This weekend, we are expecting three derbies in the 27th round of Italian Serie A and the first of them brings us the third Lazio and second Juventus, which currently have 13 points advantage. In addition, the “Old Lady” has last week won placement in Coppa Italia finals, while Lazio was eliminated from Milan after the penalty. However, this is why the Romans celebrated twice over Juventus last year, first in the Super Cup with 3-2 and then with 2-1 in the championship.
In this way, Lazio has n in the best possible way revenged to Juventus for the previous series of 10 defeats in their mutual duels, with the proviso that they last time lost against them at the end of last season in Coppa Italia finals. However, obviously their coach Inzaghi has found the recipe for this team in the meantime, so in this Saturday's duel, we certainly expect that they will in a similar way try to surprise the most talented Italian team.
However, the atmosphere in the team of Lazio was slightly disturbed after the elimination from Coppa Italia by Milan, in the way that both of their matches ended without a goal and the penalties decided about the placement in the finals. Before that, the Romans had three victories in a row, one in Europa League, where they qualified for the round of sixteen and the two in the championship, which have also brought them a breakthrough in third place on the table. We should also add that Caceres will miss this Saturday's match because of the injury, as well as the suspended defender Marusic.
Probable lineups Lazio Rome: Strakosha – Wallace, de Vrij, Radu – Basta, Parolo, Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic, Lulic – Luis Alberto – Immobile
As for the current Italian champions, they are coming to this difficult hosting against Lazio after a routine placement in Coppa Italia finals, because they celebrated in both semi-final matches with Atalanta with 1-0. However, it is much more important to point out that coach Allegri’s players made nine wins in the championship, so that they are still in the game for Scudetto, given that they at this moment have one game less, and four points behind the leading Napoli.
On the other hand, they are expecting an extremely difficult performance against Tottenham in the Champions League next week, against which they have only played 2-2 in the first match of the round of sixteen, so they now have to look for victory in London. But before that they will certainly try to win all three points against Lazio in the championship, which defender de Sciglio will have to miss due to injury, as well as strikers Cuadrado and Bernardeschi.
Probable lineups Juventus: Buffon – Lichtsteiner, Rugani, Chiellini, Asamoah – Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi – Douglas Costa, Higuain, Mandzukic
Even though the Romans have already mastered them twice this year, the current Italian champions are certainly entering this match as favourites, but in the end we have decided for a type with a small number of goals, given that both teams are tired of the Cup, while the “Old Lady” also has a match in the Champions League next week.