After suffering their fifth loss of the season, Lazio will try to respond by cutting their deficit to Fiorentina in the Serie A standings when the teams meet on Monday evening.
While the capital club return to Stadio Olimpico following a Champions League defeat in Rotterdam, La Viola bounced back from losing at home to Empoli by strolling to victory in the Europa Conference League.
Maurizio Sarri's men put on an insipid display against Dutch champions Feyenoord on Wednesday night and only had Pedro's late spot-kick consolation to show for their efforts in a 3-1 defeat.
As the Biancocelesti had previously produced dramatic stoppage-time strikes to clinch a point against Atletico Madrid and then see off Celtic in Glasgow, they can still dream of making the last 16, but before next month's reverse fixture with Feyenoord they must aim to find some consistency in Serie A.
After a sluggish start to their league campaign, which brought just one win from six games, last week's 2-0 win at Sassuolo took Lazio into the top half of the table, but they still trail behind in the top-four race.
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