Benevento are hoping to pick up their first ever Serie A point, but it’d be a big upset if they managed to stall high-flying Lazio.
It kicks off at the Stadio Vigorito at 11.30 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s games on the LIVEBLOG.
Le Streghe have been somewhat cursed so far in their debut top flight campaign, losing all 10 matches including Wednesday’s heartbreaker in Sardinia.
Benevento are hoping to pick up their first ever Serie A point, but it’d be a big upset if they managed to stall high-flying Lazio.
It kicks off at the Stadio Vigorito at 11.30 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s games on the LIVEBLOG.
Le Streghe have been somewhat cursed so far in their debut top flight campaign, losing all 10 matches including Wednesday’s heartbreaker in Sardinia.
Pietro Iemmello thought his 94th-minute penalty was enough to grab a 1-1 draw, but didn’t count on Leonardo Pavoletti nodding in the Cagliari winner moments later.
Captain Fabio Lucioni continues his ban after failing a doping test, while Marco D’Alessandro and Filippo Costa are on the treatment table.
It’s a special game for Cristiano Lombardi and Danilo Cataldi, who are on loan from Lazio, while Amato Ciciretti came up through the Roma academy.
Luca Antei returns from suspension to bolster the squad under new Coach Roberto De Zerbi, who replaced Marco Baroni on Monday.
Lazio have been the surprise outfit of the season so far, going into this round in third place and top of their Europa League group.
The Aquile suffered just one competitive defeat this term, against Serie A leaders Napoli, despite an injury crisis that continues to rule out Felipe Anderson, Dusan Basta, Wallace and Simone Palombi.
Ciro Immobile missed a penalty in the midweek 2-1 victory away to Bologna, one of four times Lazio rattled the woodwork in that game.
He is still the Capocannoniere on 11 goals and is again supported by Luis Alberto and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
The only time these two teams have faced each other, it was a 5-1 Coppa Italia home win to Lazio back in August 2008.
This has been a very tough week for Lazio, as their fans hit headlines all over the world by using the image of Holocaust icon Anne Frank to mock their rivals Roma, then President Claudio Lotito’s attempts to smooth things over backfired spectacular when he was caught on tape calling his visit to a synagogue “this charade.”
Benevento: Brignoli; Venuti, Antei, Di Chiara; Lombardi, Chibsah, Viola, Lazaar; Cataldi, Memushaj; Iemmello
Lazio: Strakosha; Bastos, De Vrij, Radu; Marusic, Parolo, Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic, Lulic; Luis Alberto; Immobile
Ref: Giacomelli