Lazio vs Salernitana | Serie A Preview | Where to Watch, Form Guide, Insights, Lineups

By Apollo Heyes - 11 Apr 2024, 5:00

Igor Tudor’s Lazio will be looking to give their fans something to smile about after the derby when they host Serie B bound Salernitana.

Lazio vs Salernitana Kick-Off Time, Location & Where to Watch

The Serie A clash between Lazio and Salernitana kicks off at 20:45 local time on Friday 12th April at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Lazio Form Guide: Recent Results & Table Position

Lazio find themselves in a strange spot in the remaining weeks of the season, looking incredibly unlikely to achieve any form of European qualification. Whilst the team showed some positives in their opening game under Igor Tudor, edging out a 1-0 win over Juventus, things have been tough since.

The Biancocelesti suffered a difficult 2-0 loss to Juventus in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie last week and then fell amidst the tensions in the Derby della Capitale with Daniele De Rossi’s Roma, losing 1-0 after a Gianluca Mancini winner in the first half.

As already highlighted by Tudor, the remaining weeks of the season are essentially the foundations of the new project in the Italian capital, letting the Croatian tactician know which players are suitable for his system and which would be better replaced in the upcoming Summer Transfer Window. They currently sit 8th in the Serie A table, nine points back of rivals Roma in fifth place

Salernitana Form Guide: Recent Results & Table Position

Salernitana have been simply dire in Serie A this term and have essentially been condemned to Serie B already, sitting rock bottom of the table with 15 points, 12 behind 17^th place Hellas Verona. The Granata have only picked up two wins across their last 31 league games.

Amusingly, one of Salernitana’s two wins this campaign came against Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio in late November, a 2-1 win after second-half goals from Grigoris Kastanos and Antonio Candreva, nullifying Ciro Immobile’s first-half penalty.

The Campania outfit have only picked up three points across their last 13 Serie A matches, drawing Torino 0-0, Udinese 1-1 and Sassuolo 2-2. To check out the odds on Salernitana’s potential survival but also relegation candidates, you can visit a number of sports betting websites, but before you do, check out Canada Sports Betting, a site that reviews the best places to bet, including a review of Sports Interaction Canada, which has been a major player on the online sports wagering scene for over two decades now.

Lazio vs Salernitana: Match Insights

Lazio and Salernitana have never drawn in Serie A: five wins for the Biancocelesti and four for the Granata; among the opponents against which Salernitana have never drawn a single match in the Italian top-flight, Lazio is the one against which they played the most matches (nine).
After winning their first three Serie A home games against Salernitana, Lazio lost the most recent one on 30/10/2022; there’s been at least three goals in all four matches.
Lazio have recorded one win and one defeat in their first two Serie A matches with Igor Tudor as manager; the last time they lost two of their first three league games with a new coach was between August and September 2014 – W1, L2 at the beginning of Pioli’s management.
After a series of three consecutive home defeats, Lazio won their most recent Serie A game (1-0 vs Juventus); the last time the Biancocelesti won two home games in a row without conceding a goal was between February and March 2023 (against Sampdoria and Roma).
Salernitana have collected only three points in Serie A in 2024 (D3, L10) – no team have won fewer points in the major five European leagues and related second divisions since the beginning of this calendar year (Lecco also three, in Serie B).
Salernitana have failed to score in eight away games in this championship: between Serie A and Serie B no team have a worse record in 2023/24 (Cosenza and Monza also eight) – in their previous two seasons played in the Italian top-flight, they’d only failed to score in seven such games in each campaign.
Lazio have scored only 37 goals in Serie A 2023/24, only in 2009-10 have they ever scored fewer goals after 31 league games (29) in the three points for a win era (since 1994-95).
In the second half of this Serie A campaign, Lazio (42) and Salernitana (35) are two of the four Serie A teams with the lowest number of shots on target attempted – alongside Monza (41) and Empoli (40).