Lazio will not await any pleasantries from their host Roma in this Serie A game. Here's our complete preview!
- Roma have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Serie A
- Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
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 located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
These are active days for the hosts, as they played only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vitesse, was also a home game here at Stadio Olimpico. The away team is better rested.
Roma form and stats
Roma have collected 28 points from their Serie A home games so far after 8-4-3.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw versus Vitesse in the Europa Conference League last time out and are looking for a victory here. Midfield player Mkhitaryan got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Mkhitaryan hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, Roma played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Udinese.This is expected to be a close game, with Roma perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Roma as a small favourite), we find four games. Roma has won one of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Roma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Roma are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Lazio form and stats
Playing away, Lazio have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Serie A this season.
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. Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Immobile scored in Lazio's previous match, the home game against Venezia that ended 1-0. Defender Felipe was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Felipe won 7 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Cagliari with the score of 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lazio playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Lazio win, three draws and two defeats.
Lazio has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. Lazio's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met before this season: Lazio - Roma 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Roma wins - draws - Lazio wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 21 goals |   K. Bakumo-Abraham 13 goals |  S. Milinković-Savić 8 goals |
Roma missing players
Lazio missing players
| Roma | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 47 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 58 |
| 35 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | 42 |
| 93% | 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 69% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 52% | 40% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | 76% |
| 38% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 21% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 7% | 17% |
| 52% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 59% |
| 38% | 53% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | 28% |
| 17% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16.4 | 14.9 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.5 | 11.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 29% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 41% |
| 10.7 | 11.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- All of Lazio's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie A
- Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Roma have the most clean sheets (8) at home 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 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Napoli | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 30 | 60 |
| 3 | Inter | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 38 | 59 |
| 4 | Juventus | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Lazio | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 49 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 48 |
| 7 | Roma | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 48 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 41 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 40 |
| 11 | Torino | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 12 | Bologna | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | Empoli | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -14 | 32 |
| 14 | Udinese | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Spezia | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -20 | 29 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 25 |
| 18 | Venezia | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -27 | 22 |
| 19 | Genoa | 29 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 32 | -41 | 16 |
