Lazio – Palermo Serie A : 23rd April 2017

Banned at the podium

Lazio ranks fourth in the Serie A standings, with 61 points gathered in 32 stages. Thus, Simone Inzaghi’s students have not managed to remain as constant in this season’s season, with disappointing results in Cagliari (0-0) and Genoa (2-2) respectively. The “biancoceles” situation was clarified but two stages ago, when in a decisive duel in the podium struggle, they defeated categorically in front of Napoli (0-3), even on “Olimpico”. Even so, the captains will play the final of the Italian Cup in early June, in front of Juventus, and with a little toil, could maintain the fourth position until the end of the season, despite a difficult schedule.

Without the compass

Palermo is ranked the penultimate position in the Serie A hierarchy, with only 16 points scored after 32 rounds. Thus, with an embarrassing average of exactly 0.5 points earned on the match, the Sicilians will certainly be relegated to the end of this season’s Serie B. Practically, Palermo’s entire trip this season was a sub-mediocre one, the value The limited number of the batch declaring its word decisively. So despite successful successes in trips such as Genoa (4-3) or Atalanta (1-0), Diego Bortoluzzi’s students had far too little achievements this year to compete to make claims on the first stage Soccer of Italy.
Direct meetings

In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, Lazio imposed himself six times, Palermo only once, while three more duels ended in a draw;

The last success of the Sicilians on Lazio’s field dates back to May 2008, from a 2-1;

“Biancocelestii” have not known the taste of defeat in front of Palermo for more than five years, from that unpredictable 5-1 on “Renzo Barbera”;

Probable teams:

Lazio (4-3-3): Strakosha – Basta, Hoedt, De Vrij, Radu – Milinkovic – Savic, Biglia, Parolo – Anderson, Immobile, Lulic

Absent: Marchetti (injured)

Palermo (4-3-3): Posavec- Cionek, Sunjic, Andjelkovic, Pezzella-Henrique, Jajalo, Chochev-Trajkovski, Nestorovski, Sallai

Absents: Rajkovic, Embalo (injured), Aleesami (suspended)