Kick-off on 19.01.23 19:00.

Sarri's team are preparing for their debut in the current draw. The Petronians have won hard victories over representatives of the second division in the previous rounds, Cosenza and Cagliari. Both meetings ended 1-0. However, the Dark Blues often created chances - in two games, the Felsinians were the authors of one hundred and twenty-two dangerous attacks.

Watch the match Lazio - Bologna online, the teams have not played in the Italian Cup in recent history. The Eagles have only twice reached the 1/8 finals since the early 2000s. In the 2004/05 season, the Sky Blues failed to get past Cagliari (1-2, 3-2, extra-time), and in the 2010/11 draw, they lost in the derby to Roma, 1-2. In the second half of the twentieth century, the Biancocelesti only stopped at this stage three times. In the 1961/62 campaign, the team stopped fighting for the trophy because of their main opponent in the capital (0-0, 4-6 on penalties). In the 1986/87 tournament, Lazio missed out on Juventus (0-0, 0-2) and five years later lost to another Turin club (0-2, 0-0).

In the past three seasons, the Eagles have finished in the cup quarterfinals. In the 2021/22 draw, the Rome squad knocked out Udinese (1-0, ET) in the 1/8, the year before defeated Parma, 2-1, and in the 2019/20 campaign, the Sky-Blues defeated Cremonese, 4-0. Watch the Lazio vs. Bologna clash online.

The Red and Blues have taken part in the upcoming stage ten times since the early 2000s, but only in the 2012/13 competition did the Rossoblu continue to move up the gridiron. Then the Greyhounds defeated Napoli, 2-1. It was a kind of revenge for a similar defeat by the Felsinians in the Italian Cup 2010/11 in the same round, 1-2.

In the 2011/12 season, the team lost with a struggle to Juventus in the 1/8 finals (1-2, overtime). In the last nine years, even that stage was an achievement for the team. In 2016/17, Bologna fell to Inter (2-3, OT) before falling to the old side again two years later, 0-2. Watch the match Lazio - Bologna online.