Lazio extend 4W run with win over Parma
2-1 at home on Saturday 24 October kept Lazio unbeaten on 22 points, second only to Inter on goal difference.
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Lazio are unbeaten after 8 rounds of Serie A. The 2-1 win over Parma on Saturday 24 October was their fourth straight victory, and it leaves them on 22 points with 7 wins, 1 draw and no defeats.
The numbers behind that record are unusually tidy. Lazio have scored 16 and conceded 5, a goal difference of +11. Only Inter, level on 22 points with a difference of +13, sit above them. Third-placed Roma are four points back.
What separates this side from the rest of the top six is the spread of results. 7 home wins and 8 away wins is not the profile of a team leaning on one venue. The form line reads DWWWW, and the current run of 4W accounts for 4 of those matches.
Can anyone in Serie A actually stop them? On this evidence, the answer is not obvious.
Next comes a trip to Lazio on Tuesday 27 October, matchday 9. It is the kind of fixture that decides whether a good start becomes a serious season. Lazio have not yet dropped a point in 0 matches, and every week that stays true, the table looks a little stranger.
The chasing pack is not standing still. Como 1907 have 17 points, Milan have 15, and Frosinone are on 14. None of them can match a defence that has shipped 5 goals in 8 games.
For now the position is simple: 2nd place, 22 points, 11 on goal difference. The gap to the top is measured in goals, not points. That is the margin Lazio are playing for.