Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Lazio welcomes Torino

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Tue 02.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Lazio supporters in this Stadio Olimpico clash with Torino, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Serie A table.

Insights:
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torino have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A

The hosts Lazio saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bologna.

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Lazio form and stats

7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Lazio have to build on here at Stadio Olimpico in the Serie A. After failing to beat Hellas Verona here at Stadio Olimpico, Lazio has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

In their previous game, the manager S. Inzaghi led his Lazio to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Bologna. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Olimpico. Preceding that match was a Champions League defeat to Bayern München (1-4).

The penalty miss from Ciro Immobile in the defeat against Bologna was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lazio as they are travelling to their away game against Juventus in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

The Lazio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Lazio have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Torino form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

The Torino goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 249 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two travels in a row for Torino, whose manager D. Nicola could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Cagliari. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Genoa.

The travelling fans enjoy Torino's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. As for defending, Torino rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Torino - Lazio 3-4. Lazio-Torino H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lazio five wins, Torino two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
14 goals
TorinoA. Belotti
A. Belotti
11 goals
LazioL. Romero Alconchel
L. Romero Alconchel
7 goals

Lazio missing players

Torino missing players

Lazio Torino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 5 12 23
13 7 2 Won W 0 3 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 11
7 3 0 Lost L 4 5 9
38 18 3 Scored S 7 19 33
32 14 1 Conceded C 14 22 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
92% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 78%
54% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 57%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 42% 43%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 30%
62% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 70%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.3 12 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.9 11.5
5 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.2 4
32% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 37% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • 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.
  • Torino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torino have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
  • Torino 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 23 16 5 2 57 24 11 9 1 1 32 14 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 53
2 Milan 23 15 4 4 45 28 12 6 3 3 24 18 11 9 1 1 21 10 17 49
3 Juventus 22 13 6 3 44 19 11 8 2 1 23 8 11 5 4 2 21 11 25 45
4 Roma 23 13 5 5 47 35 12 9 3 0 31 13 11 4 2 5 16 22 12 44
5 Atalanta 23 12 7 4 53 31 12 6 3 3 30 18 11 6 4 1 23 13 22 43
6 Lazio 24 13 4 7 38 32 12 7 2 3 18 14 12 6 2 4 20 18 6 43
7 Napoli 22 13 1 8 47 25 11 7 1 3 28 10 11 6 0 5 19 15 22 40
8 Sassuolo 23 9 8 6 37 34 11 3 5 3 15 15 12 6 3 3 22 19 3 35
9 Hellas Verona 23 9 7 7 30 26 11 6 2 3 17 11 12 3 5 4 13 15 4 34
10 Sampdoria 23 9 3 11 33 34 11 5 1 5 19 17 12 4 2 6 14 17 -1 30
11 Bologna 24 7 7 10 32 37 12 5 3 4 21 20 12 2 4 6 11 17 -5 28
12 Genoa 23 6 8 9 26 33 12 4 3 5 18 19 11 2 5 4 8 14 -7 26
13 Udinese 23 6 7 10 25 33 11 3 3 5 9 12 12 3 4 5 16 21 -8 25
14 Fiorentina 23 6 7 10 25 35 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 1 3 7 11 24 -10 25
15 Spezia 24 6 7 11 32 43 12 2 4 6 14 21 12 4 3 5 18 22 -11 25
16 Benevento 23 6 7 10 25 42 12 2 5 5 12 21 11 4 2 5 13 21 -17 25
17 Torino 23 3 11 9 33 41 11 0 7 4 14 19 12 3 4 5 19 22 -8 20
18 Cagliari 23 3 6 14 24 41 12 2 3 7 13 21 11 1 3 7 11 20 -17 15
19 Parma 24 2 9 13 19 47 12 1 5 6 5 20 12 1 4 7 14 27 -28 15
20 Crotone 23 3 3 17 23 55 11 3 1 7 14 22 12 0 2 10 9 33 -32 12

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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.