Lazio will welcome Monza to the Stadio Olimpico for a Serie A round five fixture on Saturday night. The home side are coming into the game on the back of an exhilarating 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid at the same venue in the UEFA Champions League. They went behind through Pablo Barrios' deflected long-range strike just before the hour-mark. The game seemed destined to go the way of Diego Simeone's men but goalkeeer Ivan Provedel dramatically stepped up for a corner kick in injury time and headed home the equalizer with the last kick of the game. In the process he became the first goalkeeer to score in the Champions League in 13 years. They will turn their focus back to the league scene where their last game saw them suffer a 3-1 defeat away to Juventus. Meanwhile, Monza shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Lecce on home turf in their last outing. First-half goals from Nikola Krstovic and Andrea Colani ensured that the two sides canceled each other out. The stalemate left them in 14th place in the table with four points from four games. While, Lazio are one point and one spot below them in the standings. For this game, I am expecting a home win for Lazio for the following reasons:

Firstly. The Rome outfit, Lazio, have endured a wretched start to the campaign, losing all but one game in Serie A, where the side's goalscoring issues have been apparent. Sarri's team have been unable to score more than a goal in three league games, while last season's second-placed side fired blanks in the 1-0 defeat by Genoa in round two. Having struggled to create enough quality chances in their only home game of the new league season, Sarri will hope his side shows something different from that Genoa performance this weekend. Lazio have looked better across their last three games despite winning just one of those and the visit of Monza presents a good opportunity for them to kickstart their domestic season.

Secondly. Lazio and Monza both enjoyed strong seasons last term but are yet to find their respective forms this year ahead of this meeting. It has not been a bright start to the new season for Monza in their year two in the top division, having suffered two defeats in four games; their only triumph came against Empoli, who have sacked Paolo Zanetti since that 2-0 loss in gameweek two. Monza were strong travellers in Serie A last season but they are yet to get off the mark on their travels this season, losing 2-0 at Inter then 3-0 at Atalanta. They have four points to show from as many games and look set to fall short at Lazio, who won both meetings last term, despite the hosts’ struggles. They are yet to score on their away games.

Neither Sarri's team nor Monza head into Saturday's game in top form, and the visitors ideally should back themselves to secure a first point against Sarri's men at the Olimpico. Lazio have had an atrocious start to their league campaign. However, their morale-boosting draw in the Champions League could turn the tide in their season and Maurizio Sarri will be hoping that his side can capitalize on this. On a good day, they should easily beat Monza, and I expect nothing but a win from them in this game.

拉齐奥将在周六晚上的第五轮意甲比赛中欢迎蒙扎来到奥林匹克球场。主队在欧冠赛场1-1战平马德里竞技后迎来了这场比赛。巴勃罗·巴里奥斯在比赛结束前的一记远射使他们落后。这场比赛似乎注定要走西蒙尼的老路，但在伤停补时阶段，门将普罗韦德尔戏剧性地罚出角球，头球破门扳平比分。在这个过程中，他成为了13年来第一位在欧冠进球的门将。他们将把注意力转回到联赛中，上一场比赛他们客场1 - 3不敌尤文图斯。与此同时，蒙扎在上一场主场1-1战平莱切的比赛中分享了战利品。克尔斯托维奇和科拉尼上半场的进球确保了双方的相互抵消。这场僵局使他们在积分榜上排名第14，四场比赛积4分。而拉齐奥在积分榜上比他们低1分1位。对于这场比赛，我希望拉齐奥能在主场获胜，原因如下:

首先。罗马球队拉齐奥在本赛季开局不佳，在意甲联赛中，除了一场比赛外，他们输掉了所有比赛，在意甲联赛中，进球问题已经很明显。萨里的球队在三场联赛中都没能打进1球以上，而上赛季排名第二的球队在第二轮0 - 1输给热那亚的比赛中一球未进。在新赛季唯一的主场比赛中努力创造了足够的高质量机会，萨里希望他的球队在本周末的热那亚表现有所不同。拉齐奥在最近的三场比赛中表现更好，尽管只赢了其中的一场，对蒙扎的访问为他们开启国内赛季提供了一个很好的机会。

其次。拉齐奥和蒙扎上赛季都表现强劲，但在今年的比赛之前，他们还没有找到各自的状态。对于蒙扎来说，新赛季的开始并不是一个好的开始，这是他们进入顶级联赛的第二年，他们在四场比赛中遭遇了两场失利。他们唯一的胜利是对阵恩波利，恩波利在第二场比赛0 - 2失利后解雇了萨内蒂。蒙扎上赛季在意甲联赛中表现强劲，但本赛季他们在客场表现欠佳，先是0 - 2输给国米，然后0 - 3输给亚特兰大。在同样多场比赛中，他们拿到了4分，但在对阵拉齐奥的比赛中，他们似乎要落后了，上赛季拉齐奥两战全胜，尽管主队表现不佳。他们还没有在客场比赛中进球。

无论是萨里的球队还是蒙扎都不会以最佳状态进入周六的比赛，客队最好能在奥林匹克球场对阵萨里的球队时拿到第一分。拉齐奥在联赛中有一个糟糕的开局。然而，他们在冠军联赛中鼓舞士气的平局可能会扭转他们本赛季的局势，毛里齐奥·萨里希望他的球队能够利用这一点。如果运气好的话，他们应该能轻松击败蒙扎，我只希望他们能在这场比赛中获胜。