In a weekend match in week 27, on Sunday Feb 27th, Lazio hosts Napoli in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Lazio is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Udinese. Gerard Deulofeu struck first for Udinese in the 5th minute on a feed from Nehuén Pérez, then Felipe Anderson tied it up for Lazio in the 45th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Lazio. Lazio should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Napoli is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro scored the first goal for Cagliari in the 58th minute, then Victor Osimhen tied it up for Napoli in the 87th minute on a feed from Mário Rui earning them at least the one point. Napoli should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Napoli and Lazio last played eachother at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli on Sunday Nov 28th. Napoli won by a score of 4 to 0. Piotr Zieliński struck first for Napoli in the 7th minute, then Dries Mertens added another in the 10th minute on a feed from Lorenzo Insigne At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lazio couldn’t manage to score, and Napoli took the shutout win.
Both Lorenzo Insigne and Victor Osimhen have been the hottest scorers for Napoli in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Lazio’s most prolific scorer has been Mattia Zaccagni. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.