At the end of last season, Lazio was left without the Champions League and the management did not put up with this state of affairs. Maurizio Sarri was invited to the post of head coach,as well as a number of high-quality and expensive acquisitions were made. In general, the Romans played 12 rounds quite solidly, although there were some serious mistakes. With 21 points the Eagles are currently in fifth place in the table, being just one point behind the coveted fourth place. In the last round Lazio looked very decent. After a crushing 1:4 defeat to Verona in the ninth round, the Romans scored seven points in the confrontations with Fiorentina (1:0), Atalanta (2:2) and Salernitana “(3:0).
From the first rounds, Nantes has been fighting for every tournament point in order to prevent a repetition of the scenario of last season, when the Canaries managed to keep their place in the Sun only in transitional matches with Toulouse. After 13 rounds of the current championship, the yellow-greens have five victories and three peaceful outcomes, which brought 18 points and 10th place in the standings. On October 23rd, the guests defeated Clermont (2:1), after which they lost to Montpellier (0:2) and drew with Strasbourg (2:2). Boukari, who has a groin injury, will not be able to help the team.