Juventus vs Lazio Preview

The new Serie A season has been boosted by the presence of arguably the greatest player in the history of Real Madrid after Cristiano Ronaldo made the move to Italy this summer.

Juventus have been boosted on all fronts by his arrival, but adding his personality has been a solid achievement not just for the Old Ladies, but for the Italian top flight as a whole.

Ronaldo is set to lead Juve to the Champions League crown as their fans have become bored of winning the Serie A which has become a given however they would not want to miss out on winning the league title they have come to make theirs, no matter what.

They started their campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Chievo, and Cristiano Ronaldo failed to find the back of the net in that game.

It is only a matter of time, and Lazio could be the team that his scoring boots come alive against.

Lazio have been on a rise for the last couple of seasons, and their fans will be expecting them to keep the momentum going and maybe go one better by qualifying for the Champions League at the end of this season.

They started their season on the worst possible note after losing 2-1 to Napoli despite taking the lead through Ciro Imobile.

This game is another tough one, but they have showed in the past two seasons that they can be a handful for big teams and they beat Juventus 2-1 here last season which ended the Old Ladies’ unbeaten home record.

Bookmakers make Juventus extremely strong favourites to come out on top.

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

Juventus

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Real Madrid		3-1		Juventus	5 Aug, 2018	International Champions Cup
W	MLS All-Stars		1-1		Juventus	2 Aug, 2018	Major League Soccer
W	Benfica		1-1		Juventus	28 Jul, 2018	International Champions Cup
W	Juventus		2-0		Bayern Munich	26 Jul, 2018	International Champions Cup
W	Juventus		2-1		Hellas Verona	19 May, 2018	Italian Serie A

Lazio

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Borussia Dortmund		1-0		Lazio	12 Aug, 2018	Friendly
L	Arsenal		2-0		Lazio	4 Aug, 2018	Friendly
W	Lazio		3-0		SPAL	28 Jul, 2018	Friendly
L	Lazio		2-3		Internazionale	20 May, 2018	Italian Serie A
D	Crotone		2-2		Lazio	13 May, 2018	Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Lazio		0-1		Juventus	3 Mar, 2018	Italian Serie A
Juventus		1-2		Lazio	14 Oct, 2017	Italian Serie A
Juventus		2-3		Lazio	13 Aug, 2017	Italian Supercoppa
Juventus		2-0		Lazio	17 May, 2017	Italian Coppa Italia
Juventus		2-0		Lazio	22 Jan, 2017	Italian Serie A

Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

Serie A Table

Serie A Results