Lazio and Genoa will clash on Friday the 17th of December at 6:30 pm in the 18th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.

Lazio is in the 9th place in the league with 25 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Genoa occupies the 18th place in the standings with 10 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Sampdoria in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Lazio​

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (17 times).

Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: T. Strakosha, A. Marušić, L. Ramos Marchi, F. Acerbi, E. Hysaj, D. Cataldi, S. Milinković-Savić, T. Bašić, D. Anderson, R. Moro Prescoli and C. Immobile.

If the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Lazio would be 26.64.

L. Romero Alconchel, P. Rodríguez Ledesma and M. Zaccagni will definitely miss the match.

Genoa​

Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 52.94%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Andriy Shevchenko is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: S. Sirigu, A. Masiello, D. Criscito, Z. Vanheusden, A. Cambiaso, H. Azevedo Júnior, M. Badelj, S. Sturaro, P. Ghiglione, G. Pandev and M. Destro.

Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Genoa would be 29.64.

M. Fares, N. Maksimović, F. Cassata, I. Radovanović, N. Rovella and F. Caicedo Corozo will definitely miss the match.