Lazio vs Udinese - prediction, team news, lineups

After booking their spot successful the cupful last with a melodramatic shootout success, Lazio volition instrumentality to Serie A duty connected Monday, erstwhile they invited Udinese to Rome.

Reaching the Coppa Italia decider could rescue a sub-par season, but the visitors tin trim their shortage to 1 constituent by beating the Biancocelesti astatine Stadio Olimpico.

Match preview

Keeping themselves successful contention for an eighth nationalist cupful triumph, Lazio progressed to the Coppa Italia last connected Wednesday night, arsenic they overcame Atalanta connected penalties.

Alessio Romagnoli's precocious onslaught looked acceptable to seal a 3-2 aggregate triumph successful Bergamo, but La Dea instantly fought backmost and pushed the necktie into other time.

Lazio yet prevailed aft a punishment shootout that was littered with misses, booking a showdown with Inter Milan, arsenic reserve goalkeeper Edoardo Motta wrote his sanction into nine past by producing 4 saves.

Having antecedently eliminated past year's finalists - Bologna and AC Milan - they person taken a pugnacious way done to the final, which volition beryllium played connected location turf adjacent month, but archetypal they indispensable resume a little stellar league campaign.

Maurizio Sarri's men lone beryllium ninth successful Serie A and are astatine hazard of missing retired connected Europe for a 2nd consecutive year, meaning their champion way backmost into UEFA contention would beryllium claiming the Coppa Italia.

While inactive inconsistent, results person surely picked up, and they finally ended Napoli's agelong top-flight unbeaten streak astatine Stadio Maradona past week.

Indeed, Lazio person won 4 of their past six league matches - arsenic galore victories arsenic they managed crossed the erstwhile 17 - and Wednesday's cupful triumph volition person done wonders for assurance successful the camp.

Lying conscionable 4 points down their hosts successful mid-table, Udinese are improbable to consciousness immoderate fearfulness earlier making the agelong travel down to Rome.

A precocious Keinan Davis onslaught secured 1 constituent from this season's reverse fixture, which was played astatine the process extremity of past year, portion the Friulani are unbeaten successful 5 consecutive distant games against Lazio.

Furthermore, since the commencement of March, Kosta Runjaic's broadside person beaten some Fiorentina and AC Milan 3-0, successful summation to drafting with European contenders Atalanta and Como.

Udinese person besides conceded conscionable 1 extremity crossed their past 4 matches, albeit that lone onslaught outgo them a 1-0 location decision to Parma past clip out.

Intent connected bouncing consecutive backmost - and boosting their hopes of a top-half decorativeness - the Bianconeri present purpose to station 3 consecutive Serie A distant wins for the archetypal clip since 2022.

Lazio Serie A form:

W W W D L W

Lazio signifier (all competitions):

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Udinese Serie A form:

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Team News

Lazio indispensable bash without cardinal defender Mario Gila, who limped retired of Wednesday's cupful clash with an ankle injury, truthful Oliver Provstgaard should spouse Romagnoli astatine the back.

Right-back Adam Marusic is besides a doubt, portion playmaker Nicolo Rovella surely joins archetypal and 3rd prime goalkeepers Ivan Provedel and Alessio Furlanetto connected the sidelines again. 

With Daniel Maldini, Tijjani Noslin, Boulaye Dia and Petar Ratkov each struggling to capable the void near by West Ham United's Taty Castellanos, wide men Matteo Cancellieri and Gustav Isaksen are the hosts' joint-top scorers with a meagre 4 league goals truthful far.

By contrast, Davis - who made his Serie A debut against Lazio and scored a last-gasp leveller successful December's reverse fixture - has deed treble figures this season.

However, helium is not owed backmost from his latest wounded layoff until adjacent week; notably, Udinese lone mean 0.7 points and 0.5 goals per crippled without him, portion that rises to 1.4 and 1.3 respectively erstwhile the English striker starts.

Nicolo Zaniolo filled successful against Parma, but Adam Buksa, Vakoun Bayo and Idrissa Gueye are each disposable if Runjaic opts for a much accepted centre-forward astatine the Olimpico. 

Jordan Zemura and Nicolo Bertola are inactive injured, and the Bianconeri indispensable regenerate skipper Jesper Karlstrom, who volition service a one-match prohibition for accumulated bookings. 

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Motta; Lazzari, Romagnoli, Provstgaard, Tavares; Basic, Cataldi, Taylor; Isaksen, Noslin, Zaccagni

Udinese imaginable starting lineup:

Okoye; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet; Ehizibue, Piotrowski, Zarraga, Kamara; Ekkelenkamp, Atta; Zaniolo

We say: Lazio 1-1 Udinese 

Even though Lazio volition beryllium successful large spirits aft their past 2 results, Udinese are a pugnacious seed to ace and airs a existent menace connected the break.

So, arsenic some teams are coasting towards a mid-table finish, they whitethorn settee for a low-scoring draw.

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