Lazio host AC Milan on Sunday evening in match day 11 of Serie A at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Biancocelesti come into the match on the back of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Atalanta in midweek. The Biancocelesti currently sit in sixth place, but a victory could see them move up into third. Lazio will be hoping to continue their fine home form this season. Stefano Pioli’s men have won all five of their home Serie A matches this campaign, keeping clean sheets in all but one of them.
The Rossoneri will try to follow-up their 1-0 victory over Chievo which saw defender Luca Antonelli break the deadlock with his second half strike. By not conceding against Chievo, Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side claimed their first clean sheet of the season. Milan are currently on a three match unbeaten run in Serie A after their humiliating 4-0 defeat to Napoli at the San Siro.
Lazio have had the better of things in recent encounters with Milan. The Biancocelesti are undefeated in their last five home matches against AC Milan in all competitions. The Roman based side also won the corresponding fixture last season 3-1 thanks to a double from Marco Parolo, with Philippe Mexes being sent off for Milan in injury time. Lazio dumped Milan out of the Coppa Italia last season with a 1-0 win at the San Siro, Lucas Biglia scoring a penalty in the first half
Lazio coach Stefano Pioli will be without some of his key players for the game against Milan. Stefan de Vrij, Mauricio, Marco Parolo and Blade Kieta will all be unavailable due to injury.
Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic will be without attacking duo Jeremy Menez and Mario Balotelli who are both sidelined with injuries.
Form Guide: Lazio (W-W-L-W-L) AC Milan (L-L-D-W-W)
Expected Starting XIs:
Lazio: Marchetti; Basta, Mauricio, Gentiletti, Lulic; Onazi, Biglia; Candreva, Milinkovic-Savic, Anderson; Matri
Milan: Donnarumma; De Sciglio, Romagnoli, Alex, Abate; Kucka, De Jong, Poli; Bonaventura, Cerci, Bacca.
Infographic from www.sporticos.com
