Lazio are forced to completely reshuffle their defence and will be fatigued from the Europa League as they visit attack-minded Hellas Verona.

Maurizio Sarri is winning some big Serie A games against Roma and Inter, but consistency is a real issue, especially here with both Francesco Acerbi and Luiz Felipe suspended. Luis Alberto could also be dropped for the third game in a row, after the coach said he cannot play alongside Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

Verona are smarting after fumbling a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 against Milan at San Siro last week. Giovanni Simeone and Nikola Kalinic are battling for the starting spot as centre-forward, supported by Gianluca Caprari and Antonin Barak.

Form Guide: Verona (L W D D W) Lazio (W L W D D)

Stat fact: Lazio could fail to keep a clean sheet in their first nine Serie A games for the first time since 1954-55.

Probable line-ups

Verona (3-4-2-1): Montipò; Ceccherini, Gunter, Casale; Faraoni, Tameze, Veloso, Lazovic; Barak, Caprari; Simeone

Suspended: None

Injured: Dawidowicz, Frabotta

On a yellow card: None

Lazio (4-3-3): Reina; Marusic, Patric, Radu, Hysaj; Milinkovic-Savic, Leiva, Basic; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Pedro

Suspended: Acerbi, Luiz Felipe

Injured: Adekanye

On a yellow card: None

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