Palermo hope to remain in the hunt for the European places after the recent uptrend in form, whereas Lazio are still very much in the Serie A title race and the Biancocelesti need a victory to stay close to Milan and Juventus.
The main reason why Palermo are still in the race for European places is their excellent home form and the 9-0-2 record at Renzo Barbera, but their showings on the travels are completely different story.
The Rosanero remain one of just two Serie A sides without an away win this season and it is the disappointing away run that is preventing the team from realizing their full potential.
Bortolo Mutti’s side have been in pretty good form of late, winning three home games and bringing one point from Giuseppe Meazza before losing to Cagliari at the weekend.
Team’s most influential player Fabrizio Miccoli missed the Cagliari game through injury, and there was no doubt he was sorely missed, so everybody at the club will be happy to see the diminutive forward back to the starting line-up.
After Abel Hernandez returned into action, boss Bortolo Mutti can now choose from a fully fit squad, and his side are 2.40 (7/5) with Sportingbet to continue the impressive home run.
Probable starting line-up (4-3-1-2):Viviano – Pisano, Silvestre, Mantovani, Balzaretti – Migliaccio, Donati, Barreto – Zahavi – Hernandez, Miccoli.
Lazio recovered well from the 3-2 defeat to Genoa as they produced a stunning comeback to record the 3-2 victory over Cesena at the weekend.
The Biancocelesti were two goals and one man down at half-time, but they, nonetheless, managed to record a very important victory and thus stayed just five points adrift of leaders Milan.
After such a demanding match, Edy Reja’s side didn’t have enough in them to match a very good Atletico Madrid side in their Europa League clash, and the team are on the verge of elimination after the 3-1 defeat at Olimpico.
This game is a perfect opportunity for the visitors to return to winning ways, although taking into account Palermo’s home form, odds of 3.30 (23/10) offered by William Hill don’t look too tempting.
Boss Edy Reja faces a real selection headache as Abdoulay Konko and Mobido Diakite are suspended, whereas Andre Dias, Stefano Mauri, Lorik Cana and Tommaso Rocchi are out through injury.
Cristian Brocchi, Giuseppe Biava and Emiliano Alfaro are all injury doubts and their condition will be assessed on match day.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Marchetti – Scaloni, Zauri, Stankevicius, Radu – Ledesma, Matuzalem – Gonzalez, Hernanes, Lulic – Klose.
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