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Ajax face Lazio in what promises to be a fascinating Europa League encounter

Ajax had an impressive start to this Europa League campaign and has bagged three wins and a draw in their five matches at the start.

Their in-form attacking side which includes the Belgian striker Mika Godts and Dutch midfielder Kenneth Taylor has helped the team to maintain the streak since the beginning.

Meanwhile, Lazio is having the best form this Europa League season. They won four and draw one of their five Europa League matches and has leaked just two in that period.

Moving on, these two have met once in the past and the match ended in a goalless draw. However, their latest meeting was recorded on August 2000.

At home, Ajax have a nine-match unbeaten streak which includes a stunning 4-0 victory against Besiktas and a 5-0 victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv from this Europa League campaign.

On the other hand, Lazio lost four of the past 10 road trips but has scored in the last five matches in a row.

Considering all these observations, we like to back Ajax to win 2-1 as the main pick for this match. For the second pick, we like to suggest Ajax to score over 1.5 goals as they netted goals at that rate in their last four home outings.

You can also back Mika Godts to score anytime as he returned back from the injury with a goal-scoring performance against Alkmaar.