Lazio vs Zenit St Petersburg Betting Tips, Predictions & Odds - Lazio to beat Zenit in Rome

Lazio welcome Zenit St Petersburg to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome for a UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday. Lazio sit second in the group on five points while Zenit St Petersburg have just one point and need a win to keep their qualification hopes alive.

Lazio are unbeaten in their last seven matches in all competitions with four wins and three draws. Their UEFA Champions League campaign started with a 3-1 home win over Borussia Dortmund before winning 2-1 at home against Bologna in Serie A.

Lazio followed that up with two 1-1 away draws in the UEFA Champions League against Zenit St Petersburg and Club Brugge. Sandwiched between those games was a 4-3 victory over Torino.

Another credible result followed as Lazio took a point at home against Serie A champions Juventus.

In their last match, Lazio won 2-0 at Crotone with Ciro Immobile and Joaquin Correa finding the back of the net.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is expected to miss this game after testing positive for COVID-19.

Gonzalo Escalante is also a doubt in midfield as is centre-back Luiz Felipe.

Zenit St Petersburg began their Champions League campaign with two successive defeats against Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund. A home 1-1 draw against Lazio got them off the mark points wise but they still sit bottom.

Locally the Russians have done fairly well. Zenit beat Khimki 2-0 away prior to their draw against Lazio.  That was followed by a 3-1 home victory over Krasnodar.

Zenit St Petersburg only managed a 2-2 draw at Akhmat Grozny in their last match despite leading twice. Daler Kuzyaev and Dejan Lovren both scored for Zenit.

In attack Sardar Azmoum and Sebastian Driussi are both doubtful for this encounter while midfielders Magomed Ozdoev and Wendel are also likely to miss out.

Dmitri Chistyakov is missing at centre-back because he is not registered for the Champions League.

Lazio and Zenit St Petersburg met for the first time earlier this month and drew 1-1 in Russia. Alexandr Erokhin opened the scoring for Zenit before Felipe Caicedo levelled for Lazio in the second half.

Lazio are favourites for this game at 1.85 while Zenit St Petersburg are priced at 4.00. A draw is available at 3.60.

Over 2.5 goals is valued at 1.80 while under 2.5 goals is paying 2.00 with bet365.

Lazio can take a huge step towards qualifying should they take all three points here. Zenit on the other hand need all three points to keep their faint hopes alive, but with Ciro Immobile Lazio have the firepower to get one over their Russian rivals.