Lazio's hurdle for the place in Europe, Venezia's hope of avoiding the despair of relegation

Inter drew at Genoa, Juve lost to Verona, Milan failed to win at Salernitana...

The Italian Serie A is a league full of surprises and unexpected results. That's why even Venezia have the right to believe in miracles as they face Lazio on Monday night in Rome. The visitors are facing the cruelty of the relegation battle, thus being in the danger zone at the moment.

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Cagliari, the 17th on the table, are three points clear of Venezia, but the latter have two games in hand, which could be their last ticket for survival.

On the other end, Lazio lost only one out of the last five games and are on the verge of reaching those European slots on the table.

Lazio's attacking trio Immobile - Pedro - Milinkovic-Savic looks intimidating, and 57 they have scored since the start of the season is third-best in Italy. However, those 42 they conceded is, for instance, twice as much as the current runners-up Napoli. That's the reason why the Biancocelesti are looking at the backs of top teams in Serie A.

Atalanta and Roma can forget about the Champions League

Still, their tonight's victory would see them leapfrogging Atalanta and their city rivals, AS Roma.

SERIE A - ROUND 29

Saturday

Spezia - Cagliari 2-0 (0-0)

/Erlic 55, Manaj 74/

Salernitana - Sassuolo 2-2 (1-2)

/Bonazzoli 8, Djuric 81 - Scamacca 20, Traore 30/

Sampdoria - Juventus 1-3 (0-2)

/Yoshida 23 og, Morata 34 pen, 88 - Morata 84 og/

Milan - Empoli 1-0 (1-0)

/Kalulu 19/

Sunday

Fiorentina - Bologna 1-0 (0-0)

/Torreira 70/

Verona - Napoli 2-1 (1-0)

/Faraoni 77 - Osimhen 14, 71/

Atalanta - Genoa 0-0

Udinese - Roma 1-1 (1-0)

/Molina 15 - Pellegrini 90+4/

Torino - Inter 1-1 (1-0)

/Bremer 12 - Sanchez 90+3/

Monday

22:45: (1.33) Lazio (5.20) Venezia (9.00)

*** odds are subject to change***