Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Lazio host Torino

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

It's looking great for Lazio at this point, with the 6th position in the Serie A table and looking forward to facing Torino (who are in 11th).

Insights:
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
  • Torino have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Serie A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Lazio form and stats

Lazio are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Olimpico. 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. Lazio has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Olimpico, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Lazio, who won 4-1 against Genoa (placed 18th). Immobile was absolutely essential when Lazio beat Genoa 4-1, scoring three goals. The striker Immobile bested all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 9.65 out of 10. Immobile scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Lazio had a home game versus Sassuolo which ended with a victory 2-1.

Goals decide football matches and Lazio are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Torino form and stats

Torino have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-4-8 (15 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Torino goalkeeper Etrit Berisha is eager to challenge this, with his 256 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in Torino's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Milan (placed 1st). Bremer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Bremer won 9 of 17 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Salernitana with the score of 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Torino as they have only managed to score 8 times from 15 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders met earlier this season; Torino - Lazio 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lazio five wins, three draws and Torino two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. One of the profiles has been Immobile with 7 goals scored against Torino in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
24 goals
LazioS. Milinković-Savić
S. Milinković-Savić
9 goals
LazioP. Rodríguez Ledesma
P. Rodríguez Ledesma
8 goals

Lazio missing players

Torino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Torino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
16 9 3 Won W 0 3 10
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
9 2 0 Lost L 4 8 12
64 35 10 Scored S 1 8 35
47 19 5 Conceded C 5 14 30
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
91% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 40% 61%
78% 73% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 13% 39%
44% 47% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
19% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 60% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 48%
25% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
19% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 53% 32%
 
4.3 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.5 4.4
3.8 3.2 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.5
2.4 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.1 2.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 13.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.3 12.8
4.9 5.5 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.9
41% 42% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 16% 29%
 
12.1 10.5 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 10.8 10.6
3.5 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Torino have scored away.
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
  • Torino have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Serie A
  • Torino have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie A
  • Torino have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Serie A

  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 32 20 8 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 27 68
2 Inter 31 19 9 3 65 24 16 11 3 2 38 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 41 66
3 Napoli 32 20 6 6 58 26 16 9 2 5 27 14 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 66
4 Juventus 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 3 4 20 10 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 62
5 Roma 32 17 6 9 53 36 17 10 4 3 25 15 15 7 2 6 28 21 17 57
6 Lazio 32 16 7 9 64 47 15 9 4 2 35 19 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 55
7 Fiorentina 31 16 5 10 52 40 15 10 2 3 33 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 12 53
8 Atalanta 31 14 9 8 53 36 15 4 6 5 25 21 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 51
9 Sassuolo 32 12 10 10 58 52 16 6 5 5 25 24 16 6 5 5 33 28 6 46
10 Hellas Verona 32 12 9 11 56 49 16 9 2 5 32 20 16 3 7 6 24 29 7 45
11 Torino 31 10 9 12 35 30 16 7 5 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 39
12 Udinese 30 8 12 10 43 48 15 5 7 3 24 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -5 36
13 Bologna 30 9 7 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -12 34
14 Empoli 32 8 10 14 41 56 16 3 4 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 34
15 Spezia 32 9 6 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 17 4 3 10 16 37 -22 33
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 32 5 10 17 30 61 16 2 6 8 17 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -31 25
18 Genoa 32 2 16 14 24 52 16 1 8 7 11 23 16 1 8 7 13 29 -28 22
19 Venezia 31 5 7 19 26 57 16 2 4 10 16 32 15 3 3 9 10 25 -31 22
20 Salernitana 30 3 7 20 23 68 15 1 5 9 12 32 15 2 2 11 11 36 -45 16

Lazio:
Torino:
Table
  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 32 20 8 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 27 68
2 Inter 31 19 9 3 65 24 16 11 3 2 38 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 41 66
3 Napoli 32 20 6 6 58 26 16 9 2 5 27 14 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 66
4 Juventus 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 3 4 20 10 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 62
5 Roma 32 17 6 9 53 36 17 10 4 3 25 15 15 7 2 6 28 21 17 57
6 Lazio 32 16 7 9 64 47 15 9 4 2 35 19 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 55
7 Fiorentina 31 16 5 10 52 40 15 10 2 3 33 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 12 53
8 Atalanta 31 14 9 8 53 36 15 4 6 5 25 21 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 51
9 Sassuolo 32 12 10 10 58 52 16 6 5 5 25 24 16 6 5 5 33 28 6 46
10 Hellas Verona 32 12 9 11 56 49 16 9 2 5 32 20 16 3 7 6 24 29 7 45
11 Torino 31 10 9 12 35 30 16 7 5 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 39
12 Udinese 30 8 12 10 43 48 15 5 7 3 24 22 15 3 5 7 19 26 -5 36
13 Bologna 30 9 7 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -12 34
14 Empoli 32 8 10 14 41 56 16 3 4 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 34
15 Spezia 32 9 6 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 17 4 3 10 16 37 -22 33
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 32 5 10 17 30 61 16 2 6 8 17 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -31 25
18 Genoa 32 2 16 14 24 52 16 1 8 7 11 23 16 1 8 7 13 29 -28 22
19 Venezia 31 5 7 19 26 57 16 2 4 10 16 32 15 3 3 9 10 25 -31 22
20 Salernitana 30 3 7 20 23 68 15 1 5 9 12 32 15 2 2 11 11 36 -45 16

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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.