Lazio head to Venice with second place in sight
Serie A

Lazio head to Venice with second place in sight

Lazio visit Venezia looking to keep pace, while the Lagunari chase their first points of the season.

Venezia host Lazio in the final game of Saturday’s Serie A Matchday 5 schedule. The Lagunari have lost to Lecce, AC Milan, Frosinone and Fiorentina and are still searching for their first points of the campaign. They will then have the two-week break to address the areas in which they have fallen short so far. Lazio, by contrast, remain unbeaten and are hot on the heels of Roma and Inter. They will be looking for another three points to maintain their strong start.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 16 official meetings between the two sides in Veneto: 7 Venezia wins (last 2-0, Serie A 1999/00), 5 draws (last 0-0, Serie A 2024/25) and 3 Lazio wins (last 1-3, Serie A 2021/22).

DID YOU KNOW?

Venezia are the team that have conceded the most goals (11), level with Fiorentina and Monza).

Venezia are the team that have conceded the most goals (4) in the final 15 minutes of the second half, added time included.

Venezia are the team with the most yellow cards (10).

Only Frosinone (66) and Juventus (64) have committed more fouls than Lazio (61).

Lazio are coming off 5 wins in their last 6 Serie A away games: their last defeat came on 17 May 2026 (Roma-Lazio 2-0).

COACHES and PLAYERS

Third official meeting between Giovanni Stroppa and Gennaro Gattuso: 1 win apiece, Spezia-Palermo 1-0 (Serie B 2013/14) for the former and Crotone-Napoli 0-4 (Serie A) 2020/21) for the latter.

Giovanni Stroppa is the former player facing his former club: he played for Lazio from 1991 to 1993, making 50 Serie A appearances and scoring 5 goals.

Only Douglas Luiz (9) and Armand Laurienté (8) have attempted more shots from outside the box than Mattia Zaccagni (7, level with Nico González and Piotr Zielinski).

Akor Adams scored against Fiorentina: his 1st Serie A goal for the Nigerian striker.

Antoine Hainaut scored against Fiorentina: he had not scored since 25 May 2025 (Atalanta- Parma 2-3). It was the French winger’s 3rd Serie A goal.

Matteo Cancellieri scored against Milan: he had not scored since 18 April 2026 (Napoli-Lazio 0-2).

Tijjani Noslin scored against Milan: he had not scored since 4 May 2026 (Cremonese-Lazio 1-2).

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none 

Cautioned: none 

REFEREE

SOZZA (BERCIGLI – ZINGARELLI) IV: BONACINA, VAR: PEZZUTO, AVAR: PICCININI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Atalanta-Venezia (12/10, 18.30)

Lazio-Monza (11/10, 15.00)

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