Lazio vs. Juventus match preview: Time, TV schedule, and find out how to watch the Serie A

As Juventus made their technique to Bologna final weekend, they knew they’d a slight benefit over the remainder of the competitors within the race to complete within the prime 4. It was a single level, nevertheless it was a bonus nonetheless.

Every week later, Juve are nonetheless in fourth, however they’ve obtained firm — and a couple of workforce, too.

The slim benefit that Juventus had every week in the past is about as razor skinny because it will get now. As Juventus get set to face Lazio on the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday night in one other six-pointer within the race for the highest 4, the one motive as to why they nonetheless stake a declare to fourth place is on purpose differential over Roma in fifth. Lazio’s proper there with their hated metropolis rivals, too, with all three of these groups degree on 63 factors coming into Matchday 36. It’s the second of back-to-back fixtures towards a direct rival for the highest 4 that Igor Tudor’s squad should try to determine with a really shorthanded roster — accidents, aren’t they enjoyable? — following final weekend’s draw with Bologna.

If final Sunday was one of many largest video games left on Juventus’ schedule, then what does it make this one?

Yeah, you may in all probability determine the place that is going.

Now, Bologna have already performed their thirty sixth sport of the 2024-25 season Friday night time, with their 3-1 loss towards a considerably resurgent but nonetheless wildly unpredictable AC Milan at San Siro which means that there gained’t be a fourth workforce sitting on 63 factors when Juve take the sector on the Stadio Olimpico. That might find yourself being the factor that takes Bologna out of the operating for fourth place, or issues might find yourself going their manner even with the loss based mostly on how the opposite outcomes going this weekend.

It doesn’t matter what, although, this is similar sort of scenario as Juventus had final weekend towards Bologna: You win and also you’re both holding serve in relation to the standings or doubtlessly bettering your scenario in fourth if the opposite outcomes go your manner. We all know {that a} draw towards Bologna and the wins from Lazio after which Roma meant that the tight race for the highest 4 grew to become even tighter. (By some means that’s doable!)

So now this journey to Rome — which has been a moderately standard place to be the final couple of days — is the brand new largest sport of the season regardless that Tudor downplayed just a little little bit of its significance throughout his pre-match press convention Friday afternoon.

A end result like they obtained on the Olimpico a few weeks in the past towards Roma in all probability gained’t be sufficient to see Juventus finish the prolonged weekend in fourth place. For a workforce that controls its personal future in relation to ending within the prime 4, there’s solely a lot leeway through which Tudor’s squad truly has. Any potential slip-up now run the danger of seeing Juve drop again into fifth or sixth place as a result of issues are so shut proper now.

Juventus will face a Lazio facet that has been in a position to keep within the race for the highest 4 regardless of the actual fact their dwelling type has not been nice each currently and the season as a complete. Based mostly solely on outcomes on their dwelling turf this season, Lazio has simply the ninth-best document in Serie A, barely forward of factors collected by Italian heavyweights Como and Torino. Of their final 5 video games on the Olimpico, Lazio have 5 attracts, with the latest being a late comeback effort towards Parma only a few of days after the relegation battlers beat Juve.

Lazio’s final win at dwelling occurred Feb. 9 towards now-relegated Monza.

That’s a very long time to go with out a win on your property subject. For all of Juventus’ struggles over the past couple of months and the season as a complete, they will’t even stake declare to going three months with out a win at dwelling.

Perhaps Juventus can lengthen that run of struggles at dwelling Lazio has needed to endure since mid-February. In the event that they do, it’s going to actually go a great distance in serving to Juve maintain maintain of fourth place. But when not, then a sophisticated last couple weeks of the season will turn out to be much more of simply that — and that’s one thing no one round right here needs to see.

TEAM NEWS

Kenan Yildiz will likely be serving the second sport of his two-match suspension for his crimson card towards Monza two weeks in the past. This would be the first sport he misses in his 20s after leaving the teenage ranks this previous Sunday.
The damage information popping out of the draw with Bologna: Andrea Cambiaso will likely be out for at the very least this weekend and doubtlessly subsequent week’s matchup with Udinese after having to come back off with a thigh muscle damage within the second half.
Tudor could have two choices again within the squad as in comparison with when Juve performed Bologna, as each Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Gatti have been included within the touring squad to Rome. Tudor, nonetheless, was considerably bullish on Gatti’s availability, saying at his pre-match press convention that the Italian defender has been included within the squad regardless that he’s a little bit of a query mark this weekend.
One participant who hoped to be obtainable this weekend gained’t be — and that’s Teun Koopmeiners, who continues to be coping with ache associated to his Achilles damage he picked up towards Lecce. This would be the fourth straight sport that the Dutchman has missed.
Lloyd Kelly is the one different short-term damage that’s pressured to overlook Lazio this weekend.
In complete, Juventus will likely be with out six gamers as a consequence of damage.
Three gamers who can be found to play towards Lazio are a yellow card away from having to serving a one-game suspension: Khephren Thuram, Timothy Weah and Nocolo Savona. (Cambiaso can be on this record, however he clearly gained’t have to fret about it this week at minimal.)

JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH

With so many gamers nonetheless out injured, it’s onerous to say the place a sure American utility participant will truly line up on the sector this weekend.

It’s simply that he’ll as a result of he’s able to filling so many roles when someone isn’t obtainable. Due to this fact, we’ll chat about him regardless that there’s just a little uncertainty about the place he will likely be within the beginning lineup.

Picture by Daniele Badolato – Juventus FC/Juventus FC by way of Getty Photographs

Over the previous couple of hours, I’ve seen predicted beginning lineups that had Weston McKennie beginning as:

A wingback on the appropriate wing in a 3-4-2-1.
A central midfielder enjoying to the appropriate of Manuel Locatelli in a 3-5-2.
An attacking midfielder enjoying behind Randal Kolo Muani in a 3-4-2-1.

Technically, the final two of these might be at the very least partially true contemplating McKennie might play a complicated position as someone like Nico González slots in as a supporting striker alongside Kolo Muani. However the reality nonetheless stays that there are a variety of completely different locations that individuals assume McKennie might pop up Saturday night time, and there’s understandably no actual consensus.

That’s moderately on model for the season that McKennie has had since his place the place he performs has generally merely relied on who else is on the market and never injured. He’s performed in so many various positions beneath a number of managers that it’s not possible to maintain monitor. Or when you do try to maintain monitor, you may run out of fingers when counting all of them up.

McKennie’s place towards Lazio doubtless is dependent upon simply how a lot confidence Tudor has to provide Alberto Costa has first-ever Juventus begin in a sport meaning a lot within the standings. Contemplating Juve have extraordinarily restricted choices in relation to pure wingbacks/fullbacks, Tudor may need to go along with Costa as a result of there’s no one else if he needs a pure vast participant as a wingback this weekend. If Tudor isn’t assured in Costa’s potential from the beginning, then we’re in all probability each wingback positions being occupied by the People on the Juve roster.

It’s removed from a super scenario, nevertheless it’s one the place McKennie goes to play.

You simply don’t know the place fairly but — which very a lot is sensible for the way this season has gone and the way it will proceed to be as a result of there are such a lot of accidents on this workforce.

MATCH INFO

When: Saturday, Might 10, 2025.

The place: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy.

Official kickoff time: 6 p.m. in Italy and the Central European time zone, 6 p.m. in the UK, 12 p.m. Jap time, 9 a.m. Pacific time.

HOW TO WATCH

Tv: Fox Deportes (United States); TLN (Canada).

On-line/Streaming: Paramount+, CBS Sports activities Golazo, foxsports.com, Fox Sports activities app (United States); fuboTV Canada (Canada); OneFootball.com (United Kingdom); DAZN Italia, Sky Go Italia (Italy).

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