Football Bet of the Day: Lazio ready to raid Como

There are three Serie A games on what is a fairly quiet Thursday across Europe and we’ve picked out a 7/2 option for Lazio’s trip to Como as our Bet of the Day.

Como have made a decent start to life in the top tier of Italian football after last season’s promotion, but they are facing a Lazio outfit who have hit some form on Thursday (19:45, TNT Sports 2). It's from this game that our football bet of the day for Thursday, October 31 comes.

Lazio endured a mixed start to the season with just two wins in their opening five games but they have been in fine form since, with six wins and one defeat in their last seven games.

As a result, the Rome outfit have climbed up to sixth spot in Serie A and were just two points behind second placed Inter Milan heading into this round of fixtures, while they lead the way in the Europa League league phase as one of three teams on nine points after three games.

Como have acquitted themselves well to life among Italy’s elite and have managed to take points off the likes of Bologna (2-2) and Atalanta (won 3-2) this season, but the promoted outfit come into Thursday’s game after managing just one point from their last three games.

Admittedly, the Biancocelesti’s away form in Serie A has been poor with just one win in four games, losing the other three, but they have won three of their last four away games across all competitions and their one defeat in that run came at Juventus - in a game where they played the majority of the match with 10 men.

Como are unbeaten at home after three games but two of those games have come against teams who are currently below them in the table and Lazio will be their toughest test yet at their Giuseppe Sinigaglia base.

A straightforward away win pays out at 7/5 and may appeal to some punters, particularly anyone seeking to put together a multiple using the rest of Thursday’s games, but the 18/5 on offer for an away win with goals at both ends is a strong option for anyone seeking a bigger price single bet.

Como have scored six goals in just three home games this season and they’ve scored in 11 consecutive competitive home fixtures stretching back into last season.

Meanwhile, Lazio have conceded in all four of their Serie A away games - shipping seven goals in total - and they’ve only managed one clean sheet in their last 10 away trips in this competition in a run that goes back to February.

Lazio are in form and have the quality to inflict a first home loss on Como, but the hosts won’t go down without a fight and they can at least strike in defeat against one of Serie A’s big guns.

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