Lazio vs Napoli match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Olimpico

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Lazio open their doors to Napoli for another interesting Serie A game here at Stadio Olimpico.

Insights:
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (10) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Lazio nor Napoli as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lazio form and stats

Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Lazio 2 wins from 2 appearances. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Olimpico.

The home team returns to Stadio Olimpico after drawing with Sampdoria (placed 17th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Romagnoli was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Romagnoli hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Inter.

Lazio has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli are still undefeated on their travels in the Serie A. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Napoli's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lecce that finished 1-1. Lobotka got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Lobotka hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Fiorentina.

A quick return to home after this game, as Napoli are hosting Liverpool in the Champions League only four days away.

5 goals so far away for Napoli, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Lazio, zero draws and eight wins for Napoli. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliK. Kvaratskhelia
K. Kvaratskhelia
3 goals
LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
2 goals
NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
2 goals

Lazio missing players

Napoli missing players

Lazio Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 5 3 Scored S 0 5 10
3 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 3
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4 2.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 6.8
4.2 3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
2.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 19.5 19.8
5.5 7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 6
27% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 42%
 
12.8 13.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 7.5
3.2 4.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (10) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (5) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+7) in Serie A
Lazio Last season Napoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   0 1
0 0   Won W   0 0
1 1   Drew D   0 1
0 0   Lost L   0 0
0 0   Scored S   0 2
0 0   Conceded C   0 2
0% 0%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
100% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
100% 100%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   0 3
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 2
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10 10   Shots (avg) S (   0 16
2 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 6
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 33%
 
3 3   Shots against (avg) S A   0 4
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roma 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 10
2 Inter 4 3 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 9
3 Napoli 4 2 2 0 10 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 8
4 Juventus 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 8
5 Milan 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 8
6 Lazio 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 8
7 Atalanta 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 7
8 Torino 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
9 Udinese 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 7
10 Fiorentina 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
11 Sassuolo 4 1 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 5
12 Salernitana 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
13 Spezia 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 4
14 Empoli 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Lecce 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 2
16 Hellas Verona 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 -4 2
17 Sampdoria 4 0 2 2 1 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 2
18 Bologna 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
19 Cremonese 4 0 0 4 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 7 -5 0
20 Monza 4 0 0 4 2 11 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -9 0

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Read more about Serie A

Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.