Serie A moves into its next Sunday with different pressures at either end of the table: Milan seek greater control at home, Lazio want to extend a sharp opening month, and Parma and Genoa meet with both sides still looking for a result to begin their seasons.
Serie A Goalkeeper Watch: Milan, Lazio and the Tardini Test
SEO Title: Serie A Goalkeeper Watch: Milan, Lazio and the Tardini Test
SEO Description: Milan host Lecce after drawing with Lazio, Mandas and Lazio face Venezia, while Parma and Genoa meet after difficult starts to the Serie A season.
Quick facts
- Mike Maignan has recorded one clean sheet, against Venezia in round two, and costs 31 credits.
- Como are still waiting for their first shutout; Jean Butez, valued at 29 credits, is expected back against Frosinone.
- Gattuso’s Lazio have taken 10 points from their opening four league matches.
- Parma and Genoa have one point each after four rounds, with two goals scored apiece.
- Juventus-Atalanta, Fiorentina-Napoli and Roma-Inter headline a round containing several difficult fixtures for goalkeepers.
Milan return to San Siro against Lecce after their draw with Lazio, with Maignan looking to add only his second clean sheet of the campaign. The French goalkeeper’s lone shutout came against Venezia in the second matchday, but Milan begin as favourites despite Lecce’s encouraging start.
The fixture gives Maignan a more favourable setting than some of the round’s marquee games. His price stands at 31 credits, reflecting both Milan’s expectations and the importance of a steadier defensive afternoon after the Lazio result.
Como also have an opportunity to reset. Jean Butez should reclaim his place for the visit of Frosinone after Sanchez deputised in the match against Parma.
Butez, priced at 29 credits, and Como are yet to keep a clean sheet this term. Frosinone, coached by Alvini, have begun well, but the home side carry the stronger pre-match case as they search for that first defensive landmark.
Lazio have been one of the early stories of the championship under Gattuso. Ten points from a possible 12 have given the Biancocelesti a firm platform, and Christos Mandas has played his part with a series of important early saves.
Venezia arrive in Rome in difficulty, making Mandas, at 27 credits, one of the round’s more attractive options. Lazio’s collective form has supplied the Greek goalkeeper with a promising context, rather than leaving him to carry the burden alone.
The fixtures that change the calculation
Three matches demand more caution: Juventus against Atalanta, Fiorentina against Napoli, and Roma’s meeting with Inter. Each carries the potential for goals, so the goalkeepers involved face a far less forgiving weekend.
Guglielmo Vicario, Marco Carnesecchi, David de Gea, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Mile Svilar and Martinez all fall into that category. Their individual quality is not in question, but the opposition makes a clean sheet harder to project.
At the Tardini, Parma and Genoa offer a different kind of contest. Cuesta’s Parma and De Rossi’s Genoa have each collected only one point in four rounds, and both have struggled at both ends of the pitch.
Each club has scored twice. Parma have conceded six goals, while Genoa have allowed eight, leaving the match evenly balanced but with the possibility of a restrained, nervous afternoon.
Edoardo Corvi, available for one credit, and Justin Bijlow, costing 16, therefore represent lower-cost choices with a plausible route to a clean sheet. It remains a risk rather than a certainty, but this is a meeting shaped as much by two teams’ need to stop conceding as by their need to finally move forward.
