Published on: Sep 30, 2020 7:49 pm IST|Updated on: Sep 30, 2020 7:49 pm IST
LAZ vs ATN Dream11 Prediction:
Expect fireworks when Lazio meets Atalanta in an all-important fixture in Serie A on Wednesday night. Both teams made a winning start to their new campaign. After challenging for the title last season, both teams are aware of a fast start against the likes of Juventus and Inter Milan. This season could be an opportunity for both Lazio and Atalanta to mount a serious title challenge respectively. Both sides would want to gain an early advantage in the league by registering back-to-back wins in the first two games. Let’s take a look at the LAZ vs ATN Dream 11 Prediction for this exciting Serie A fixture.
Date and Time: October 1, 12:15 AM (IST) Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Head-to-Head (last 6 meetings)
Lazio: 01 Atalanta: 03 Draw: 02
Lazio Team News
Lazio defeated Cagliari 2-0 in their opening game of the season.
Injury Report, Unavailability: Luiz Felipe, Vedat Muriqi, and Senad Lulic won’t be available for selection due to their respective injuries.
Expected Changes: Manager Inzaghi is likely to opt the same starting 11 from the last game.
Team Combination:
Jony’s departure to Osasuna means that Adam Marusic will start as the left wing-back. Joaquín Correa would start upfront alongside one and only Ciro Immobile.
LAZ Playing 11 (Probable)
Strakosha Patric Acerbi Radu Lazzari Milinkovic-Savic Lucas Luis Alberto Marusic Immobile Correa
Atalanta Team News
Atalanta defeated Torino 4-2 in their opening game of the season.
Injury Report, Unavailability: Aleksey Miranchuk, Pierluigi Gollini, Matteo Pessina, Cristiano Piccini, and Josip Ilicic are all out injured and won’t be available for selection.
Expected Changes: Jose Luis Palomino could take the place of Mattia Caldara after being introduced from the bench during the weekend.
Mario Pasalic and Ruslan Malinovskiy are in line to feature in the Atalanta starting lineup, potentially at the expense of Luis Muriel.
While Berat Djimsiti is also available for selection, José Luis Palomino is expected to start in the Nerazzurri’s 3-4-1-2 system.
ATN Playing 11 (Probable)
Sportiello Toloi Palomino Sutalo Hateboer De Roon Freuler Gosens Pasalic Gomez Zapata
GK: M Sportiello DEF: R Toloi, A Marusic, A Acerbi MID: M Hateboer, M Psaslic, L Alberto, S Milinkovic-Savic ST: Alejandro Gomez, L Muriel, C Immobile
Captain Options
Ciro Immobile has picked up from where he left during the last season where he scored a total of 39 goals in 44 games in all competitions. He scored a goal in the first Serie A game this season as well.
Alejandro Gomez managed to score 7 goals and provided 16 assists in 36 games last season. This season, he has already scored a goal in the opening fixture against Torino.
X factors, differential picks
Luis Muriel scored 18 goals in 34 appearances for Atalanta last season. The centre-forward managed to score one goal and provided one assist as well in the opening game this season in Serie A.
It is going to be an exciting contest. Lazio would be having the home advantage, while they also had more recovery time than the visitors. Here are the betting odds from some bookmakers:
Bet365 – Lazio – 8/5; Atalanta – 6/4 Skybet – Lazio – 6/4; Atalanta – 29/20 Betfair – Lazio – 13/8; Atalanta – 31/20
Most of the bookmakers are giving a slight advantage to Atalanta to win this game. While we think otherwise, the outside factors are slightly in the favour of Lazio. As per the LAZ vs ATN today match prediction odds, this game could end up as a draw.