3 TIPS for Lazio – Verona 19-02-2018

The vice-lantern of the Italian League is Lazio’s opponent on Monday, February 19, in an attempt to recover from the dispute. The clash with Verona closes the schedule of the twenty-fifth round of Serie A in its 2017/2018 season. It is scheduled for 16:55 (GMT) at the Olympic stadium in Rome.

Lazio’s recent performance

Three consecutive defeats in the tournament have caused Lazio to fall from third to fifth on the leaderboard. In addition to the loss of both positions, he left the qualifying zone for the Champions League and fell to the region that gives place in the Europa League. He has 46 points (14 wins, four draws and six losses).
The difference is great. Can be measured in tens of millions of euros. It is the difference between disputing the main continental competition and the Europa League, of which Lazio participates in the current season.
On Thursday, February 15, it increased its series without wins for five games when losing of Steua Bucharest, Romania, by 1 to 0. They were four defeats and a tie. The equality was obtained in the first match against Milan by the semi-finals of the Glass of Italy. As in the Europa League, Lazio will have the opportunity to define the home match.
That possibility made coach Simone Inzaghi preserve some of his top players in Bucharest. Ciro Immobile (21 games in the 2017/2018 Italian Championship, 20 goals) and Brazilian midfielder Felipe Anderson (nine matches, two goals) started at the bench and entered the final phase. This Monday, they should be among the starters.
The medical department will also have influence in the escalation. Five athletes are under medical care, two of them are absolute holders. This group has defenders Mauricio (a game, no goal), Wallace (nine games, no goal) and Stefan de Vrij (23 games, four goals); midfielder Luis Alberto (24 matches, seven goals) and striker Davide di Gennaro (a game, no goal).

The current form of Verona

However, Verona is on its way and its situation is one of the most difficult. In the last seven matches of the Italian Championship, the team was defeated in five. With that, he is in the nineteenth (penultimate) position of Serie A. He has 16 points (four wins, four draws and 16 losses). They are five fewer than the Crotone, seventeenth and first out of the sticking region.
Commanded by coach Fabio Pecchia, the team has two medical doubts for the game this Monday. Mattia Zaccagni (six matches in the 2017/2018 Italian Championship without a goal) and striker Alessio Cerci (14 matches, two goals) are handed over to the medical department.
Zaccagni suffered a serious knee injury that took him off the pitch in November. It has no return forecast. Cerci had a thigh injury at the end of December. He has been out of the last seven games but is in the final stages of recovery. It depends on new tests to know if you can be available. If this happens, it is most likely to be related to the reservation bank.

History of the matches Lazio vs Verona
Lazio defeated Verona in the last four times the teams met. The most recent victory, by 3 to 0, was in the first round of the current season of the Italian Championship.

Counting on the return of its main players of the offensive system, Lazio is widely favored in the match against Verona. Has a price of 1.16 on Bet365 to win. Draw draws 7.00. Success visitor multiplies the capital by 15.00. Quotes were in effect at 08:08 on 2/15/2018.

– Lazio win @ 1.16
– DRAW @ 7.00
– Verona win @ 15.00

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