Napoli face Lazio to keep the Scudetto dream alive

After the draw with Parma, Napoli host Lazio at the Maradona on Matchday 33. The objective is clear: win to remain in Inter’s slipstream, keep hopes of a dramatic late overtake alive, and at the same time secure second place. Lazio, however, are also searching for points after last week’s defeat to Fiorentina ended a run of four consecutive positive results.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 81 official matches between the two sides in Naples: the record stands at 39 wins for Napoli (the most recent a 4-0 victory in the 2021/22 Serie A season), 23 draws (the most recent a 1-1 draw in the 2016/17 Serie A season) and 18 wins for Lazio (the most recent a 0-1 victory in the 2024/25 Serie A season).

Napoli are coming off the back of three consecutive home defeats against Lazio: their last victory dates back to the 2021/22 Serie A season, a 4-0 win for the Azzurri. The Neapolitans have never lost four times in a row against Lazio on home soil.

Napoli have won just once in their last seven competitive matches against Lazio (at the Maradona and the Olimpico): that was the 0-2 first-leg victory, with goals from Rrahmani and Spinazzola. The overall record stands at four wins for Lazio and two draws.

Napoli won their second Scudetto by beating Lazio at the Maradona: 1-0 on 29 April 1990 (the final day of the league season) with a decisive goal from Marco Baroni.

DID YOU KNOW?

Napoli are the only team in Serie A 2025/26 without a home defeat. In the league, their last home defeat came against Lazio, 0-1 on 8 December 2024. Since then, they have played 26 matches, with 19 wins and 7 draws.

Only Roma (9) have conceded fewer goals than Napoli (13, the same as Juventus) at home in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Napoli are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most penalties conceded (8, the same as Milan).

Only Inter (23) have scored more goals from set-pieces than Napoli (18) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Napoli are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most different players to have scored (19).

Only Roma (52.9) on average win back more balls than Napoli (51.6) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Lazio lost in the last league match: ending a run of four consecutive positive results (the second-longest run for the Biancocelesti in this Serie A season, after the six positive results between late September and early November 2025).

Only Milan and Como (11 each) have conceded fewer goals than Lazio (12) away from home in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the fewest goals scored away from home (10, level with Lecce).

Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most goals scored in stoppage time after the 90th minute (6, level with Juventus).

Only Inter (52.8%) and Pisa (52.3%) win a higher percentage of duels than Lazio (52.2%) and Napoli (52%) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most red cards received (7).

In the last 17 seasons, only in 2009/10 (34) did Lazio collect fewer points than in this campaign (44) after 32 matchdays.

COACHES and PLAYERS

Fourth official meeting between Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri: in the three previous encounters, the Napoli manager has won once and the Lazio manager twice.

Maurizio Sarri is the former manager of the day: he managed Napoli from 2015/16 to 2017/18, overseeing 148 official matches with a record of 98 wins, 25 draws and 25 defeats.

Scott McTominay scores against Parma: the Scottish midfielder’s eighth goal in this league campaign. It is his second-best season in terms of goals, after the 12 he scored in the 2024/25 Serie A season. The former Man United player is top of the Serie A scoring charts for Scottish players with 20 goals, ahead of Lewis Ferguson on 15.

Only Johan Vasquez (1,372) and Marin Pongracic (1,362) have played more balls in the defensive half than Mario Gila (1,344) and Alessio Romagnoli (1,340) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Pedro, Cancellieri (Lazio)

REFEREE

ZUFFERLI (LO CICERO – CECCONI) IV: FELICIANI, VAR: DI BELLO, AVAR: MERAVIGLIA

UPCOMING MATCHES

Napoli-Cremonese (Friday April 24th, 20.45 CEST)

Lazio-Udinese (Monday Aprile 27th, 20.45 CEST)

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