Venezia vs Lazio - prediction, team news, lineups

Still unbeaten successful Serie A this season, Lazio volition look to widen their beardown commencement connected Saturday evening, erstwhile they sojourn Venezia astatine Stadio Penzo.

Despite spilling a two-goal pb past week, the Aquile tin alert to Venice with 10 points from a imaginable 12; meanwhile, their promoted hosts person yet to get disconnected the mark.

Match preview

It was a classical communicative of 2 halves for Lazio past weekend, arsenic they stormed into a commanding presumption astatine location to AC Milan earlier conceding doubly aft the break.

Gennaro Gattuso's broadside astatine slightest stemmed the tide and preserved a invaluable point, portion keeping their unbeaten league grounds intact.

Since being dumped retired of the Coppa Italia by Mantova connected Gattuso's dugout debut, the Biancocelesti person enactment unneurotic an awesome tally of results.

First, they bushed Bologna astatine Stadio Dall'Ara, past edged past some Genoa and Udinese mostly acknowledgment to Davide Frattesi goals.

Lazio's tally of 10 points from 4 games represents their joint-best commencement to immoderate play this period - they besides posted 10 astatine this signifier successful 2017-18.

Naturally, Gattuso volition purpose to proceed that tally this weekend, erstwhile his broadside sojourn 1 of Serie A's aboriginal strugglers.

Seven games and a 4th of a period person passed since Venezia's past league triumph implicit Lazio, summing up the size of their task.

Including that occurrence successful January 2000 - nether a comparatively youthful Luciano Spalletti - each six top-flight wins against the Biancocelesti person travel connected location turf astatine Stadio Penzo.

That was the venue for a chaotic clash with Fiorentina past clip out, erstwhile Giovanni Stroppa's broadside initially led done Akor Adams but ended up losing 4-2.

Following different show riddled with errors, Venezia person present conceded 11 goals successful Serie A - and a further 4 successful the cupful - with astir arriving wrong the last half-hour.

Crowned Serie B champions successful May, the Lagunari's top-flight instrumentality has produced nary points truthful far, and they look a pugnacious fixture database either broadside of the planetary break.

After Lazio sojourn Venice connected Saturday, Stroppa's squad indispensable conscionable Atalanta successful Bergamo and invited Napoli to the Penzo.

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Team News

Once again, Andrea Pinamonti and Tijjani Noslin volition vie to pb the visitors' attack, with either being supported by Mattia Zaccagni.

Lazio's skipper has laid connected assistance successful some of their past 2 matches, and helium volition diagnostic connected the near broadside of a beforehand three.

Gattuso is inactive missing Adam Marusic and Nicolo Rovella owed to injury, but Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is backmost successful afloat training, portion antiaircraft duo Patric and Danilo Doekhi whitethorn beryllium acceptable to return.

If available, the second brace would vie with Josip Sutalo and Diogo Leite to spouse Oliver Provstgaard astatine centre-back.

Meanwhile, Venezia are presently without a agelong database of players, including Marin Sverko, Bartol Franjic, Andrea Adorante and Armel Bella-Kotchap; the beingness of Toma Basic is successful immoderate doubt.

Club skipper Gianluca Busio has besides been ruled retired by a muscular wounded sustained successful the decision to Fiorentina, further deepening Stroppa's enactment woes.

Venezia imaginable starting lineup:

Stankovic; Schingtienne, Moreno, Jesus; Hainaut, Sohm, Helgason, Perez, Correia; Yeboah, Adams

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Mandas; Mussolini, Sutalo, Provstgaard, Tavares; Frattesi, Belahyane, Taylor; Cancellieri, Pinamonti, Zaccagni

We say: Venezia 1-3 Lazio 

Amid an ongoing instrumentality boycott and turmoil disconnected the pitch, Lazio look to person been agreed by Gattuso, who is acceptable to grounds different win.

With a leaky defence and respective injuries, Venezia volition surely endure decision erstwhile again, extending the hold for their archetypal constituent this season.  

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