Venezia vs Lazio 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.

Lecce took all three points at Venezia with goals either side of half-time, winning comfortably despite Venezia controlling 71% of possession and missing six big chances. The numbers tell one story. The structure tells another.

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.

Venezia carry one of the most compelling home records in Serie A into Friday's fixture against a Fiorentina side still finding their footing in the new season. The data tells a clear story about who holds the structural advantage here.

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.

Frosinone carry one of Italian football's most compelling home records into Sunday's Serie A encounter, but Venezia arrive in good heart and with a quiet resilience that makes them far more dangerous than their billing suggests.