Lazio vs Napoli: Napoli eye a first win in 5 matches across competitions when they visit Roma to face Lazio in their next Serie A clash on Sunday.
Match Details:
Teams: Lazio vs Napoli
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy
Date: Monday 28th February, 2022
Time: 01:20 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.voot.com/
Preview
Lazio come into this after a 2-2 draw in their mid-week UEL clash, which saw them exit the tournament at the Round of 32 stage.
Immobile and Cataldi scored for the Italian side; However, Lazio lost 4-3 on aggregate and were knocked out. Taremi and Uribe scored for the Portuguese side to help them advance.
In the Serie A, Lazio drew 1-1 away to Udinese which keeps them in 6th place on the table with 43 points.
On the other hand, Napoli lost 4-2 at home to Barcelona in their mid-week UEL clash, which saw them get knocked out of the competition as well.
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Insigne and Politano’s strikes weren’t enough as Napoli could not contain the Barcelona pressure and attack. Hence, they succumbed to the Spanish’s side flow in play.
In their previous Serie A clash, Napoli eked out a point against Cagliari away from home 1-1 as Osimhen rescued the point with his strike 3 minutes from time.
Napoli is in 3rd place with 54 points and due to a superior goal difference can reach the top of the table if they can get the win.
With no wins in their last 4 matches, Napoli is poised to return to winning ways.
Both sides last met in November, where Napoli won 4-0 at home.
Form Guide
Lazio: DDLWL
Napoli: LDDDW
Last Matches of both teams:
Lazio 2-2 Porto
Napoli 2-4 Barcelona
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Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Lazio vs Napoli in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Voot Select App, Jio TV.
Team News
Lazzari is the sole absentee for Lazio due to a hamstring injury.
Anguissa, Tuanzebe, Lozano, Malcuit and Lobotka are currently side-lined for the visitors due to long term injuries.
Napoli are seeking to win the Serie A title for the first time since 1⃣9⃣9⃣0⃣
Today they face Lazio who have lost just one of their last 25 home league games 🤯
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— LiveScore (@livescore) February 27, 2022
Lazio possible 11:
Strakosha, Hysaj, Felipe, Patric, Marusic, Milinkovic-Savic, Cataldi, Alberto, Anderson, Immobile and Zaccagni
Napoli possible 11:
Ospina, Rui, Koulibaly, Rrahmani, Di Lorenzo, Fabian, Demme, Insigne, Zielinski, Elmas and Osimhen
Prediction: Lazio 1-3 Napoli
With how they can reach the top tonight, the visitors would be buoyed by this challenge and we can expect them to win the contest.
Lazio’s one win in their last 5 matches does not help their favour and we see them slip up again.
Napoli’s players are in good form and should do complete the double over Lazio.
Players to watch out for: Anderson, Immobile, Osimhen and Zielinski.