Lazio welcome Atalanta to the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday in a key clash for the Champions League race and a dress rehearsal for the Coppa Italia final.
Just four points separate La Dea in fourth place from the hosts in eighth with four rounds remaining as the battle for a top four finish heats up, while these two teams will contest the cup final in the same venue in 10 days’ time.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side are unbeaten in their last three meetings with the Roman club and won their first encounter of the season 1-0 in Bergamo in December.
Simone Inzaghi is missing Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Stefan Radu, Valon Berisha and Jordan Lukaku through injury, while Musa Barrow, Rafael Toloi and Marco Varnier are sidelined for the visitors.
Lazio: Strakosha; Wallace, Acerbi, Bastos; Romulo, Parolo, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Marusic; Immobile, Caicedo
Atalanta: Gollini; Djimsiti, Palomino, Masiello; Hateboer, Freuler, de Roon, Castagne; Papu; Ilicic, Zapata
