Serie A

Serie A | Gameweek 8

Oct 2, 2022 at 11.30am UK

Stadio Olimpico

Lazio
4 - 0
Spezia

Zaccagni (12'), Romagnoli (24'), Milinkovic-Savic (61', 90+1')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Ampadu (1'), Gyasi (45+1')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Serie A clash between Lazio and Spezia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Lazio

All competitions

Serie A

Last Game: Cremonese 0-4 Lazio
Sunday, September 18 at 2pm in Serie A

Goals
for

Top scorers

Spezia

All competitions

Last Game: Spezia 2-1 Sampdoria
Saturday, September 17 at 5pm in Serie A

Goals
for

Both sides have improved at the back this season, as Lazio have conceded five league goals in 2022-23 compared to 12 at this point last year; Spezia have leaked 11 compared to 19. The hosts are a formidable prospect on home soil, though, and even if Immobile sits out, chief creator Sergej Milinkovic-Savic can cause havoc in the visitors' defence. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Lazio win with a probability of 70.88%. A draw had a probability of 17.2% and a win for Spezia had a probability of 11.91%.

The most likely scoreline for a Lazio win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.07%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.56%) and 1-0 (9.35%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.07%), while for a Spezia win it was 1-2 (3.48%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 5.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Lazio would win this match.

Result
Lazio	Draw	Spezia
70.88% ( 0)	17.21%	11.91%

Both teams to score 52.41%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.69%

37.31% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

40.48%

59.52% (

Lazio Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

90.64% (

9.35%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

68.49% (

31.51%

Spezia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.81%

42.18% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.4%

78.59% (

Score Analysis

Lazio 70.87%

Spezia 11.91%

Draw 17.21%

Lazio	Draw	Spezia
2-0 @ 11.07% 2-1 @ 9.56% 1-0 @ 9.35% 3-0 @ 8.75% 3-1 @ 7.55% 4-0 @ 5.18% 4-1 @ 4.47% 3-2 @ 3.26% 5-0 @ 2.46% 5-1 @ 2.12% 4-2 @ 1.93% 6-0 @ 0.97% 5-2 @ 0.92% Other @ 3.29% Total : 70.87%	1-1 @ 8.07% 2-2 @ 4.13% 0-0 @ 3.94% 3-3 @ 0.94% Other @ 0.13% Total : 17.21%	1-2 @ 3.48% 0-1 @ 3.4% 0-2 @ 1.47% 2-3 @ 1.19% 1-3 @ 1% Other @ 1.37% Total : 11.91%