The city of Rome is exhilarating this season. Both teams from the capital managed to compete with each other on top four, which surely seals the spot for Champions League next year. If AS Roma is on the fourth, Lazio is on the better position on the table.
They are sitting on the third with thirty-nine points, or four points better than their local contender. This weekend, Ciro Immobile and Co will be hosting Napoli, which is still struggling for consistent form.
Lazio and Napoli Previous Matches
Biancocelesete continues its positive trends in 2019. They were able to crush Brescia with a convincing comeback last weekend. Brescia took the lead first by Mario Ballotelli but Lazio responded with Ciro Immobile’s brace. It was their ninth consecutive wins this season.
Meanwhile, Napoli under Gennare Gattuso has not been able to pick up consistency. Their campaign was disappointing when they faced off Inter Milan. Lorenzo Insigne and Co were beaten by Inter Milan 1-3. The visitors scored goals by Romelu Lukakku’s brace and Lautaro Martinez’s striker, whereas the home side could only find the back of the net by Arkadiusz Milik.
Possible Tactic
Simone Inzaghi has employed 3-5-2 most of the time or sometimes 3-5-1-1 since his first day as a manager in Lazio. He counts on the Italian international Ciro Immobile. This former Torino and Borussia Dortmund frontman is accompanied by the Argentinean Joaquin Correa as the second striker.
Their counterpart, Napoli under Gennare Gattuso, always deploys 4-3-3 with Arkadiuz Milik as the target man supported by Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon or Dries Mertens and the Mexican international Hirving Lozano as the backup.
However, he should consider employing different approach or tactical formation in their visit in Olympico. The 5-4-1 might be suitable to close down Biancoceleste’s wing-back and attacking midfielders plus attempt to isolate Immobile and Correa.
Players to Watch
Lazio’s key figures this season are definitely Ciro Immobile with his nineteen goals and five assists, Luis Alberto with three goals and eleven assists and Joaquin Correa with six goals and 1 assist. Another notable one is the Serbian international, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
In Napoli’s current squad, their top performers are the Polish international Arkadiusz Milik who has scored seven goals, Lorenzo Insigne with three goals and four assists, Jose Callejon the top assist provider with five assists. Another key figure of Il Partenopei is central midfielder Fabian Ruiz.
Lazio and Napoli Prediction
The host should have no difficulty to secure another three points considering their positive trends. Nevertheless, Gattuso’s men chance to snatch a point will still be possible if he can come up with a better game plan later.
Betting Odds
Simone Inzaghi’s men are the favourite in this game. Their odd to win is at 2.07 whereas the draw result is higher, which is at 3.75. Napoli is projected to win at 3.30.
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