Goals galore in the Eternal City?
Lazio Roma take on Feyenoord Rotterdam in an exciting Italian-Dutch clash on matchday one in Group F of the Europa League. The home side have recently been lacklustre in league play.
Le Aquile” have not won in Serie A for two rounds and most recently suffered a 2-1 defeat on home soil in the dress rehearsal against Napoli.
The first Dutch club to win the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1970 has instead got off to the best possible start in the Eredivisie with four wins and a draw. For the match between Lazio Roma and Feyenoord Rotterdam, the prediction includes more than 2.5 goals.
Lazio Roma – Statistics & Current Form
The Romans recorded a defeat against the current Serie A leaders from Napoli last weekend, as described.
It was the first defeat after five rounds of matches, but it was fully deserved because SSC were the team that dominated the game at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. One of their current shortcomings is their fragile defence. Only one of the five league games ended with a clean sheet for the capital city side.
Both sides celebrating goals in Rome?
With a potent attack now arriving, betting on both sides to score in the clash between Lazio Roma and Feyenoord Rotterdam is also worth considering.
Coach Maurizio Sarri also relies on Ciro Immobile in the offensive. The top scorer in Serie A last season has already scored twice again in the current season in favour of the two-time Italian champions (1974 & 2000).
Immobile also enjoys playing in European competitions
He also feels very comfortable on the international stage in parallel: last season, for example, he scored four goals in seven appearances in the Europa League and a year earlier in the Champions League he managed to score just as many goals in five games for the “Adler”!
Predicted Lazio Roma line-up:
Provedel – Romagnoli – Patric – Lazzari – Marusic – Luis Alberto – Cataldi – Milinkovic-Savic – Felipe Anderson – Immobile – Zaccagni
Last matches played by Lazio Roma:
Serie A
04/09/2022 – Lazio Roma 1 – 2 SSC Napoli
31/08/2022 – Sampdoria Genoa 1 – 1 Lazio Roma
27/08/2022 – Lazio Roma 3 – 1 Inter Milan
20/08/2022 – FC Torino 0 – 0 Lazio Roma
14/08/2022 – Lazio Roma 2 – 1 Bologna
Feyenoord Rotterdam – Statistics & current form
The Dutch are the only team still unbeaten (4-1-0) after five rounds of matches in the domestic league, along with Ajax Amsterdam and Alkmaar. Especially the offensive has started very strong into the new season.
They have scored just under three goals per league match for the 15-time champions of the country – only Ajax and PSV from Eindhoven top this impressive record. This was not necessarily to be expected, as Luis Sinisterra, an extremely powerful striker, left the club in the summer.
The Colombian still scored a dozen goals and seven assists last season and his class can also be seen at his new Premier League employers Leeds, where he has netted consistently in his first three starting appearances in the league and cup.
Danilo has hit the ground running
In the attack of the third-placed team in the Eredivisie last season, however, Pereira Danilo is now scoring goals. The Brazilian arrived from Amsterdam before the season and has scored as many goals after five match days!
The 23-year-old also scored a brace for coach Arne Slot’s side last weekend in a 4-3 win over G.A. Eagles.
With that in mind, predicting the next personal goal of the fourth highest scorer of the 2020/21 season in the Eredivisie is an additional good idea in the clash between Lazio Roma and Feyenoord Rotterdam.
Predicted line-up of Feyenoord Rotterdam:
Bijlow – Trauner – Pedersen – Hancko – Bjorkan – Kökcü – Szymanski – Maduro – Walemark – Danilo – Dilrosun
Last matches played by Feyenoord Rotterdam:
Eredivisie
04/09/2022 – Go Ahead Eagles 3 – 4 Fey. Rotterdam
28/08/2022 – Fey. Rotterdam 4 – 0 Emmen
21/08/2022 – RKC Waalwijk 0 – 1 Fey. Rotterdam
14/08/2022 – Fey. Rotterdam 0 – 0 SC Heerenveen
07/08/2022 – Vitesse Arnhem 2 – 5 Fey. Rotterdam
Lazio Roma – Feyenoord Rotterdam Direct comparison / H2H record
Fifth in the previous edition of Serie A and “De club aan de Maas” have faced each other once before, 22 years ago in the then edition of the Champions League.
The Romans suffered a 2-1 defeat at home and were held to a goalless draw away by the two-time UEFA Cup winners (1974 & 2002).
Nevertheless, the Italians finished first in the group and advanced to the next round, while the “De Kuip” side finished third after Lazio and Chelsea and were eliminated from the competition.
Lazio’s last opponents from the Kingdom were Arnhem
The last meeting between the 1999 European Cup Winners’ Cup winners and a Dutch club was again against Vitesse Arnhem in the 2017/18 Europa League season.
The “Weiß-Himmelblauen” recorded a 1-1 draw on home soil in the pairing and won 3-2 away from home.
Both teams with a balanced international record
In total, they have met teams from the Netherlands six times and the record is completely balanced with two wins, losses and draws each. Even the goal difference of 7:7 is perfectly balanced.
For their part, the 13-time Dutch Cup winners also have an even record against Italian teams (4-3-4).
Lazio Roma – Feyenoord Rotterdam tip
For the clash between Lazio Roma and Feyenoord Rotterdam, the tip includes more than two goals until the final whistle. The “Biancocelesti” have been convincing offensively in Serie A so far, but have been shaky defensively.
Due to this combination, which is especially noticeable in home games when the hosts have to play more than away, the three games played in front of their own crowd have been high-scoring with an average of 3.3 goals.
The limit of 2.5 goals was always exceeded. Moreover, there is no lack of goals in the matches of the Maas players. This is mainly due to their strong attack, which is currently only topped by Amsterdam and Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.
In addition, the visitors’ defence has been in sharp decline lately in league play, and after three league games without conceding a goal, Rotterdam let in three goals on the last matchday against G.A. Eagles. The signs are therefore there for a goal-filled evening in Rome on both sides.
