RECENT FORM
With just one win in their last six in Serie A, Roma’s form has dipped towards the end of the campaign - but they have the opportunity to right their recent run with a statement victory over their city rivals.
The Giallorossi have gone five games unbeaten at home in all competitions (W3, D2), which bodes well for this weekend as Paulo Fonseca’s men act as the hosts at the two clubs' shared home.
As for the other team from the capital, their fortunate victory over already-relegated Parma in midweek guaranteed European football for the club next season.
It was their fourth home game from their last six matches with their two defeats during that time coming as the away side.
LAST MEETING
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DANGER MAN
Ciro Immobile
The 31-year-old Italy international skipper has once again been the driving force for the visitors in 2020-21.
Immobile is the league’s fifth highest scorer with 20 Serie A goals and it was his 95th-minute effort that clinched the win over lowly Parma last time out.
That strike took Immobile to six from his last six in the top-flight and he will be out to prove himself a menace when these two old foes meet on the penultimate weekend of the season.
Immobile has scored in four of the last seven league derbies and has seven goals in 14 appearances against Roma across all competitions as both a Torino and Lazio player.
MATCH STATS
This weekend’s game will be the 154th Derby della Capitale in Serie A history, a fixture that Roma edges with 54 wins, 60 draws and 39 defeats.
Those 54 Giallorossi victories are the club’s third-most against a single side in Italy’s top division, with their record only better against Fiorentina (56) and Torino (65).
Four games have passed since Roma’s most recent league win over Lazio, but the Giallorossi are unbeaten in their last three as the home side (W2, D1).
In fact, Roma have only lost one of the previous eight meetings with Lazio as the nominal hosts (W4, D3, L1).
PLAYER STATS
WHAT THEY SAID
“We have a lot of desire, we want to recover our strength and then we want to win the derby.”
- Roma coach Fonseca, after the Inter game
"We want to win it for the fans who will be watching from home - especially because we want them back with us."
- Roma defender Marash Kumbulla
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