Coppa Italia: Lazio vs Roma preview

Another edition of the Rome derby will take place on Wednesday as city rivals Lazio and Roma meet in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final clash. Lazio will be keen on getting revenge after having lost the last four matches against their arch rivals. Moreover, Lazio have not beaten Roma since a cup match in 2013, that's no less than seven derbies ago. Lazio have been in decent shape lately, they have not lost any of their last five matches and won four of them. Last weekend they beat Udinese 1-0, a result which leaves them in fifth place but still in with a real chance of pushing for a top-three spot. Head coach Simone Inzaghi will be without three suspended players, Stefan Radu, Patric and Senad Lulic, while goalkeeper Federico Marchetti is an injury doubt ahead of this match. Roma grabbed an impressive 3-1 victory at Inter Milan last weekend, a perfect result that allowed them to build a five-point cushion over third-placed Napoli. They also pulled through in the Europa League after a 4-1 aggregate victory over Villarreal, so a good result in the derby would wrap up a great period for Luciano Spalletti and his men. Alessandro Florenzi is suspended, but there are no injury worries for the Roma head coach. Probable line-ups: Lazio: Strakosha - Basta, De Vrij, Hoedt, Lukaku - Parolo, Biglia, Milinkovic-Savic - Anderson, Immobile, Keita Roma: Szczesny - Rudiger, Fazio, Manolas - Peres, De Rossi, Strootman, Emerson - Salah, Nainggolan - Dzeko My prediction: 2-2 draw. Here are the odds for the match at Bet365: Lazio win - 3.25 Draw - 3.20 Roma win - 2.30