National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Napoli or Lazio that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Lazio played their last game only three days ago, a Serie A match.
Napoli form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Napoli have played 9 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Game days at Stadio San Paolo have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Napoli as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Napoli's last game was hosting Perugia and winning 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Napoli lost 0-1 at Lazio's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Napoli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Napoli as a small favourite), we find three games. Napoli has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The Napoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Lazio form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Lazio, as they won the Coppa Italia.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Serie A. Things are running smoothly for Lazio who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Inter. Lazio has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Bologna.
491 minutes! That's how long the Lazio goalkeeper Silvio Proto and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Lazio's previous game versus Sampdoria, a Serie A 5-1 win played at home. Before that, Lazio secured a home win against Cremonese with the score 4-0.
As mentioned above, Lazio was the only team on the pitch versus Sampdoria in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Ciro Immobile's lethal finishing against Sampdoria. 3 goals was a big reason for the important victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lazio playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 4 Lazio wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Lazio has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Lazio have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Napoli won 7, Lazio won 2 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Immobile 23 goals |   A. Milik 7 goals |  C. Correa 6 goals |
Napoli missing players
Lazio missing players
| Napoli | Lazio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 55 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 461 | 291 | Total Shots | T S | 154 | 376 | ||
| 139 | 87 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 151 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 46 |
| 3 | Lazio | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 5 | Roma | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Parma | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Torino | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Milan | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Napoli | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Udinese | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Bologna | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Lecce | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Genoa | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 14 |
| 19 | Brescia | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | SPAL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 12 |