FOCUS ON LAZIO VS NAPOLI
* Lazio are the team against which Napoli have won the most Serie A matches: 52 wins in 131 games (N41 L38). The Partenopei have enjoyed eight victories in their last 10 league matches (L2) against the Biancocelesti, scoring 27 goals and conceding only 10 in this period.
* Lazio have won their last two home Serie A games against Napoli, without conceding, after suffering six home defeats in a row against the Partenopei (2.7 goals on average).
* Lazio have only lost one of their last 25 home league games (W19 D5): 0-2, against Juventus in November 2021.
* In 2022, Napoli have picked up the most points (15 in 7 games) and conceded the fewest goals (only four) in Serie A.
* Napoli have drawn their last two league games (both 1-1) against Inter Milan and Cagliari; the Partenopei could make it three draws in a row in Serie A for the first time since December 2014 (three in total).
* Napoli (84%) and Lazio (82%) have posted the highest passing accuracy in the opposition half in Serie A this season.
* Maurizio Sarri has won 69% (79/114) of his matches as Napoli’s manager in Serie A: a record for a coach in Napoli’s history in the Italian top-flight.
* Ciro Immobile has been directly involved in nine goals (six goals and three assists) in his last nine league games against Napoli; with 19 goals in 2021/22, he could reach 20 goals for the 6th Serie A different season: only Giuseppe Meazza and Gunnar Nordahl did better (both seven) in Italian top-flight history.
* Lorenzo Insigne has scored seven goals against Lazio in Serie A: only against Fiorentina has he found the net more times (nine) in the competition. However, he has faild to score either a goal from open play or a goal on the road in Serie A this season.
* Dries Mertens has been directly involved in 13 goals (six goals and seven assists) in his 14 league games against Lazio, including his last brace in Serie A (in November 2021): only against Bologna has he had a hand in more goals (14) in the Italian top-flight.
(Photo LaPresse)
