Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 3rd where Lazio will host Napoli in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Lazio is fresh off their 3-1 win against Inter. Felipe Anderson scored the first goal for Lazio in the 40th minute, then Lautaro Martínez got the equalizer for Inter in the 51st minute on a feed from Denzel Dumfries. Lazio is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Napoli is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Fiorentina. Fiorentina had 10 on net, and Napoli had 13, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Napoli is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Napoli and Lazio last played eachother at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli on the 21st of January. Napoli won by a score of 1 to 0. Lorenzo Insigne struck first for Napoli in the 2nd minute on a feed from Piotr Zieliński, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Lazio couldn’t muster any offence and Napoli ran away with the shutout win.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Napoli. Lazio’s most prolific scorer has been Ciro Immobile. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.