Napoli vs Lazio

Napoli have seemingly already wrapped up the Italian scudetto, with a monstrous lead at the summit of the Italian top flight, and as they hope to maintain ...

On the flip side, Lazio are far more prone to conceding in the second half, with 18.58 of their 27.48 xG this season coming after halftime. That expected goals mark jumps all the way to 26.27 after the halftime break, far and away the highest in Serie A. Their 19.57 xG total in the opening 45 minutes of matches this year sits behind both Inter and Atalanta, a surprising mark. This Lazio team defends better than most in the Italian top flight, but they won't have enough to keep Napoli from scoring multiple goals in this game. They've only been shut out in two of those eight matches, but this year's Napoli team is just different. Every point matters in this heated battle, but the task is tall on the road against the hottest team in Europe.

Serie A champion-elect Napoli opens Week 25 with a visit from Lazio on Friday, when the Scudetto winners-in-waiting will have a chance to go a terrifying ...

Napoli rely on Victor Osimhen and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia as they bit to extend their Serie A lead even more, while Mattia Zaccagni is back with Ciro Immobile.

Luciano Spalletti is on the verge of taking the title, as well as preparing for the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt. [You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.](https://football-italia.net/serie-a-liveblog-napoli-vs-lazio/) [Napoli](/teams/napoli) rely on Victor Osimhen and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia as they bit to extend their Serie A lead even more, while Mattia Zaccagni is back with Ciro Immobile for fourth-placed [Lazio](/teams/lazio).

The starting lineups for tonight's Serie A clash between Luciano Spalletti's Napoli and Maurizio Sarri's Lazio have been announced...

Spalletti’s side already have an 18-point gap to second in the league table and have shown no signs of slowing down this season. Kim Min-Jae is only one yellow card away from picking up a one-game ban. Alessio Romagnoli has recovered for the Biancocelesti and will be slotted into the starting lineup, and Pedro will be on the bench despite suffering from both a nose and hand fracture in recent weeks.

NAPLES, March 3 (Reuters) - A second-half strike by midfielder Matias Vecino earned Lazio a 1-0 win over Napoli in Serie A on Friday, ending the runaway ...

[Lazio](/soccer/team?id=112), who made it three league wins in a row for the first time since October, have provisionally moved two places up to second in the standings on 48 points, one above third-placed [Inter Milan](/soccer/team/_/id/110/internazionale) and [AC Milan](/soccer/team?id=103) in fourth, both with a game in hand. "The draw was the correct and fairest thing. [Coach Luciano] Spalletti has been phenomenal." "If you read Napoli's numbers at home, it becomes difficult to think you can win. [Piotr Zielinski](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/177782/Piotr-Zielinski) could have put the hosts in front just before the hour mark, when he received a neat pass from [Victor Osimhen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/228296/Victor-Osimhen) on the edge of the box but his low shot -- although powerful -- narrowly missed the target. [Matias Vecino](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/145600/Matías-Vecino) earned [Lazio](/soccer/team?id=112) a 1-0 win over [Napoli](/soccer/team?id=114) in [Serie A](/soccer/league/_/name/ITA.1) on Friday, ending the runaway leaders' winning streak of eight games.

Get a report of the Napoli vs. Lazio 2022-23 Italian Serie A football match.

[Lazio](/football/team?id=112), who made it three league wins in a row for the first time since October, have provisionally moved two places up to second in the standings on 48 points, one above third-placed [Inter Milan](/football/team/_/id/110/internazionale) and [AC Milan](/football/team?id=103) in fourth, both with a game in hand. "The draw was the correct and fairest thing. [Coach Luciano] Spalletti has been phenomenal." "If you read Napoli's numbers at home, it becomes difficult to think you can win. [Piotr Zielinski](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/177782/Piotr-Zielinski) could have put the hosts in front just before the hour mark, when he received a neat pass from [Victor Osimhen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/228296/Victor-Osimhen) on the edge of the box but his low shot -- although powerful -- narrowly missed the target. [Matias Vecino](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/145600/Matías-Vecino) earned [Lazio](/football/team?id=112) a 1-0 win over [Napoli](/football/team?id=114) in [Serie A](/football/league/_/name/ITA.1) on Friday, ending the runaway leaders' winning streak of eight games.