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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
LAZIO  Marchetti Scaloni, Stankevicius, Biava, Radu Gonzalez, Ledesma, Lulic Hernanes Cisse, Klose | ATALANTA  Consigli Masiello, Lucchini, Manfredini, Peluso Schelotto, Cigarini, Carmona, Padoin Moralez Denis |
The hosts will face the Atalanta without the services of Lorik Cana, with the club confirming the former Marseille midfeilder faces two months on the sidelines with a back injury. The Biancazzurri will also be without Stefano Mauri and Libor Kozak, with the pair both ruled out with thigh problems.
However, Federico Marchetti is in line to make his long awaited comeback, with the Italy international expected to replace the suspended Albano Bizzarri in the Lazio goal. Hernanes will also return to the starting line-up, after the Brazil international grabbed an injury-time winner in the midweek Coppa Italia clash with Verona.
The Nerazzurri will travel to the capital without Matteo Brighi, with the former Roma midfielder failing to recover from a muscle tear. Daniele Capelli will also miss out for the visitors, with the defender ruled out until April, after tearing cruciate ligaments in his right knee.
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Lazio have lost three of their last four games against Atalanta.
- The hosts have failed to win any of their last three league outings.
- Both Lazio and Atalanta have lost three league games this season.
- The Nerazzurri have drew more matches than any other side in Serie A this term.
- The visitors have won only one of their last seven league fixtures.
- However, they have only lost two of their away games this season.
Prediction
With the hosts in desperate need of a victory after last week's humiliating defeat to Siena, and with the Biancazzurri having home advantage on Sunday, a Lazio victory seems a likely outcome, but the majority of victory should be a narrow one.
Editor's Prediction
Lazio 2-1 Atalanta 
