We have reached the seventh round of fixtures in the 2022/23 Italian Serie A season and on the 18th of September we have a meeting between Cremonese and Lazio.
The game will take place at the Stadio Giovanni Zini and the hosts begin the weekend in 18th place on 2 points while the visitors are in 7th place on 11 points.
Cremonese come into the match having picked up a point in a good 1-1 draw at Atalanta last weekend in Serie A.
Most onlookers were expecting Atalanta to cruise to victory, especially after they opened the scoring. However, Cremonese had other ideas and equalised just 4 minutes later to take a point from the match.
That was only the second point won by Cremonese following their promotion from Serie B.
They are undefeated in their last 2 Serie A fixtures having been held to a 0-0 draw at home by Sassuolo. However, there have been 4 defeats this season, with the losses coming at home to Torino and away against Fiorentina, Roma, and Inter Milan.
You must go back to 1996 to find the last time Cremonese played in Serie A and they struggled at home towards the end of that campaign.
In fact, trends show Cremonese have failed to win any of their last 5 home Serie A games and they have won only 2 of their 13 most recent home fixtures in the league.
Lazio travel to the Stadio Giovanni Zini having suffered an embarrassing 5-1 loss at Midtjylland in the Europa League.
Maurizio Sarri played a strong team but found themselves 3-0 down after 52 minutes. Lazio got a goal back in the 57th minute but as they pushed to try and score more goals, Midtjylland picked them off to score 2 more goals of their own.
That result means Lazio have won 2 of their last 5 games in all competitions but they will be mostly pleased with their start to the Serie A season.
Lazio have recorded wins over Bologna, Inter Milan, and Verona at home plus picked up a point at Torino and Sampdoria.
Trends show Lazio are unbeaten in 9 of their last 10 matches in Serie A and are undefeated in their last 5 league games on the road. In fact, Lazio have lost only 1 of their last 10 away league fixtures.
Team news and Cremonese are without injured goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi. They also have doubts over the fitness of Matteo Bianchetti, and Maissa Codou Ndiaye.
Lazio travel without midfielder Manuel Lazzari who has a hamstring injury but he is the only player unavailable for the visitors.
Lazio were hugely disappointing in the Europa League on Thursday and Sarri will surely not allow the same to happen in this match. We expect to see a response from his team and for Lazio to come away with a comfortable win, without conceding a goal.