Roma vs Lazio - prediction, team news, lineups

Still vying for a spot successful adjacent season's Champions League, Roma indispensable conscionable metropolis rivals Lazio successful Sunday's Derby della Capitale.

Only 3 points abstracted 4 contenders successful Serie A's choky top-four fight, and Roma beryllium 5th up of the penultimate matchday; however, the Biancocelesti request nary information to bushed their fiercest foes astatine Stadio Olimpico.

Match preview

Renewing a bitter rivalry that began backmost successful 1929, Italy's superior clubs volition convene for different Rome derby this weekend, with the nominal 'home' broadside inactive chasing Champions League football.

Three points down Napoli, 1 shy of Juventus and level with fourth-placed AC Milan, Roma truly request to triumph their 2 remaining games to decorativeness wrong the apical 4 - peculiarly arsenic Milan person a amended head-to-head record.

Goal quality is not the archetypal deciding origin successful Serie A, truthful if 2 oregon much teams decorativeness connected adjacent points, they are divided by results successful the meetings betwixt them.

With each clubs progressive - including sixth-placed Como - having to play astatine the aforesaid time, acquainted fixture chaos ensued until midweek, erstwhile it was yet confirmed that the derby would instrumentality spot astatine precocious noon connected Sunday.

Before wrapping up their run by visiting Verona adjacent week, Roma volition question a 4th consecutive win, following past week's arguable triumph successful Parma.

Only 2 goals successful second-half stoppage clip - including Donyell Malen's highly debatable punishment - kept the Giallorossi successful contention for a coveted spot astatine Europe's apical table.

Fuelled by Malen's objective finishing and clever nexus play, they person present scored successful their past 13 league matches, averaging much than 2 goals per crippled during that period.

Unbeaten successful their past 11 astatine location - portion keeping 7 cleanable sheets - Roma person besides held an borderline implicit their 'Eternal City' rivals successful caller seasons.

The Giallorossi person won 3 of the past 4 meetings with Lazio crossed each competitions - arsenic galore wins arsenic they had produced from the erstwhile 13 - portion conceding conscionable 1 extremity successful the process.

So, aft a 1-0 triumph successful this term's reverse fixture, Gian Piero Gasperini is good acceptable to go lone the seventh Roma manager to triumph his archetypal 2 top-flight derbies.

By opposition with their aged foes, Lazio's league run has been a large disappointment, and they could yet gaffe extracurricular the apical fractional of Serie A, with Udinese and Sassuolo sitting conscionable beneath them.

No longer capable to suffice for Europe - meaning they volition miss retired for a 2nd consecutive play - the Biancocelesti's past disposable way was by claiming the Coppa Italia. 

However, days aft being beaten 3-0 by the aforesaid opponents successful Serie A, Maurizio Sarri's broadside suffered a akin destiny successful Wednesday's cupful final, tamely losing 2-0 to treble winners Inter Milan.

Making errors for some goals - and hardly laying a mitt connected Inter - Lazio were forced to ticker connected arsenic the caller Italian champions celebrated triumph astatine Stadio Olimpico. 

Despite ongoing unrest wrong the nine and successful the stands, Sarri's broadside person incrementally improved since wintertime turned to spring, but they volition spell into the derby with assurance astatine a debased ebb.

Having failed to people successful 16 league matches this play - the club's worst specified grounds since 1989 - they indispensable present effort to breach Roma's defence, oregon hazard the wrath of their frustrated fanbase.

Roma Serie A form:

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Team News

Roma are inactive missing Evan Ferguson and Bryan Zaragoza - and Stephan El Shaarawy mightiness besides beryllium sidelined by an adductor occupation - but Lorenzo Pellegrini and Artem Dovbyk person some resumed afloat grooming and could marque the bench. 

Once again, Paulo Dybala, Matias Soule and Niccolo Pisilli volition each vie to enactment Malen successful the Giallorossi's beforehand line: since arriving midway done the season, the second has scored 13 times successful conscionable 16 Serie A appearances.

Meanwhile, no-one has netted much than 5 league goals for Lazio, with Gustav Isaksen starring the way.

Facing his last derby, ex-Roma antheral Pedro - who bravely crossed the disagreement successful 2021 - has scored 4 truthful far, and the seasoned winger has a estimation for notching important precocious goals.

Sarri has cycled done assorted replacements for Taty Castellanos, who near the Biancocelesti backmost successful January, truthful Tijjani Noslin, Daniel Maldini, Boulaye Dia oregon adjacent Petar Ratkov could diagnostic up front.

While determination are doubts astir the fittingness of Patric and skipper Mattia Zaccagni, lone goalkeeper Ivan Provedel has been ruled retired by injury, but cardinal defender Alessio Romagnoli indispensable service a prohibition for past week's dismissal against Inter.

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante, Kone, Wesley; Soule, Dybala; Malen

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Motta; Marusic, Gila, Provstgaard, Pellegrini; Basic, Rovella, Taylor; Isaksen, Noslin, Zaccagni

We say: Roma 2-1 Lazio

With momentum connected their side, Roma volition triumph the 164th Derby della Capitale to beryllium played successful Italy's apical flight, thereby doing the league treble implicit Lazio.

The Biancocelesti are inactive recovering from their dismal decision successful the Coppa Italia final, portion their Giallorossi rivals are intent connected claiming Champions League qualification.

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