Lazio v Juventus: Sky Sports Six-a-Side Elite Player Report
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Thursday 24 January 2019 17:59, UK
This Sunday's Sky Sports Six-a-Side match-up sees Lazio welcome Italian champions Juventus in Serie A at the Stadio Olimpico.
Lazio saw their three-match unbeaten run come to an end as they were beaten by second-placed Napoli, putting them in sixth position, one point behind their rivals Roma and just two points behind fourth-placed AC Milan.
Juventus are now 20 unbeaten (W18, D2) in Serie A and will be eyeing an eighth successive title. They are nine points clear of Napoli and have kept 11 clean sheets in their 20 league games, registering seven from their last nine.
All four players have the capacity to rack up a hefty points haul from this blockbuster Italian fixture - take a look at the contenders and select your Sky Sports Six-a-Side team.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Milinkovic-Savic has only contributed to four goals this campaign for Lazio, though the Serbian has scored two goals in his last four matches. Last season, of the players aged 23 and under playing in Europe's top five leagues, no player scored more goals (five) from outside the box than Milinkovic-Savic, proving he is a danger to Juventus from distance and even set-pieces.
The midfielder has provided 13 key passes for his team-mates in his last four matches, while demonstrating his threat to the goal, through the 37 shots he has attempted in his last 12 league matches, averaging three or more in that period.
Milinkovic-Savic has been selected by a mere 1.4 per cent of Sky Sports Six-a-Side players, so you could be ahead of the pack if the playmaker finds his top gear in this contest.
Ciro Immobile
The Italian striker has been directly involved in 13 goals from his 20 Serie A matches (11 goals, two assists), seeking out a Serie A Capocannoniere, as he was bettered by no other player with his 29 goals of last season. Immobile has one goal and four assists in only four appearances in the UEFA Europa League so he is impressing on all platforms thus far.
Immobile found the net against Napoli last time out, making that two in two against them for the season, and has contributed to four goals in his last seven league fixtures. The Lazio frontman is averaging 3.9 shots per game this term so why would you rule him out scoring in this one?
Only a staggering 0.9 per cent of Sky Sports Six-a-Side competitors have backed Immobile to impress at the Stadio Olimpico - that is a worrying 98.1 per cent of players missing out on Immobile's shooting boots.
Paulo Dybala
Dybala has three assists in his last two Serie A matches, as many goal contributions as he had in his previous 16 appearances in the league. The Argentine has five goals in five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, averaging a goal every 89 minutes.
The Juventus striker has averaged 70.6 Sky Sports Six-a-Side points from his five Champions League games, which was bolstered by his hat-trick against Young Boys in which he registered 149.
Against Valencia and Manchester United he accumulated 21 points in each from creating chances, which can tally up a modest total for your teams, proving Dybala can record a host of points from varying Six-a-Side fields.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo has directly contributed to 19 goals in 20 Serie A games (14 goals, five assists), averaging a goal involvement every 90.8 minutes for the Italian champions, putting himself in the hunt for his first Capocannoniere in his first season in Italy.
The five-time Ballon D'or winner is averaging 6.7 shots per game in his domestic campaign, while the Portuguese international is averaging 49.75 Sky Sports Six-a-Side points from his last four UEFA Champions League fixtures, meaning he could be an essential to have in your side.
This emphasises Ronaldo as the obvious frontrunner of Elite Player choice, with 57.9 per cent of Sky Sports Six-a-Side contenders selecting his services.
