Roma welcome Lazio to Stadio Olimpico for the crucial Derby della Capitale in Serie A on Sunday night with kickoff at 20:00.
Roma managed to advance to the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League following a 2-1 victory on aggregate against Vitesse. Jose Mourinho’s side claimed a 1-0 win at away in the first leg on March 10 before they were held to 1-1 draw at the Olimpico last Thursday night.
Back to Serie A they are also coming off a 1-1 draw against Udinese last Sunday with Nahuel Molina opening the scoring for Udinese in 15th minute, before Lorenzo Pellegrini cancelled out for Mourinho’s men in the 94th minute from the penalty spot.
The capital club has now gone seven matches unbeaten across all competitions, while are unbeaten in their last eight Serie A matches and have claimed four victories in the run.
However, it hasn’t been enough for the Giallorossi to break into the European places, although they sit just a place outside and are level on points with the sixth-placed Atalanta. Therefore, they will be looking to quickly return to winning ways as they seek to get themselves inside the top-six and closer to Champions League places.
Meanwhile Lazio managed to make it back-to-back wins in Serie A on the bounce, comfortably dispatching Cagliari 3-0 at away on March fifth, before edging Venezia 1-0 at home last Monday night.
The results have seen Maurizio Sarri’s side get themselves back in the European places and they now sit fifth on 49 points from 29 matches, seven points behind the fourth-placed Juventus and just one point above their Sunday hosts.
Therefore, they will be looking to extend their winning streak on Sunday as they seek to keep their place in the European spot, making this a crucial and interesting Serie A encounter.
Lazio have had the upper hand in the Derby della Capitale recently with the side claiming three victories in the last five encounters, including the 3-2 win in the reverse fixture earlier this season and thus, will head into the much confidently.
Roma vs Lazio head to head
Both sides have met on 63 occasions since 1993 with Roma claiming 26 victories, while Lazio have claimed 19 victories and there have been 18 draws.
- Lazio 3-2 Roma 26/09/21
- Roma 2-0 Lazio 15/05/21
- Lazio 3-0 Roma 26/01/21
- Roma 1-1 Lazio 26/01/20
- Lazio 1-1 Roma 01/09/19
Home
- Roma 1-1 Vitesse
- Udinese 1-1 Roma
- Vitesse 0-1 Roma
- Roma 1-0 Atalanta
- Spezia 0-1 Roma
Away
- Lazio 1-0 Venezia
- Cagliari 0-3 Lazio
- Lazio 1-2 Napoli
- Lazio 2-2 Porto
- Udinese 1-1 Lazio
Roma team news
Roma will still be without Leonardo Spinazzola due to a long-term injury, other than that Mourinho has a fully fit squad.
Lazio team news
Lazio will be without Mattia Zaccagni due to suspension, while Danilo Cataldi is a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Lazio win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
