Lazio v Roma Betting Preview – Serie A 15th April 7.45pm
Sunday’s football action will be heated up by the Rome derby. There is nothing to choose between the two great rivals as they are sat level on 60 points inside the top four with Lazio edging things on goal difference. Roma caused waves in Europe in midweek by knocking Barcelona out of the Champions League after a huge comeback. This is their chance to make a bold statement back on the home front as well.
Lazio v Roma Betting Tips
Lazio have produced some decent enough form lately. After a three-match losing streak that they were on they have bounced back to go W3 D2 L1 in their last six games the defeat in that sequence was against Juventus. Their home record this season in Serie A stands at W8 D3 L4 and they are W2 D1 L1 in their last four there. They have found the going easy in terms of scoring goals this season having fired off 38 goals in their 15 home games at an average of about 2.5 goals per game. That’s a fantastic return and responsible for most of those has been Ciro Immobile who has had a stunning season. He has netted a 27 goals haul and eleven of those have been at home. Immobile is the bet365 anytime goalscorer favourite at 5/6 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 4:06 p.m. on April 11th, 2018). They have scored more goals this season than anyone else in the league and that will make them a threat. In the bet365 correct score market a Lazio 2-1 option is at 9/1 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 4:06 p.m. on April 11th, 2018). The suffered a disappointment on Thursday night in teh Europa League, as RB Salzburg fought back from 4-2 down in the first leg to beat them 6-5 on aggregate.
Roma will be going into this off the back of that epic Champions League comeback against Barcelona in midweek. That was some performance from them, but they put in an exhausting shift. They are without a win in their last two league home games, drawing against Bologna and then losing against Fiorentina last weekend. Roma are W9 D5 L1 for the season, on the road their only away loss being against Juventus back just before Christmas. They can’t match Lazio in terms of firepower, but their defence more than makes up for it. They have conceded just the nine goals in their 15 away games this season and that’s a clean sheet in 53% of their fixtures. They have found the back of the net still in each of their last seven road games (undefeated in that sequence) and both teams to score is at 8/15 odds with bet365* (Betting Odds taken at 4:06 p.m. on April 11th, 2018). Roma have scored in 87% of their road games this season and Edin Dzeko is their top scorer away from home this term with seven goals.
Lazio v Roma Head to Head
Roma came out on top 2-1 earlier in the season when they met and they have been up in the recent head to head. Roma are W4 L1 in their last five Serie A fixtures against Lazio now. They have won their last three league matches at Lazio but did lose a Coppa Italia fixture in their last visit there back in March last year. Lazio will be looking to snap a four-match winless streak at home in the Rome derby (D3 L1). Both teams have scored in five of the last seven Italian top-flight meetings.
Lazio v Roma Betting Odds*
Roma 6/4, Lazio 7/4, Draw 23/10* (Betting Odds taken at 4:06 p.m. on April 11th, 2018)
Lazio v Roma Predictions
That was some shift that Roma put in on Tuesday night to get the better of Barcelona. It may just work against them in this one and Lazio have superior firepower to them and that could get them over the line. Home win, but back both teams to score.
