With Lazio having hit the ground running in their contest of watching after the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-c36322 Petkovic, they would be looking to continue that against Viola.
The Florence outfit would be welcoming the Biancocelesti on the ninth match day of the Serie A, as the two outfits look to battle it out against each other on the 28th of October, 2012. The match will be played this coming Sunday as the two teams
look to go on fulfilling their own motives for the current season.
The Biancazzurri outfit have been in splendid form and Vincenzo Montella’s men should be looking to put on their best performance for the match to be played tonight.
Fiorentina:
The Artemio Franchi outfit would be hosts on this occasion to Vladimir Petkovic’s side. Fiorentina have not been able to exert the amount of domination or fulfil the early promise that has been expected of them after the arrival of the former Catania boss,
Vincenzo Montella.
Despite the fact that the team has adopted well into the new ideology and attacking football that has become a brand of Montella in the past few years, the team has not been able to reflect all their domination into the matches in terms of results. A case
in point is their match against Juventus a few weeks down the line; the Viola outfit deserved to win; however, they were unable to turn their domination into the scoring of goals, which hampered the progress of the team.
Furthermore, their last five matches in the Serie A have led to a total number of three draws, one loss and a solitary win. The fans of the club and even the media personnel expect more from the side, and their disappointment continued against Chievo Verona,
where they managed to share the spoils.
Lazio:
The Biancocelesti are the exact opposite of Fiorentina, a new manager at the club, without any signings at the helm; were expected to suffer after the exceptionally talented and seasoned veteran, Edy Reja, left the Biancazzurri to take a break from football.
Their pre season form was not that impressive as well; and there was mounting pressure on the Biancocelesti boss, with many citing his removal even before the season began. However, the club’s President, Claudio Lotito, stuck with the manager and had faith
in the abilities of the Bosnian national and he has delivered.
After eight matches in the Serie A, the club is on 18 points along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan, and has won 6 of their 8 matches in the Serie A. The Club has also had good fortune in the European competitions as well, and are keeping good pressure on the others.
Team News:
Fiorentina:
The Florence based outfit will be without the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Aquilani-c4313, who is on the treatment table of the Gigliati outfit and would be looking to making a swift recovery so that he can feature again. Expect the same side that played against Chievo
on the 21st of October, with Jovetic starting in attack.
Probable starting eleven: Viviano, Roncaglia, Savic, Cassani, Pasqual, Tomovic, Olivera, Valero, Pizzaro, Jovetic, Toni
Lazio:
Hernanes has been in sparkling form under the new manager, Vladimir Petkovic, and his presence in the trequartista role would be paramount to sustaining the form for the Biancocelesti. He will definitely be starting for the Aquile, and he would be looking
to make assists for the in-form German striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049 who has been at his sensational best in the matches of late.
The team would go with the same back four that has been deployed of late, and Candreva might start as well.
Probable starting eleven: Bizzarri, Dias, Biava, Konko, Gonzalez, Lulic, Hernanes, Ledesma, Klose, Candreva.
Players to watch:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stevan-Jovetic-c34163 (Fiorentina):
The highly rated Montenegrin international is always a threat and he would be looking to improve on his recent performances, as his consistent performances have taken a hit of late.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hernanes-c16150 (Lazio):
A reinvigorated star, who conceded that he has found his motivation to play again, has been in inspired form; and has part of all that is right at the club. He has been in and amongst the goals of late as well.
Verdict: It will be an open ended match as both teams like to attack and have players that can make the difference for either side; however based on current form it would seem that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 would not let the home side win. (Prediction: 1-1)
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