Hatayspor-Lazio is a friendly and will be played on Friday at 16:00: news, statistics, live TV, streaming, likely formations, predictions
If Maurizio Sarri was looking for answers, he got too many. In the first match of this Turkish tour, played on Tuesday against Galatasaray – a team well ahead of the Biancocelesti – his Lazio side responded, beating the Giallorossi 2-1 in Istanbul with goals from Felipe Anderson and Luis Alberto.
A more than convincing performance from the Capitoline team, who will play their first official match on 4 January at Lecce, on the day that marks the restart of the Serie A championship after the long World Cup break.
Lazio want to start off strong, thus erasing the ugly defeat they suffered in Turin against Juventus before the stop. At the Allianz Stadium, last November, there was practically no match, with Sarri who could do nothing but congratulate the Bianconeri and take note of the excessive tiredness of his men, coming back from an exhausting tour de force. The absence of Ciro Immobile, who only returned to play a match from 1′ in Turkey, also had an influence.
Positive, all things considered, the signals given by the biancoceleste scorer, who must find his best form as soon as possible. Sarri, not by chance, will include her again in the starting line-up that will face Hatayspor (another Turkish team) in the offensive trident together with Felipe Anderson and Pedro. Waiting to re-embrace Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, back from his (disappointing) Qatari adventure with his Serbia, in his place in the three-man midfield line will be Basic. Led by former Turkish national team goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, the Antioch city club are currently embroiled in the fight not to be relegated in the Super Lig and are only two points behind 16th place. A defeat and a victory in the last two friendlies played against Karagumruk and Gaziantep respectively.
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The Prediction
Another very important test for Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio. Against Turkish league runners-up Galatasaray, the Biancocelesti showed that they have quickly found their match rhythm and should be able to get the better of Hatayspor in a game in which they are likely to score between two and four goals.
Hatayspor-Lazio matchday squad
- HATAYSPOR (4-2-3-1): Kardesler; Adekugbe, Oksuz, Yilmaz, Cörekci; Ruben, Aabid; Ergun, Kanak, Ruben Ribeiro; Zé Luìs.
- LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari, Casale, Romagnoli, Marusic; Luis Alberto, Cataldi, Basic; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Pedro.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
