Brescia v Lazio: Probable Line-Ups and Key Statistics
The honour of contesting the first Sere A fixture of 2020 falls to Brescia and Lazio at the Stadio Mario Rigamonti on Sunday afternoon at 12.30.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Brescia (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chandellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Romulo; Spalek; Torregrossa, Balotelli.
Unavailable: Dessena, Donnarumma, Ndoj.
Lazio (3-5-2): Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic-Savic, Cataldi, Parolo, Lulic; Correa, Immobile.
Suspended: Leiva, Luis Alberto.
Unavailable: Lukaku, Vavro.
KEY STATISTICS
– Brescia have failed to score in each of their last four Serie A meetings against Lazio, their longest current goalless run against a single side in the competition.
– Lazio have won four of their last eight Serie A away games against Brescia (D3 L1) after having failed to win each of their previous 11 such matches (D2 L9).
– Brescia have picked up seven points in their last four Serie A games, as many as they had in the previous 13 (W2 D1 L10).
– Lazio have won their last eight league matches, only once have they won more in a row in their Serie A history, back in February 1999.
– Lazio have scored 2+ goals in each of their last 11 league games: only one team has had a longer such run in the history of the competition: Torino in 1948 (13).
– Lazio have won 36 points so far this season – considering three points per win, they have never earned more after 16 games in the competition.
– Lazio have scored the most goals in the last 15 minutes of play in Serie A this season (11), on the other hand, no side has scored fewer in this period than Brescia (two).
– Among the teams he’s faced more than three times, Lazio (four) and Inter (six) are the two against which Mario Balotelli has failed to find the net.
– Lazio’s Ciro Immobile has scored 17 goals so far: in the last 60 years, no player has scored more than him after 16 games played by his team.
– Immobile has also been the highest scorer in the last three calendar years in Serie A: only one player achieved this in four successive years, Roberto Boninsegna (between 1970 and 1973).
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com
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