Juventus v Lazio Predictions & Betting Odds – 25th August 2018

Juventus to land win Ronaldo's home debut

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Juventus v Lazio Betting Preview – Serie A 25th August 7.30pm

Juventus managed to get a narrow win over Chievo on the board in the opening match of their title defence. It was far from being clear-cut and they only got their winner thanks to VAR. It was a high drama as they were under pressure all throughout. They are going to have to up their game as they welcome Lazio to Turin on the weekend. Lazio opened with a 1-2 home defeat against Napoli in what has not been an easy start to the season for them. Read our predictions for the Juventus v Lazio fixture.

Juventus v Lazio Betting Tips

Juve found themselves under more pressure last weekend that they were expected to be under. They ground out a 3-2 away win at Chievo but it wasn’t without drama. Cristiano Ronaldo thought he had won the game late on before his finish was ruled out by VAR. Moments later VAR was on the side of Juventus as they did get the ball in the back of the net for a dramatic winner from Federico Bernardeschi. So this is their home opener and the first time that the home fans of Juventus will get a look at Cristiano Ronaldo who is the 11/4 first goalscorer favourite* (Betting Odds were taken from August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.). The Portuguese superstar failed to strike on his debut with the Old Lady. Will he open his account?

So it was a nervy start, but they got their points did Juventus. It would naturally look like there is a high chance of goals in this one, but were are actually backing both teams not to score at 3/4 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.) because of the recent head to head between the clubs. Juventus will also be far more settled back on home soil. Juventus are undefeated in 36 of their last 38 league home games. They have produced at least two goals in seven of their last eight home matches and in the correct score market the shortest priced option is indeed a Juventus 2-0 result which is a decent option for Juventus v Lazio predictions. Juventus went W16 D1 L2 at home the last term taking a clean sheet in 63% of their games.

Lazio were an entertaining bunch last season and they returned a fantastic away record of W12 D4 L3. The trouble is they only won one of their six away games against the other top seven finishers in the league. That lone away win was at Juventus though. Lazio were just a free-scoring side last season largely thanks to Ciro Immobile who is a 2/1 anytime goalscorer option for this game* (Betting Odds were taken from August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.). They were far from being the most stable of defensive sides. Last weekend in their opener they couldn’t hold onto a lead that Immobile had given them at home against Napoli, ending up losing 2-1. Lazio collected a clean sheet in just 21% of their away games in Serie A last season.

Juventus v Lazio Head to Head

The league meetings between Juventus and Lazio last season threw out an away win for each, Lazio getting a 2-1 win in Turin. Lazio also triumphed over the Old Lady in an Italian Super Cup meeting. Those results were against the grain as Juventus were on a ten-match winning streak against Lazio in all competitions before last season. Both teams have scored in just two of the last ten meetings.

Juventus v Lazio Betting Odds*

Juventus 4/11
Draw 15/4
Lazio 15/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.)

Juventus v Lazio Predictions

The defence of Lazio is always going to leave them a bit vulnerable and because this is going to be a big occasion with Ronaldo’s home debut, we just have to back Juve to come through and land the win. We are going with the main trend for our Juventus v Lazio predictions and back the home side to win to nil.