Football betting preview: Napoli the expected winner when Lazio visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli (60240 seats)

Edgy top table potboiler in Serie A as Lazio have travelled the 124 miles needed to challenge Napoli at their Stadio San Paolo, Napoli.

Insights:
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (58) in Serie A
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A

Lazio could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 31 points collected from 11 matches (10-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Napoli, as their goalkeeper Alex Meret has completely shut out the opponents for 375 minutes in the Serie A.

Happy days for Napoli in their previous game, a fixture away at Empoli (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Osimhen, having found the net in seven consecutive matches. Defender Kim got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Kim hit the woodwork once and won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that game, a strong away win at Eintracht Frankfurt. A Champions League game.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the league this season as Napoli has scored 31 goals here in 11 home games. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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Lazio form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

205 minutes! That's how long the Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The club members enjoyed Lazio's previous match versus Sampdoria (placed 19th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfield player Alberto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Alberto scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 71 successful passes (of 83 total).

Before that, 0-0 away against CFR Cluj in the Europa Conference League.

Few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this team have had zero, one or two goals.

A new game in only four days for Lazio, the Europa Conference League home match versus AZ. Busy days.

Lazio are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Lazio as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games featuring these two teams have all ended as Napoli victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Lazio - Napoli 1-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
19 goals
NapoliK. Kvaratskhelia
K. Kvaratskhelia
10 goals
LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
9 goals

Napoli missing players

Lazio missing players

Napoli Lazio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 1 Played P 2 11 24
21 10 1 Won W 2 6 13
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
58 31 2 Scored S 3 18 40
15 8 1 Conceded C 0 7 19
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 79%
58% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 46%
33% 55% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 29%
21% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 38%
50% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 64% 54%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
5.7 6.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.8
4.2 4.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 4.8
1.3 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.4 18.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.1 11.8
6 6.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.2
41% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 40%
 
9.9 9.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7 12.6 12.7
2.6 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lazio have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Napoli have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most points (31) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (31) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (58) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+43) in Serie A
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Napoli is in the best form (6-0-0) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 24 21 2 1 58 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 13 11 1 1 27 7 43 65
2 Inter 24 15 2 7 44 28 12 10 0 2 25 6 12 5 2 5 19 22 16 47
3 Milan 24 14 5 5 41 30 12 9 1 2 27 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 11 47
4 Lazio 24 13 6 5 40 19 13 7 3 3 22 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 21 45
5 Roma 23 13 5 5 30 19 11 7 1 3 13 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 44
6 Atalanta 24 12 5 7 42 28 11 5 2 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 41
7 Bologna 24 10 5 9 31 33 13 6 4 3 17 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -2 35
8 Juventus 23 14 5 4 36 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 11 6 2 3 11 9 19 32
9 Torino 23 8 7 8 24 25 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 31
10 Udinese 24 7 10 7 33 30 12 3 7 2 19 14 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 31
11 Monza 24 8 5 11 28 34 12 4 3 5 16 14 12 4 2 6 12 20 -6 29
12 Fiorentina 24 7 7 10 27 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 12 3 3 6 11 12 -3 28
13 Empoli 24 6 10 8 22 31 12 4 4 4 12 14 12 2 6 4 10 17 -9 28
14 Sassuolo 24 7 6 11 27 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 13 3 4 6 14 22 -8 27
15 Lecce 24 6 9 9 24 27 12 2 6 4 13 15 12 4 3 5 11 12 -3 27
16 Salernitana 24 6 6 12 28 44 13 4 3 6 17 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -16 24
17 Spezia 24 4 8 12 21 41 12 2 6 4 13 19 12 2 2 8 8 22 -20 20
18 Hellas Verona 24 4 5 15 20 37 13 4 1 8 14 21 11 0 4 7 6 16 -17 17
19 Sampdoria 24 2 5 17 11 39 12 0 3 9 3 18 12 2 2 8 8 21 -28 11
20 Cremonese 23 0 9 14 17 42 11 0 3 8 5 19 12 0 6 6 12 23 -25 9

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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.