Lazio Vs Sampdoria: Starting Lineups,Team News, Match Report
The starting lineups for tonight's Serie A match between Sampdoria under Dejan Stankovic and Lazio under Maurizio Sarri have been revealed. The Biancocelesti are eager to win all three points against the Blucerchiati in order to maintain their position in the top four finisher competition. Sampdoria is trying all in its power to stay up and needs as many points as they can get to move up from the bottom positions. They are now nine points behind of Spezia in 17th position.
Lazio and Sampdoria team news
Alessio Romagnoli, Mattia Zaccagni, and Pedro are all questionable for the game while the rest of Lazio's injured players are gradually making a full recovery.
Andrea Conti, Fabio Quagliarella, Jeison Murillo, Fillip Djuricic, Ignacio Pussetto, and Koray Gunter are all out due to injury for Sampdoria.
Back in August, when these two clubs last faced off, Lazio could only manage a 1-1 draw away at Sampdoria.
Starting lineups for Lazio vs. Sampdoria:
Lazio (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari; Casale; Patric; Marusic; Milinkovic; Cataldi; Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson; Immobile; Pedro make up the Lazio (4-3-3) lineup.
Sampdoria (3-4-1-2): Audero, Zanoli, Nuytinck, Amione, Leris, Winks, Rincon, Augello, Cuisance, Gabbiadini, and Lammers are the players for Sampdoria (3-4-1-2).
Match Report:
On Monday, Luis Alberto's late goal against Sampdoria gave Lazio a 1-0 Serie A victory, moving them up to fourth place overall. Lazio leads AS Roma, who take on bottom-of-the-table Cremonese on Tuesday, by one point with 45 points after 24 games. Internazionale and AC Milan, who both have 47 points, are only two points ahead of Maurizio Sarri's team. The uncontested leader with 65 points is Napoli. Ciro Immobile, a striker for Lazio, missed the goal with an attempt in the last seconds of the first half. On the hour, Immobile wasted another opportunity when he was left alone in the box and sent the ball from a tight angle high over the net Midfielder Luis Alberto sealed the victory in the 80th minute by latching onto a loose ball outside the area and firing it into the upper right corner. The Stadio Olimpico audience cheered in relief after the score since Sampdoria was unable to answer before the game's end. The Genoa team has 11 points after 24 games, placing it second from the bottom.
