Lazio vs Internazionale Preview

Lazio vs Internazionale

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio Olimpico

Date: 20th May 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

The Serie A still has many determining games this season, but none would be bigger than this Champions League spot playoff between Inter Milan and Lazio.

These two sides are battling for the last Champions League spot as Italian teams are now allowed to go straight to the group stages.

Lazio had the chance to wrap up their top four spot last weekend after Inter Milan succumbed to a shock 2-1 home loss to Sassuolo, but the Rome-based side drew 2-2 against Crotone to remain within three points of Inter’s reach.

Lazio have been around the top four throughout the season and their impressive campaign would be seen as a successful one should they finish in a Champions League place.

Inter have not been beaten away to any of the top nine teams this season, but they need to win and not just avoid defeat in this game for them snatch the last Champions League spot.

Lazio will be without Luis Alberto and Ciro Immobile in this game, and that should give Inter confidence of shutting out the Aquil.

Inter’s away games have mostly been low scoring as they have seen 60% of their trips end in under 2.5 goals.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Lazio

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Crotone 2-2 Lazio 13 May, 2018 Italian Serie A
D Lazio 1-1 Atalanta 6 May, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Torino 0-1 Lazio 29 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Lazio 4-0 Sampdoria 22 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Fiorentina 3-4 Lazio 18 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A

Internazionale

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Internazionale 1-2 Sassuolo 12 May, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Udinese 0-4 Internazionale 6 May, 2018 Italian Serie A
L Internazionale 2-3 Juventus 28 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Chievo Verona 1-2 Internazionale 22 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A
W Internazionale 4-0 Cagliari 17 Apr, 2018 Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Internazionale 0-0 Lazio 30 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
Lazio 1-3 Internazionale 21 May, 2017 Italian Serie A
Internazionale 1-2 Lazio 31 Jan, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
Internazionale 3-0 Lazio 21 Dec, 2016 Italian Serie A
Lazio 2-0 Internazionale 1 May, 2016 Italian Serie A


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
December 1, 2024
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
December 23, 2024
Fiorentina 18:30 Udinese
Inter Milan 20:45 Como
December 28, 2024
Empoli 15:00 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Monza
Cagliari 18:00 Inter Milan
Lazio 20:45 Atalanta
December 29, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Torino
SSC Napoli 15:00 Venezia
Juventus 18:00 Fiorentina
AC Milan 20:45 Roma
December 30, 2024
Como 18:30 Lecce
Bologna 20:45 Verona
January 4, 2025
Venezia 15:00 Empoli
Fiorentina 18:00 SSC Napoli
Verona 20:45 Udinese

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atalanta 17 13 1 3 42 19 +23 40
2 SSC Napoli 17 12 2 3 26 12 +14 38
3 Inter Milan 15 10 4 1 40 15 +25 34
4 Lazio 17 11 1 5 32 24 +8 34
5 Fiorentina 15 9 4 2 28 11 +17 31
6 Juventus 17 7 10 0 28 13 +15 31
7 Bologna 16 7 7 2 23 18 +5 28
8 AC Milan 16 7 5 4 25 16 +9 26
9 Udinese 16 6 2 8 19 25 -6 20
10 Roma 17 5 4 8 23 23 +0 19
11 Empoli 17 4 7 6 16 19 -3 19
12 Torino 17 5 4 8 17 22 -5 19
13 Genoa 17 3 7 7 14 26 -12 16
14 Lecce 17 4 4 9 11 29 -18 16
15 Como 16 3 6 7 18 28 -10 15
16 Parma 17 3 6 8 23 33 -10 15
17 Verona 17 5 0 12 21 40 -19 15
18 Cagliari 17 3 5 9 16 28 -12 14
19 Venezia 17 3 4 10 17 30 -13 13
20 Monza 17 1 7 9 15 23 -8 10

Serie A Results

December 22, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Juventus
Atalanta 3 - 2 Empoli
Venezia 2 - 1 Cagliari
Roma 5 - 0 Parma
December 21, 2024
Lecce 1 - 2 Lazio
Genoa 1 - 2 SSC Napoli
Torino 0 - 2 Bologna
December 20, 2024
Verona 0 - 1 AC Milan
December 16, 2024
Lazio 0 - 6 Inter Milan
December 15, 2024
AC Milan 0 - 0 Genoa
Como 2 - 0 Roma
Parma 2 - 3 Verona
Bologna 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lecce 2 - 1 Monza
December 14, 2024
Juventus 2 - 2 Venezia
Udinese 1 - 3 SSC Napoli
Cagliari 0 - 1 Atalanta
December 13, 2024
Empoli 0 - 1 Torino
December 9, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Udinese

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