Serie A: A pair of contenders who have performed well so far. Get ready for Lazio - Roma with this full preview!
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The Derby della Capitale is, as the name suggests, the local football derby between the two biggest teams in the capital of Italy; Rome. The two teams share their stadium Stadio Olimpico, which has seen some riots when these teams meet. Local fans view this match as a battle to represent the city of Rome in the rest of Italy.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lazio form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Lazio have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Lazio, as their goalkeeper Ivan Provedel has completely shut out the opponents for 385 minutes in the Serie A.
The followers are hoping that Lazio will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against AZ. The gifted forward Anderson outshone all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Anderson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Bologna (after extra-time) that finished 0-0.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 21 latest league games shows that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Lazio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Centro Sportivo Lazio with 22 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Lazio have conceded only 12 goals.
Roma form and stats
6-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Roma in their Serie A matches away.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Real Sociedad in their previous outing. The Europa League battle ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Patrício got the top player rating of the team with 7.34/10. Patrício topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Sassuolo (after extra-time).Roma find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Roma have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Uncannily enough, Roma have scored at least one goal in every league match they've featured in since NOT scoring against today's hosts; the Roma - Lazio 0-1 match 14 game weeks ago. Lazio-Roma H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lazio four wins, Roma three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 9 goals |   P. Exequiel Dybala 9 goals |  M. Zaccagni 8 goals |
Lazio missing players
Roma missing players
| Lazio | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 41 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 35 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 65% |
| 42% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 54% | 38% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 35% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 46% |
| 58% | 46% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 12.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.9 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 33% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 12.7 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
- Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Roma 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 | Napoli | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 68 |
| 2 | Inter | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Lazio | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Milan | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 48 |
| 5 | Roma | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Juventus | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 38 |
| 8 | Torino | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Bologna | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Udinese | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Monza | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Empoli | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Spezia | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 24 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 26 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -27 | 12 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -30 | 12 |
