Serie A preview: Can Lazio edge out victory against Fiorentina?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 06.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lazio are in the 9th position while the guesting Fiorentina worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lazio and Fiorentina.

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Lazio form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Lazio have to build on here at Stadio Olimpico in the Serie A.

Lazio shared the glory with Genoa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Milan.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lazio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost two.

There will be little rest for Lazio after this match as they are travelling to Parma for a Serie A game in only four days.

Lazio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Lazio have conceded 12 from these games.

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Fiorentina form and stats

Fiorentina have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

The Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 262 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Fiorentina's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bologna that finished 0-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Juventus.

We have checked recent matches where Fiorentina have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, two draws and one defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fiorentina are hosting Cagliari in the Serie A only four days away.

Fiorentina have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Fiorentina struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Lazio won six, Fiorentina won two and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
10 goals
LazioF. Caicedo Corozo
F. Caicedo Corozo
4 goals
FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
4 goals

Lazio missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Lazio Fiorentina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 7 15
6 2 0 Won W 1 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
5 3 0 Lost L 0 4 6
23 9 0 Scored S 3 8 16
24 12 0 Conceded C 0 13 21
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 73%
53% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 40%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 20%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
73% 86% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 47%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 27%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.3 3.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.7 10.1
4.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.3
37% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 35% 33%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Lazio's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lazio have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 15 11 4 0 34 16 7 4 3 0 17 9 8 7 1 0 17 7 18 37
2 Inter 15 11 3 1 40 19 8 6 1 1 23 13 7 5 2 0 17 6 21 36
3 Roma 15 9 3 3 32 23 8 6 2 0 19 7 7 3 1 3 13 16 9 30
4 Napoli 14 9 1 4 31 13 7 4 1 2 18 8 7 5 0 2 13 5 18 28
5 Sassuolo 15 7 5 3 27 22 7 2 3 2 10 10 8 5 2 1 17 12 5 26
6 Atalanta 14 7 4 3 33 21 7 4 1 2 19 10 7 3 3 1 14 11 12 25
7 Juventus 13 6 6 1 25 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 4 0 16 7 12 24
8 Hellas Verona 15 6 5 4 19 14 8 3 2 3 10 8 7 3 3 1 9 6 5 23
9 Lazio 15 6 4 5 23 24 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 4 2 2 14 12 -1 22
10 Benevento 15 5 3 7 17 25 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 3 1 3 9 11 -8 18
11 Sampdoria 15 5 2 8 23 25 7 2 1 4 13 12 8 3 1 4 10 13 -2 17
12 Bologna 15 4 4 7 21 27 7 3 1 3 14 15 8 1 3 4 7 12 -6 16
13 Udinese 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 2 1 4 5 9 6 2 2 2 9 8 -3 15
14 Fiorentina 15 3 6 6 16 21 8 2 4 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 15
15 Cagliari 15 3 5 7 22 31 7 2 2 3 11 14 8 1 3 4 11 17 -9 14
16 Parma 15 2 6 7 13 28 8 1 4 3 3 11 7 1 2 4 10 17 -15 12
17 Torino 15 2 5 8 25 32 7 0 3 4 12 17 8 2 2 4 13 15 -7 11
18 Spezia 15 2 5 8 19 30 8 0 3 5 8 17 7 2 2 3 11 13 -11 11
19 Genoa 15 2 5 8 15 28 8 1 2 5 11 16 7 1 3 3 4 12 -13 11
20 Crotone 15 2 3 10 15 35 7 2 1 4 8 13 8 0 2 6 7 22 -20 9

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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.