With a place in the semifinals of the Italian Cup assured, Lazio will visit Spal this Saturday, January 6, in the opening of their participation in the second round of the 2017/2018 Italian Championship. From 12h (Brasília time) he faces Spal in a match for the twentieth day of the competition. The duel will be held at the Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara.

Spal’s recent performance
The achievement of five points from the last 12 games was enough to prevent the young Spal from spending New Year’s Eve in the relegation zone. With 15 points (three wins, six draws and ten losses), the team completed its participation in the first round in the seventeenth position.
The score is the same as Crotone, who is in eighteenth position and opens the sticking region, but the Ferrara team takes advantage when the tiebreaker criteria are used.
Two-thirds of the points accumulated by the Spal were obtained in their stadium. With two wins, four draws and three defeats, the team is the fourteenth best in the Italian Championship.
Coached by coach Leonardo Semplici has only one doubt for Saturday’s clash. Defender Filippo Costa (ten matches in the 2017/2018 Italian Championship without a goal) is still in the medical department in injury recovery that took him out of the last eight matches.

The current form of Lazio

After beating Fiorentina 1-0 at home on 26 December and securing their place in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, Lazio ended 2017 with a goalless draw in Milan against Internazionale. The clash was held on December 30.
Lazio, who had a game postponed in the first round, ranks fifth in the standings. He accumulated 39 points (11 wins, four draws and three losses). It is two points behind Roma, which closes the zone of classification for the Champions League and also has an extra match to perform.
Invicta have five games (three wins and two draws) Lazio showed evolution in the defensive system, which had been a deficiency presented throughout the season. The team has not been leaked in the last three games. Still need to show the consolidation of this situation, since with 22 goals suffered has the worst performance in this respect in comparison with the teams of the front platoon.
The downside is not small. Of the four first placed, the less leaked defense is precisely Roma, who also in 18 matches suffered 12 attempts. They were ten less than their biggest local rival.
To try to stay in the forefront of the squad, coach Simone Inzaghi has all his main players at his disposal. Only Brazilian defender Mauricio (a match in the 2017/2018 Italian Championship without a goal) and striker Davide di Gennaro (a game, no goal), who are just casting athletes, are in the infirmary.

History of the matches Spal and Lazio
There were only three matches between the teams. Two of them were friendly. They ended with a win for the Romans and a draw. In the only official match, for the first round of the 2017/2018 season of the Italian Championship, there was no goalless equality.
Even outside their domains Lazio is the best guessing option for this Saturday’s match for the 20th round of the Italian Championship. It has a price of 1.55 in Rivalo. Draw shows return of 4.00 and success of the owners of the house yields 6.30 for each real invested.

– Lazio win @ 1.55
– DRAW @ 4.00
– Spal win @ 6.30