Friday, April 10, 2009

Lazio vs AS Roma preview: the match of the week

On Saturday, Francesco Totti can enter the goalscoring elite of Italy’s Serie A when AS Roma face city rivals Lazio in the Stadio Olimpico. Totti has scored 173 goals in the Serie A and he needs one goal to enter the top 10 of all-time Serie A goalscorers. He scored his first league goal on 4 September 1994 in a home match against Foggia (1-1).

Totti has scored 13 of his 173 goals against Parma, his favourite opponents. According to Infostrada Sports, Lazio have conceded six goals from the Roma captain.

Most goals in Serie A
Goals Name Nation Played


274 Silvio Piola ITA 537
225 Gunnar Nordahl SWE 291
216 Giuseppe Meazza ITA 367
216 José Altafini BRA/ITA 459
205 Roberto Baggio ITA 452
190 Kurt Hamrin SWE 400
188 Giuseppe Signori ITA 344
184 Gabriel Batistuta ARG 318
178 Giampiero Boniperti ITA 444
174 Amedeo Amadei ITA 423
173 Francesco Totti ITA 411

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