Lazio vs AC Milan prediction, odds and how to watch

Davide Frattesi's 25th-minute strike was enough for Lazio to grind out a 1-0 win over a Genoa side that competed hard but never really threatened to score. One goal. Three points. Job done.

Lazio won 1-0 at the Dall'Ara thanks to a goal from substitute striker five minutes after coming on, despite Bologna dominating possession and creating the better quality chances across the ninety minutes. The result tells you very little about who played the better football, and quite a lot about who prepared better for the moments that mattered.

AC Milan took three points from the Olimpico Grande Torino with a clinical ten-minute spell in the second half, but the underlying numbers suggest Torino left the door open through structural problems rather than a lack of quality.

Benfica arrive at the San Siro on Wednesday night with goals in their legs and a point to prove in the Europa League. AC Milan had better be ready to compete.

AC Milan host Lecce at San Siro on Sunday evening with serious questions hanging over their home record, while the visitors arrive carrying genuine away momentum. This is a fixture with more tactical intrigue than the table suggests.

Venezia host Lazio at the Piovese on Saturday evening searching for their first point of the season, while the visitors arrive carrying a significant injury list and questions about their defensive structure. This fixture has the ingredients of a tactical contest shaped as much by what is missing as by what is present.

Lazio host AC Milan on Sunday evening carrying a significant injury burden that threatens their defensive shape, while Milan arrive with momentum in away fixtures but deep questions about their overall reliability. This is a fixture where preparation and structural discipline will matter more than individual quality.

Lazio travel to Udine carrying a depleted squad and some deeply contradictory underlying numbers, while Udinese have quietly built one of the more defensively solid home records in recent weeks. The data tells a more complicated story than the surface results suggest.