Lazio vs Monza - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking a 5th triumph from six league matches, Lazio volition invited Serie A strugglers Monza to Rome connected Sunday afternoon.

While the high-flying hosts are inactive unbeaten, their visitors yet claimed triumph conscionable earlier planetary shot intervened.

Match preview

Since being dumped retired of the Coppa Italia by Mantova connected Gennaro Gattuso's dugout debut, Lazio person enactment unneurotic an awesome tally of league results, taking them into contention for apical spot.

First, they bushed Bologna, earlier edging past some Genoa and Udinese, past they spilled a two-goal pb to gully 2-2 astatine location to AC Milan.

Just earlier the break, Gattuso's broadside struck doubly successful the 2nd fractional to decision rock-bottom Venezia, leaving them level with reigning champions Inter Milan and arch-rivals Roma connected 13 points.

A coagulated defence has been the ground for specified a beardown start, arsenic Lazio person kept 3 cleanable sheets successful 5 games and lone Cagliari person conceded less goals.

Now, the Biancocelesti volition purpose to acceptable a caller nine grounds by winning 5 of their archetypal six top-flight fixtures - thing the superior nine has ne'er antecedently achieved.

History volition beryllium connected the hosts' side, arsenic Monza person yet to bushed Lazio successful a Serie A contest, losing 4 retired of six truthful far. 

Indeed, their past clash with the Biancocelesti astatine Stadio Olimpico saw them endure a 5-1 mauling, soon earlier they were demoted from Italy's apical tier.

Monza bounced consecutive backmost by winning the Serie B playoffs past season, but beside coming done 2 cupful ties, they person struggled to physique connected that momentum.

After appointing Ivan Juric arsenic their caller boss, the Brianzoli leaked tons of goals and took conscionable 1 constituent from their archetypal 4 fixtures, leaving them stuck wrong the driblet zone.

So, Juric surely breathed a large suspiration of alleviation erstwhile his squad bushed Sassuolo past clip out, arsenic summertime signing Gustavo Varela scored his 3rd and 4th Serie A goals.

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Team News

Lazio played low-key friendlies against Arezzo and Juve Stabia during the break, but Gattuso volition beryllium capable to sanction a much acquainted lineup this weekend.

Although Albert Gudmundsson returned from Iceland work with a dislocated shoulder, the hosts' different planetary players should each beryllium available.

That database includes Davide Frattesi - who has already scored 3 times for his caller nine and impressed for Italy successful the UEFA Nations League - and Croatia defender Josip Sutalo.

Matteo Cancellieri could beryllium backmost connected the seat aft resuming afloat training, but Adam Marusic is acceptable to articulation Gudmundsson, Danilo Cataldi and Nicolo Rovella connected the sidelines.

While Andrea Pinamonti and Tijjani Noslin indispensable vie to pb Lazio's beforehand line, Varela volition surely spearhead Monza's. The second missed 1 crippled done wounded but inactive has 4 goals truthful far, making him invaluable to the visitors.

Monza are inactive missing injured skipper Matteo Pessina and Roma loanee Jan Ziolkowski, but wing-backs Idrissa Toure and Patrick Ciurria are overmuch person to returning.

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Mandas; Floriani Mussolini, Sutalo, Provstgaard, Tavares; Frattesi, Belahyane, Taylor; Isaksen, Noslin, Zaccagni

Monza imaginable starting lineup:

Tornqvist; Kouadio, Lucchesi, Carboni; Birindelli, Akinsanmiro, Folorunsho, Mangas; Colpani, Robinson; Varela

We say: Lazio 2-0 Monza 

Monza person conceded 8 goals crossed 3 distant games since returning to Serie A, and that bodes sick for a travel to in-form Lazio.

The location broadside are looking crisp nether Gattuso, who intelligibly has a constituent to beryllium aft immoderate high-profile failures.

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