Napoli vs Lazio: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli (60240 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Napoli have their presumed home advantage while Lazio are ahead 19 points in the Serie A table.

It's no vacation for neither Napoli nor Lazio 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.

Napoli are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 7th place whatever happens now. Lazio is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). Napoli has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Napoli lost their last game at Inter (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Sassuolo.

A decent goal production from Napoli in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 18 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Lazio form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Joaquín Correa and Ciro Immobile secured the home win 2-0 against Brescia in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hellas Verona at their stadium, the result 5-1.

The 2-0 victory against Brescia could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times.

Lazio has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 32 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Lazio have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lazio - Napoli 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Napoli won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Lazio has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
35 goals
NapoliA. Milik
A. Milik
11 goals
NapoliD. Mertens
D. Mertens
9 goals

Napoli missing players

Lazio missing players

Napoli Lazio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
17 9 2 Won W 5 10 24
8 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
12 6 1 Lost L 0 5 7
58 28 9 Scored S 14 32 78
49 23 9 Conceded C 6 22 39
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
86% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 86%
57% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 78% 73%
24% 28% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 30%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 19%
68% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 83% 78% 65%
19% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 30%
19% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
5.9 6.3 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.6 5.8
3.9 3.1 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.4 4.6
1.9 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
675 394 98 Total Shots T S 96 255 578
230 129 38 Shots on Target S O 37 101 223
25% 22% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Lazio has the most points from losing position (28)
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Napoli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 37 26 5 6 75 40 18 16 2 0 45 14 19 10 3 6 30 26 35 83
2 Inter 37 23 10 4 79 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 18 12 4 2 39 19 43 79
3 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 98 46 18 12 2 4 51 24 19 11 7 1 47 22 52 78
4 Lazio 37 24 6 7 78 39 19 14 3 2 46 17 18 10 3 5 32 22 39 78
5 Roma 37 20 7 10 74 50 19 10 4 5 36 27 18 10 3 5 38 23 24 67
6 Milan 37 18 9 10 60 46 18 8 6 4 28 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 14 63
7 Napoli 37 17 8 12 58 49 18 9 3 6 28 23 19 8 5 6 30 26 9 59
8 Sassuolo 37 14 9 14 69 62 18 8 3 7 44 32 19 6 6 7 25 30 7 51
9 Hellas Verona 37 12 13 12 47 48 19 9 5 5 29 25 18 3 8 7 18 23 -1 49
10 Fiorentina 37 11 13 13 48 47 19 5 8 6 22 22 18 6 5 7 26 25 1 46
11 Parma 37 13 7 17 52 54 19 7 2 10 26 24 18 6 5 7 26 30 -2 46
12 Bologna 37 12 10 15 51 64 18 5 7 6 24 28 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 46
13 Cagliari 37 11 12 14 52 53 19 7 4 8 32 28 18 4 8 6 20 25 -1 45
14 Udinese 37 11 9 17 36 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 18 5 3 10 18 28 -15 42
15 Sampdoria 37 12 5 20 47 64 19 6 4 9 25 30 18 6 1 11 22 34 -17 41
16 Torino 37 11 6 20 45 67 19 7 4 8 23 30 18 4 2 12 22 37 -22 39
17 Genoa 37 9 9 19 44 73 18 6 1 11 21 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -29 36
18 Lecce 37 9 8 20 49 81 18 4 5 9 27 37 19 5 3 11 22 44 -32 35
19 Brescia 37 6 6 25 34 78 18 3 4 11 20 33 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 24
20 SPAL 37 5 5 27 26 74 18 2 4 12 15 37 19 3 1 15 11 37 -48 20

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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.