Lazio - Napoli Football prediction

Lazio and Napoli are playing in the Stadio Olimpico in a match for Serie A Day 1. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 6 games won 5 and drew 1. In fact, in the last match in this match stadium, in a match for Serie A, 20-09-2017, Napoli managed to win, by (1-4). The goals of the game were scored by S. de Vrij (29 ') for Lazio and K. Koulibaly (54'), José Callejón (56 '), D. Mertens (59') and Jorginho (90 ') for Napoli.

Analysis of Lazio

The home team are making their debut in this edition of the competition, having finished last season in 5th place. The team arrives at this meeting after a defeat away with Borussia Dortmund for (1-0). In the last 10 home games for all competitions, Lazio won 5, drew 4 and lost 1. Their attack has scored regularly as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games.

Lazio is a club that has already won the Serie A (Italian League) twice in its history, being the last of these titles conquered in the 1999/00 season. In the last season, the team finished the national championship in the fifth position, thus obtaining a place in the Europa League of this time, very far from the champion Juventus. In the last five games that Lazio played in their stadium, if we consider friendly and official games, were scored one or more goals in the first part in four of those games. We believe that in this game, Lazio will play another open game with a lot of chances for both teams, which should be used mainly by the home team, who usually score several goals when playing at his stadium.

Analysis of Napoli

This is the first game in this edition of the away team's race, which finished the previous edition in the 2nd position. In the last game he played, for Club Friendlies, lost with Wolfsburg away by (3-1). In the last 10 games Napoli have won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but their attack has been regular since scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency for goals to be scored, as 36 of his last 54 games have finished with over 2.5 goals.

Napoles is a club that was twice a Serie A champion, the last of them in 1989/90. The club also won five Italian Cups, two Italian Super Cups and won a European League in 1988/89. In the 2017/18 season of Serie A, Napoles finished as runner-up, thus clinching a place in the 2018/19 Champions League. In nineteen away matches in the 2017/18 Serie A season, the team won fourteen games, drew four and lost just one, making an excellent campaign. Now in this match against Lazio, we believe it will be a great game and with several goals.