Lazio and Roma Make History as Serie A's Only Unbeaten Sides After 11 Games

What happened

Lazio and Roma are the only unbeaten teams in Serie A after 11 rounds, a situation Corriere dello Sport reported on 10 November 2026 as unprecedented: never before had two clubs from the same city gone without defeat through 11 matches. The report noted that not even Milan and Inter had managed it. Lazio lead the table with 29 points, reigning champions Chivu's side sit between them on 28, and Roma have 27.

Report details

The two coaches, Gattuso at Lazio and Gasperini at Roma, are driving the run against expectations. Corriere dello Sport cited Opta figures giving Roma only an 18% chance of winning the title and Lazio just 10%. Gasperini was quoted saying he would not settle for second place, while Gattuso, whose side is 11 points clear of the relegation zone, said he had already planned a survival celebration: "We'll do it at 40 points, I've told everyone. In the last six or seven games we'll see where we are."

Lazio's start is a club record. The report said they had never reached 29 points after 11 games, with the previous best 28 under Inzaghi in 2017-18, and that the only other time they were unbeaten at this stage was 1972-73 under Maestrelli, the season before their first scudetto. Lazio have scored 25 goals, a tally they had matched only in 1942-43 (25) and 2017-18 (31). Roma's 31 goals make them only the fourth team in 65 years to score more than 30 in the first 11 games, after Juventus (33), Napoli (32) and Lazio (31), all in 2017-18. Roma have the league's best attack, with 14 different scorers, and six clean sheets; Lazio have the best defence, conceding nine, one fewer than Roma.

The report said Roma average 3.37 goals in their eight wins and have scored 41 in 15 matches including the Champions League, compared with 30 games needed to reach that total in 2025-26. It framed the shared success as a reversal of years in which one club rose while the other fell, and looked ahead to a derby on 13 December.