Lazio travel to Fiorentina for a Monday night Serie A fixture as they look to maintain their fine form this season. La Viola have not been at their best so far and should find things difficult against the capital club, who are brimming with confidence at the moment.
Fiorentina appear to be finding it difficult balancing their domestic and European campaigns this season. They have claimed just two wins in Serie A so far and are sitting just outside the top 10 on the table.
La Viola have lost two of their last three Serie A matches and were beaten 1-0 by Atalanta in their previous fixture. Vincenzo Italiano’s men gave a swift reaction in midweek, claiming a 3-0 victory over Scottish side Hearts in the Europa Conference League.
Despite their struggles this season, Fiorentina have remained unbeaten across all competitions at home. They earned a 2-0 victory over Verona in their previous home fixture, although that result ended a run a three straight draws in front of their fans.
Lazio are having a solid campaign that appears to have gone slightly under the radar so far. They have capitalised on Juventus and Inter Milan’s struggles and are currently fourth, just three points behind the frontrunners.
Manager Maurizio Sarri appears to have learned from last season’s struggles as Lazio looking a bit more consistent this term. They have only lost once this session and head to Fiorentina off the back of a 4-0 victory over Spezia with Sergei Milinkovic-Savic netting a brace.
Lazio have also maintained a decent record on their travels and are yet to taste defeat on the road in Serie A this season. Their last away fixture was a 4-0 victory at Cremonese with Ciro Immobile netting a brace.
How the bookies view it
Fiorentina have the edge among the bookies and are priced at 14/9 by SBK to claim the win. SBK is also offering odds of 23/12 for a Lazio victory while a draw is set at odds of 5/2 by bet365.
Recent head to head
Lazio have won five of the last six matches against Fiorentina and did the double over La Viola last season. The capital club earned a 3-0 victory on their last visit to the Stadio Artemio Franchi with Immobile and Milinkovic-Savic among the goals.
Players to watch
Fiorentina have spread their goals across the team, but Luka Jovic often features in attack and could be worth keeping an eye on. The striker was on target in Thursday’s Conference League win over Hearts and is priced at 23/10 by William Hill to find the net on Sunday.
As always Ciro Immobile will be the one to watch for Lazio having scored five goals in eight Serie A matches. The striker was on target on his last visit to Fiorentina and could be backed to get on the score sheet on Sunday at 17/10 with Betfred.
Anything else catch the eye?
Fiorentina and Lazio have plenty of attacking quality and both teams could be backed to score at 13/18 with SBK. Over 2.5 goals is valued at 10/11 by bet365 while BetVictor is offering odds of 23/10 for over 3.5 goals.
Lazio have opened the scoring in their last five matches across all competitions and could be backed to score the first goal at 23/20 with Coral.
This Serie A match between Fiorentina and Lazio will be played on Oct 10, 2022 and kick off at 19:45. Check below for our tipsters best Fiorentina vs Lazio prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
