Overview
After a run of seven consecutive victories in all competitions, Lazio have surprisingly stumbled in their last two matches. In the Europa League, coach Marco Baroni's team was held to a goalless draw by Ludogorets despite having a complete dominance of the game. In their most recent match against Parma, the Olimpico team lost 1-3.
Meanwhile, Lazio's next opponent, Napoli, is in impressive form. Coach Antonio Conte's team just consolidated their position at the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win over Torino at the weekend. This was Napoli's second win and third consecutive unbeaten match. Before that, they defeated Roma and drew with Serie A champions Inter Milan.
Napoli's recent away form has been impressive. They have been unbeaten in their last six away games, beating Cagliari, Empoli, AC Milan, Torino and drawing with Juventus and Inter. More impressively, the home team at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium has kept a clean sheet in five of their six matches and conceded just once.
Napoli's defense is expected to stalemate Lazio, thereby giving the attack more confidence to shine. There is a high possibility that Conte and his students will triumph on the away field.
In the last 52 meetings, Napoli is the dominant team with 24 wins compared to Lazio's 18. The remaining 10 times, the two teams drew.
In their last 12 trips to Rome, Napoli have only suffered two defeats, drawn two and won eight. This will certainly boost Conte's team's confidence.
Human resources situation
Lazio go into this match without Matias Vecino and Nuno Tavares due to injury, while Boulaye Dia's recovery is also in doubt until the last minute.
On the other side of the front line, the away team Napoli almost has the strongest lineup, except for the case of defender Pasquale Mazzocchi due to injury.
Expected lineup:
Lazio: Provedel, Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli, Pellegrini, Guendouzi, Rovella, Isaksen, Pedro, Zaccagni, Castellanos.
Napoli: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Spinazzola, Anguissa, Gilmour, McTominay, Neres, Lukaku, Kvaratskhelia.
The match between Napoli and Lazio takes place at 3:00 a.m. on December 6 (Vietnam time).
