Analysis:

Delio Rossi will welcome Lazio the club which he left to join Palermo. Rossi remains popular with the Lazio fans after conquering the Coppa Italia last season no doubt. Rossi left the club after disagreements with President Claudio Lotito.

Rossi will be pleased that his replacement in the form of Davide Ballardini, was sacked last week to make way for Reja. The new boss had a successful debut by beating Parma 2-0 and will hope to continue his unbeaten run.

A huge task await Reja as Palermo are unbeaten in over a year at home. Since the shock 4-0 derby defeat to Catania on March 1, 2009, Palermo have pciked up 15 wins and five draws along the way. In those 20 competitive games they only failed to hit the back of the net once, as Genoa held them to a 0-0 draw. Should Palermo do pick up all three points, it will be their seventh consecutive home win between Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Palermo is injury free with the only exception of Giovanni Tedesco. They can also count of ex Lazio midfielder Fabio Liverani to prove his worth against his former club. But they will be keen to avoid another defeat after suffering a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Roma. They will not want another side from Rome to humiliate them again.

Lazio's Reja came under fire for dropping Mauro Zarate for their Parma match. He came off the bench and scored but that will not guarantee him a place here. Cristian Ledesma played his first official game for Lazio last week. Locked away due to a contract dispute and with Lazio in the relegation zone, it showed just how much they missed him when he pulled out a fine performance against Parma.

Lazio still has a huge injury list in the form of Albano Bizzarri, Simone Del Nero, Ousmane Dabo, Francelino Matuzalem, Mourad Meghni, Andre Dias, Julio Cruz and Pasquale Foggia. Some of them ciuld take the bench prior kickoff if they can recover in time.

For Lazio's coach this match will also be special for him as he will return back to the club he represented as a player from 1968-69 to 1972-73, notching up 124 appearances and one goal between Serie A and B. However, he has never beaten Palermo as a Coach, managing only one point from five previous meetings.

Take Lazio to get the draw in this match.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Draw Match 1-1

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Go for this match to end in a draw.

HANDICAP BETTING :

Take Lazio and accept the 1/2 ball here.