Capital city club SS Lazio (12-5-4, 40 points) will look to go back to their winning form as they face reeling side AC Chievo Verona (7-10-4, 25 points) at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, Jan. 28 to commence round 22 of the 2016-2017 Serie A season.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Lazio has won four of their last six outings to stay in the fourth spot of the Italian top flight table. They currently hold a Europa League qualifying berth for next season but are only four points behind third-running team Napoli for the final Champions League slot also for the next term.
In their most recent fixture last Sunday, I Biancocelesti was blanked by defending champions and current league leaders Juventus on the road at the Juventus Stadium to snap a two-game winning run, as per Goal.
Juventus forwards Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuaín scored two quick goals, in the fifth and 16th minutes, to dispirit head coach Simone Inzaghi's boys early on in the match. It was a second shutout loss for Lazio in their last four games.
Meanwhile, Chievo is on a downward spiral at the moment with four consecutive defeats after winning their two previous matches. As a result, the team dropped to the 13th spot of the 20-team standings, 15 points above the bottom three relegation zone but a long 14 points behind fifth-place team Inter Milan and the final Europa League berth.
The Gialloblu is coming off a 0-3 demolition in the hands of middling squad Fiorentina at their own home ground of Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Stadium last Saturday, Football Italia reported.
Fiorentina also started early, scoring the opening goal in the 18th minute with a left-footer from midfielder Cristian Tello. Viola added two more in the second half with goals by Khouma Babacar and Federico Chiesa in the 52nd and 90th+4 minutes to hand head coach Rolando Maran's side their 10th loss of the season.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-1 bounce back win by Lazio.
Lazio starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Marchetti; Radu, Wallace, de Vrij, Patric; Milinkovic-Savic, Parolo, Biglia; Anderson, Lombardi, Immobile
Chievo starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Sorrentino; Gobbi, Cesar, Cacciatore, Dainelli; Birsa, Bastien, Castro; de Guzman; Meggiorini, Pellissier