The games are coming thick and fast ahead in Serie A and these Monday’s Lazio vs. Fiorentinapredictions round off match day ten. Both sides will have played three matches in under ten days in a big test for squad depth and fitness.
1 – A draw at full-time – 5/2
2 – Under 2.5 goals scored – 7/8
3 – Both teams not to score – 6/5
4 – Nicolas Gonzalez to score anytime– 13/5
5 – Fiorentina to win – 5/2
Just four points separate the two sides, as Lazio prepare to welcome Fiorentina to the Stadio Olimpico on Monday night. The Aquile have won their last two Serie A fixtures in convincing fashion and will be keen to get back to league football after a poor result in the Champions League against Feyenoord.
La Viola will also have a point to prove, as they tasted only their second defeat of the season last weekend. Even more worryingly for Fiorentina, the loss came against Empoli, who until the trip to the Stadio Artemio Franchi had scored just one goal in eight league games. Moreover, Vincenzo Italiano’s side drew a blank for only the second time, despite a strong attacking line-up.
The visitors will be hoping that they can prove that the result was no more than a blip but will have a tough ask in their match against Lazio. The last encounter between the teams ended in a 1-1 draw and we can envision a similar result on Monday night.
Further enforcing the likelihood of the points being shared is the fatigue that both teams may well be suffering. Maurizio Sarri has come out on a number of occasions this season to protest at the hectic fixture list, while La Viola have one fewer day to prepare and a heavy injury list to contend with.
Often in circumstances such as these, even matches that are as full of quality can end up as a damp squib. As a result, we predict a low-scoring game at the Stadio Olimpico, with rotated starting XIs and heavy legs leading to defences dominating and under 2.5 goals scored.
Matches between the two teams tend to be quite one-sided and other than last season’s draw, only one team has scored in five successive meetings between the two. This could well be the case yet again on Monday, with a single goal potentially deciding proceedings.
If any player is to break the deadlock it could be Fiorentina’s Nicolas Gonzalez. The winger is joint third in the Serie A capocannoniere race, with five goals scored, and is in the rare position of having outscored Lazio captain Ciro Immobile at this stage of the season.
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Lazio (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari, Casale, Romagnoli, Marusic; Vecino, Rovella, Alberto; Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni
Fiorentina (3-4-3): Terracciano; Kayode, Martinez, Milenkovic, Ranieri; Arthur, Duncan; Gonzalez, Bonaventura, Sottil; Kouame
Maurizio Sarri is not one to overreact following Lazio’s poor Champions League showing and is likely to stick with a similar starting XI. Manuel Lazzarri may be handed a start, with Matteo Guendouzi also potentially making an appearance.
With a Thursday night fixture to contend with, Vincenzo Italiano may look to rotate his XI. This could see Christian Kouame, Rolando Mandragora and Luca Ranieri all handed starts. Cristiano Biraghi remains sidelined through injury though, joining Gaetano Castrovilli, Yerry Mina and Dodo as absentees.
