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Lazio vs Napoli Prediction & Betting tips
On the opening day of the Serie A we are immediately presented with a nice match in the upper regions. Lazio finished fifth on the last day of play and just missed the Champions League, Napoli had long been champion dreaming but finished second. How are the forces of these teams in the new season?
Lazio:
Lazio had a great season last year and seemed to reach the Champions League group stage for the first time since the 2007-2008 season. The audience was the winner in Rome, the team then got a lot of goals against (49) for a club from the top seven, it also scored extraordinarily (89), three goals more than champion Juventus and 28 more than number three AS Roma. In the end it went wrong on the last day of play. Considering the mutual result with an equal number of points, Lazio had a draw enough against direct competitor Inter, but a 2-1 lead was given away in the last fifteen minutes. Stefan de Vrij unintentionally played a leading role in this game, given that it was already clear beforehand that he would leave for Interfervrij to Inter and so his old club would not reach the ball.
Besides De Vrij left one more player who could count on many basic positions last season, Felipe Anderson went to West Ham for 38 million euros. On the other hand, there were also enough reinforcements including JoaquĆn Correa (Sevilla), Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Valon Berisha (RB Salzburg), Riza Durmisi (Betis) and Milan Badelj (Fiorentina). Also until now two important players remained with Serie A-top scorer Ciro Immobile and one of the most wanted players in the league, Sergei Milinkovic-Savic. For the latter, Manchester United and Juventus, among others, are interested and a transfer could go fast. Should he stay on, Lazio is again a candidate for a position in the top four.
Napoli:
Napoli gave champion Juventus good resistance last season, it eventually came to 91 points, a number that is usually championworthy. Two players who were important in that top season left this summer. Goalkeeper Pepe Reina was transferred to AC Milan, he last season kept the most clean sheets in the Serie A (18 in 37 games). In addition, Jorginho left with coach Sarri to Chelsea. Jorginho was an important link in the midfield in Naples and sent most passes of all players in the biggest five leagues in the past three years.
The new coach is the well-known Carlo Ancelotti. Coming season, he has Fabian Ruiz at his disposal that Jorginho has to make forgetting. Before the attack came Simone Verdi from Bologna and finally reported an injured Amin Younes in Naples. In addition, the young Alex Meret came over from Udinese to keep the goal clean. Because he suffered a heavy arm injury a few weeks after his arrival, Napoli is currently hastily looking for another keeper; Ospina, Mignolet and Ochoa seem to be the main candidates. The game in the exhibition games was not yet good, 5-0 of Liverpool and 3-1 of Wolfsburg was lost, but Borussia Dortmund won.
Lazio vs Napoli head to head matches
10.02.18 SA Napoli Lazio 4 : 1
20.09.17 SA Lazio Napoli 1 : 4
09.04.17 SA Lazio Napoli 0 : 3
05.11.16 SA Napoli Lazio 1 : 1
03.02.16 SA Lazio Napoli 0 : 2