Lazio vs Venezia Prediction and Betting Tips | August 18th 2024
Lazio and Venezia get underway in the 2024-25 Serie A campaign when they lock horns at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. Marco Baroni’s men head into the season opener on a three-game winning streak against the visitors and will look to extend this impressive run.
New signing Tijjani Noslin came up clutch for Lazio in their final pre-season game as he netted the only goal to hand them a 1-0 victory over Spanish outfit Cadiz last Saturday.
This capped off a superb run of results in the off-season for Baroni’s men, who picked up five wins and two draws in their seven friendly matches while scoring a staggering 34 goals and keeping three clean sheets.
Lazio will aim to carry on this impressive form into Serie A as they set out to improve on their performances from last season where they finished seventh in the table.
Venezia, on the other hand, were dumped out of the Coppa Italia last weekend when they were beaten 3-1 by Brescia at the Stadio Mario Rigamonti.
This was a far cry from their solid performances in pre-season, where they went unbeaten in five of their six warm-up games, claiming four wins and one draw.
Venezia enjoyed an impressive 2023-24 campaign as they secured promotion to Serie A after seeing off Palermo and Cremonese in the playoffs.
Lazio vs Venezia Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- With five wins from the last eight meetings between the sides, Lazio boast a superior record in the history of this fixture.
- Venezia have picked up two wins in that time, while both sides have settled for a share of the spoils on two occasions.
- Lazio have won their last three games against Venezia, scoring eight goals and conceding three since a goalless draw in October 2001.
- Venezia have won just one of their last five competitive away matches while losing three and claiming one draw since the start of May.
- Lazio are unbeaten in six back-to-back competitive home games, claiming five wins and one draw since a 2-1 loss against Udinese on March 11.
Lazio vs Venezia Prediction
Still licking their wounds from their Coppa Italia exit, Venezia will head into the weekend looking to kick off the league campaign on a positive note.
However, given the gulf in class and quality between the two sides, we are tipping Lazio to secure all three points in front of the Stadio Olimpico faithful.
Prediction: Lazio 2-0 Venezia
Lazio vs Venezia Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Lazio to win
Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals - No (There have been fewer than three goals scored in four of Lazio’s last five games)
Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in seven of the last eight meetings between the two teams)