Roma with hard match against Lazio

Roma and Lazio clash this Saturday at the Stadio Olimpico for matchweek 31 of the Serie A. Currently, Daniele De Rossi's team are 5th in the table with 52 points, while Giovanni Martusciello's team are 7th with 46 points. The match will be broadcast live at 12:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Roma enter the contest on the back of a 0-0 draw against Lecce (Serie A 2023/24), while the visitors lost 2-0 to Juventus (Coppa Italia 2023/24). Ahead of the contest, Daniele De Rossi's team is on a sequence of 6 games without losing in the Serie A 2023/24. Digging back into the archives highlights that Roma and Lazio have faced each other one hundred seventy-five times, with Daniele De Rossi's team holding the advantage: 64 victories, against 48 victories of Giovanni Martusciello's team. Specifically in the Stadio Olimpico, Roma have the advantage in the duels against Lazio: 37 wins in 88 games, while Giovanni Martusciello's team has 18 wins.

Considering only the Serie A, there have been one hundred sixty-five games played between the two teams, with 59 wins for Roma, 63 draws and 43 wins for Lazio.

Considering the Serie A 2023/24, from Roma's most influential players, Bryan Cristante is the most used player in a total of 29 games (2581 min). Paulo Dybala is the current best scorer with 12 goals. As for Lazio, Felipe Anderson participated in 30 games, and Ivan Provedel is the one with more minutes played (2520). Ciro Immobile has scored 6 goals, the most across Lazio's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Lazio winning 1-0. Roma will have to work hard if they want to overcome this major hurdle.