Serie A · Matchday 11 
Our pick Home win Missed
Lazio’s winning run faces a Napoli test
Lazio arrive in Naples on a six-match winning streak and top of Serie A, but Napoli will look to make home advantage count. The visitors have also won all five of their away league matches.
📍 Maradona Stadium
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Match report
Final result: Napoli 1-1 Lazio.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 15–15; Shots on target: 6–6; Corners: 6–6; Expected goals: 2.44–0.92.
Goals
- 28' Davide Frattesi · Tijjani Noslin · Lazio
- 48' Alfonso Pedraza (o.g.) · Napoli
Cards
- 44' Noa Lang · Napoli
- 65' Billy Gilmour · Napoli
- 66' Antonio Vergara · Napoli
- 78' Alfonso Pedraza · Lazio
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: D. Frattesi (Lazio) 8.2
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Napoli · 3-5-2
- 32V. Milinković-SavićG
- 31S. BeukemaD
- 13Amir RrahmaniD
- 16Rafa MarínD
- 26A. VergaraM
- 11K. De BruyneM
- 6B. GilmourM
- 8S. McTominayM
- 17M. OliveraM
- 19R. HøjlundF
- 70N. LangF
Coach: M. Allegri
Lazio · 4-3-3
- 35C. MandasG
- 15R. Floriani MussoliniD
- 37J. ŠutaloD
- 25O. ProvstgaardD
- 17Nuno TavaresD
- 16D. FrattesiM
- 21R. BelahyaneM
- 24K. TaylorM
- 11G. IsaksenF
- 9A. PinamontiF
- 14T. NoslinF
Coach: G. Gattuso
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Napoli | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Lazio | 2.4 | 0.8 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazio | 10 | +16 | 28 |
| 8 | Napoli | 10 | +4 | 14 |
Last meetings
- 2026 Napoli 0-2 Lazio
- 2026 Lazio 0-2 Napoli
- 2025 Lazio 2-2 Napoli
- 2024 Napoli 0-1 Lazio
- 2024 Lazio 3-1 Napoli
Absences
Napoli
- Out A. Buongiorno · Jumpers Knee
Lazio
- Out Patric · Sprained Ankle
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Open game
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.40 – 1.00
- Double chance
- 12 · 74%1X 73% · X2 53%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 43%Over 1.5: 69% · Over 3.5: 22%
- Both teams score
- 47%
- Clean sheet
- 37% – 25%Napoli–Lazio
- Half-time result
- X · 44%1 34% · 2 22%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 28%X/1 17% · X/X 17%
- Expected corners
- 8.55.6 – 2.9 · Over 9.5: 35%
- Expected cards
- 3.81.6 – 2.2 · Over 3.5: 54%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Lazio’s lead is on the line
Lazio arrive in Naples with six consecutive wins behind them and an unbeaten record across their first ten league matches. They top Serie A on 28 points, 14 ahead of Napoli, who sit eighth after ten games. Sunday’s trip to the Maradona Stadium is a stern test of Lazio’s momentum, as well as a chance to extend their advantage over a side chasing the European places.
Napoli have had a mixed start, with four wins, two draws and four defeats. Their latest league outing ended in defeat, so they will be eager to respond on home turf.
Contrasting recent runs
Lazio’s league sequence is emphatic: after three wins and a draw, they have won six in a row. They have scored 24 goals and conceded eight in ten matches, while their last five brought five victories and 16 goals.
Their away form is especially strong: five wins from five league trips, with 14 goals scored and only three conceded. Napoli, by comparison, have two wins, a draw and a defeat in four home league games. They have scored eight and conceded five there, and their last five league matches overall produced two wins, a draw and two defeats.
Lazio have had the edge
The last five meetings across competitions have brought three Lazio wins, one Napoli victory and one draw. Lazio won the most recent league meeting 2-0 away at Napoli in April. Three of those five encounters featured two goals or fewer, a reminder that this fixture can be close despite Lazio’s current scoring form.
One absence apiece
Lazio are without Patric, who is missing with a sprained ankle. Napoli will be without A. Buongiorno, whose absence is attributed to jumper’s knee.
The visitors’ firepower
Lazio’s attack has supplied 16 goals across their last five league matches, while their season total stands at 24. They have also been effective on the road, scoring 14 times in five away fixtures.
Napoli have scored 10 across their last five, and their home record offers a route into the contest: eight goals in four league games at the Maradona Stadium. But Lazio’s run and away resilience give the visitors reason to believe they can keep their momentum going.
Our prediction
Napoli’s home form and the model’s lean toward the hosts point to a narrow result, even with Lazio arriving on a six-game winning streak. The visitors’ away record makes them a threat, but Napoli can edge a close contest.
Napoli 1-0 Lazio
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