Juventus vs Lazio – Serie A – Preview

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Sreya

Juventus hosts Lazio at Turin on 20th April, Wednesday as the ‘Old Lady’ of Italian football chase their fifth consecutive Scudetto. It is Juventus’ thirty-fourth Serie A fixture of the season and Massimilano Allegri’s side has shown no signs of slowing down in their hunt for the Championship.

Juventus are the league leaders with seventy nine points from their twenty five wins, nine points ahead of the second-placed Napoli. Juventus dispatched Palermo in a 4-0 victory in their last game while Lazio won 2-0 against Empoli. Lazio are on the eighth position with forty eight points courtesy their thirteen wins.

Team News

Claudio Marchisio has been ruled out of the season with a knee injury and joins Martin Cacares, Giorgio Chiellini, Roberto Pereyra and Nato on the sidelines. Alvaro Morata is suspended.

Lazio have their own numerous injury concerns with Stefan de Vrij, Stefan Radu, Stefano Mauri, Abdoulay Konko, Ricardo Kishna, Edson Braafheid and Etrit Berisha absent due to injuries.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Daniel Rugani, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli, Stephan Lichsteiner, Sami Khedira, Hernanes, Paul Pogba, Alex Sandro, Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala.

Lazio Possible Starting Lineup: Federico Marchetti, Patric, Milan Bisevac, Santiago Gentiletti, Senad Lulic, Marco Parolo, Lucas Biglia, Ogenyi Onazi, Antonio Candreva, Miroslav Klose, Keita.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, Juventus have won the last six meetings between these two clubs. In fact, Juventus are undefeated in their last eleven home matches against Lazio in all competitions.

While Juventus have won their last thirteen home matches in the Serie A this season, Lazio are undefeated in their previous nine away games. Although it should be a closely contested affair, Juventus are likely to win with a scoreline of 2-1.