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Davide Nicola.......Serie A club Salernitana have sacked manager Davide Nicola for the second time in 31 days.
Nicola, 49, was reappointed by Salernitana on 18 January - just two days after he had been sacked following an 8-2 defeat by Atalanta.
Originally appointed in February last year, he has been replaced by former Fiorentina boss Paulo Sousa.
The club are 16th in the Italian top flight, four points above the relegation places after 22 games.
Since Nicola was reappointed as manager in January, Salernitana have won one and lost three in the league, including defeat by relegation rivals Hellas Verona on Monday.
Over both of the Italian's two spells, the club lost seven of his final 10 games in charge - winning once...........Since the beginning of November, Salernitana have picked up just five points in 10 Serie A matches (W1 D2 L7) - only Cremonese have collected fewer points in this period in the top-flight (three); the Granata have lost seven times in that streak.
In each of their last 11 league games, Salernitana have conceded at least one goal in the first half; the Granata are the team with the worst defence in the first half of games in Serie A this term (24 goals conceded, 12 of which between the 31th minute and the 45th minute).
last season's 0-3 win thanks to Immobile's brace and Lazzari's goal at Arechi
Lazio.....slipped to sixth in the Serie A table following a 2-0 defeat to Atalanta on Saturday, so Sarri and his players will be eager to register a positive result in the first leg, having won just two of their past eight league games.
winless in three Serie A matches (D2 L1): the Biancocelesti have not reached four consecutive Serie A games without winning since July 2020
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no draws in the previous seven Serie A games between Salernitana and Lazio
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