Lazio vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-14 17:00.
[p]Lazio’s return to form in Serie A was rubber stamped by a 5-1 demolition of bottom-of-the-table Monza at the weekend, with that a third win in their last four league matches (L1). As a result, Marco Baroni’s men enter the round in the top-four, but with Juventus and Fiorentina hot on their heels, this clash with Napoli takes on extra importance as the Eagles look to win a third successive H2H this season alone.[/p]
[p]The last time they did that against these opponents was in 1994/95, but confidence may not be too high of repeating the act as the win against Monza ended a four-game winless run in home league action (D2, L2). That sentiment is reinforced by the fact that Lazio have lost eight of their last 11 home H2Hs in Serie A (W2, D1), with no visiting team claiming as many such wins as Napoli in that period.[/p]
[p]Top-of-the-table Napoli followed their pair of H2H defeats in December with a run of seven successive league wins, but they’ve since come unstuck. A pair of 1-1 draws – in which the Partenopei took the lead on both occasions – has loosened their grip on the summit, with defending champions Inter Milan just a point behind ahead of this weekend’s action.[/p]
[p]They’ve not drawn three consecutive Serie A matches since December 2014, but Napoli will be most keen to find the net here having failed to score in their last two league meetings with Lazio. Not since 1948 have they done so in three H2Hs in a row, but confidence should be high for Antonio Conte’s men regardless as they boast an 11-game unbeaten run on their league travels (W8, D3), blanking just once in that sequence. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Veteran Lazio forward Pedro scored a brace in their win over Monza, and assisted their second goal in the 3-1 Coppa Italia H2H win at this venue earlier this season. Napoli have a 100% win record when Romelu Lukaku scores in the league this season (W9), with eight of those nine goals arriving after half-time.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Pre-round, Lazio have scored a Serie A high 12 goals after the 80th minute this term.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]