 6 10 9 32
11 Sassuolo 23 7 8 8 39 38 12 3 4 5 15 19 11 4 4 3 24 19 1 29
12 Empoli 23 8 5 10 37 47 12 3 1 8 19 33 11 5 4 2 18 14 -10 29
13 Bologna 22 8 3 11 29 37 11 5 1 5 16 16 11 3 2 6 13 21 -8 27
14 Spezia 23 7 4 12 24 42 11 3 3 5 12 14 12 4 1 7 12 28 -18 25
15 Udinese 22 5 9 8 31 36 11 3 5 3 16 18 11 2 4 5 15 18 -5 24
16 Sampdoria 23 5 5 13 29 41 12 2 3 7 16 25 11 3 2 6 13 16 -12 20
17 Venezia 22 4 6 12 20 40 11 2 3 6 13 21 11 2 3 6 7 19 -20 18
18 Cagliari 23 3 8 12 22 44 12 2 5 5 15 21 11 1 3 7 7 23 -22 17
19 Genoa 23 1 10 12 20 45 11 0 5 6 8 18 12 1 5 6 12 27 -25 13
20 Salernitana 22 3 2 17 14 53 10 1 1 8 5 24 12 2 1 9 9 29 -39 10

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.