Lazio Beat Bologna Thanks To Zarate Double

Lazio`s first league win at home in two months made it a bitter return to the Stadio Olimpico for Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic.

Mauro Zarate struck twice as Lazio beat struggling Bologna 2-0 on Saturday to move up to seventh in Serie A.

The Argentine forward ended his goalless spell, which stretched back to December, by curling in a free kick on 36 minutes and chipping his second with nine minutes to go after a one-two with Tommaso Rocchi.

Lazio's first league win at home in two months made it a bitter return to the Stadio Olimpico for Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for the Rome side between 1998-2004.

Midfielder Massimo Mutarelli came on in the second half to make his debut for 17th-placed Bologna against the club he took to a tribunal to free himself from his contract.

Juventus, in second, host Napoli later on Saturday (1930) looking to make inroads into the nine-point lead of Inter Milan, who welcome AS Roma to the San Siro on Sunday (1930).

Serie A RESULTS and STANDINGS on Saturday.
Lazio 2 Bologna 0

 Standings        P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
  1 Inter Milan      25 18  5  2 44 18 59
  2 Juventus         25 15  5  5 41 21 50
  3 AC Milan         25 14  6  5 42 25 48
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  4 Fiorentina       25 14  3  8 37 24 45
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  5 Genoa            25 12  8  5 36 25 44
  6 AS Roma          25 13  4  8 37 31 43
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  7 Lazio            26 11  5 10 37 37 38
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  8 Cagliari         25 11  4 10 32 27 37
  9 Atalanta Bergamo 25 11  3 11 31 26 36
 10 Palermo          25 11  3 11 32 31 36
 11 Napoli           25 10  5 10 32 29 35
 12 Udinese          25  8  7 10 34 37 31
 13 Catania          25  8  6 11 24 30 30
 14 Sampdoria        25  7  8 10 24 29 29
 15 Siena            25  7  6 12 19 26 27
 16 Torino           25  5  8 12 25 39 23
 17 Bologna          26  5  8 13 27 42 23
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 18 Lecce            25  4 10 11 22 39 22
 19 Chievo Verona    25  4  8 13 18 35 20
 20 Reggina          25  3  8 14 20 43 17
 1-3:   Champions League / EC I
 4:     Champions League preliminary round
 5-6:   UEFA Cup
 7:     UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup
 18-20: Relegation

Playing on Saturday (GMT):
 Juventus             v Napoli        (1930)

Playing on Sunday
 Atalanta Bergamo     v Chievo Verona (1400)
 Cagliari             v Torino        (1400)
 Palermo              v Catania       (1400)
 Reggina              v Fiorentina    (1400)
 Sampdoria            v AC Milan      (1400)
 Siena                v Genoa         (1400)
 Udinese              v Lecce         (1400)
 Inter Milan          v AS Roma       (1930)