After playing out their final Champions League group fixtures in midweek, Lazio and Inter Milan convene at Stadio Olimpico, as they go head-to-head in Serie A's Sunday night kickoff.
Both clubs were already through to the last 16 of Europe's top club competition before completing their respective campaigns, but the Biancocelesti trail league leaders Inter by some distance in the Italian top flight.
The Rome club were unable to make up their deficit after a 2-0 defeat consigned them to second spot in the final group standings; nonetheless, having confirmed progress by beating Celtic last month, a place in the knockout phase still awaits.
The Biancocelesti were off-colour at the Metropolitano, just a few days after slipping up again in Serie A, when allowing lowly Hellas Verona to level Mattia Zaccagni's opener and then hang on for a point.
After three consecutive clean sheets - something of a rarity this season, following a series of shut-outs last term - Lazio have now leaked three goals in two games, and they remain marooned in mid-table approaching the halfway stage.
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