Juventus v Lazio: Serie A Match-day 15
Serie A action on Sunday as Juve and Lazio meet at the Allianz Stadium – 8:45pm GMT.
Both Juve and Lazio currently share Champion’s League qualification hopes, as they sit fourth and second in the Serie A, respectively.
Juventus’ Serie A season, has so far seen them gain 28 points, going into this game
It was a humbling defeat at the hands of Hellas Verona for Massimiliano Allegri’s men in their last match, they will be hoping to get something out of this game for sure.
Also, that’s a run of five wins for Juve and they are looking worthy of the aspiration to qualify for Champion’s League football. With 28 points, they currently sit fourth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 8 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws having won eight meetings, drawn four matches, and lost two games.
When Juve host Lazio, they will do so on the back of five wins and two darts on their own ground.
Winning this fixture will see Juventus on 31 points.
Good atacking and defensive team
Juve’s defence has been rock solid so far, only conceding seven goals in their previous games. Juve will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (21). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Dusan Vlahovic (6), Arkadiusz Milik (3), and Adrien Rabiot (3).
Juve are likely to be missing eight of their key players when they start Sunday’s game, due to injury and illness.
It’s 30 points so far for Lazio this season, going into this fixture
AC Monza were beaten 1-0 at Stadio Olimpico, the last time that Lazio played.
Also, Lazio keep finding ways to win, having secured seven victories in their last nine games is astonishing this season, a form has placed them in clear contention for Champion’s League qualification. Now they have 9 matches won, 2 games lost and 3 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in second place, with a total of 30 points having won nine fixtures, drawn three matches, and lost two meetings.
Playing away from home, Lazio have won four games and drawn two fixtures.
A win in this fixture would take Lazio’s points to 33 in the League.
Good atacking and defensive team
Lazio have a solid defence, with only eight goals conceded in their previous fixtures. This has been a good season so far for Lazio, in terms of goals scored (26). Their stand out attacking players have been Ciro Immobile (6), Mattia Zaccagni (5), and Felipe Anderson (3).
Lazio’s squad will likely be depleted of two of their key players when they start on Sunday, due to injury or illness.
Juventus v Lazio – Head-to-Head.
Regarding their historical duels Juve and Lazio have faced each other 69 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Juve’s favour (37 – 17). In addition, seven of the previous 12 games between Juve and Lazio have resulted in a Juve win. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was May 2022 and the score line ended up with a 2-2 draw.
Performance Report
For Juve, Dusan Vlahovic contributed withsix goals in 14 League matches this campaign, while Ciro Immobile is one of the top performing players after having scoredsix goals in 14 League fixtures this season for Lazio.
Other players of note for Juve are Arkadiusz Milik and Adrien Rabiot with three goals and three goals respectively and for Lazio are Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni with six goals each.
