NAPOLI. Lazio defeats Napoli 1-0 after M. Vecino scored just 1 goal (67′). Napoli was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto who was helped by Fabrizio Lombardo and Christian Rossi. The 4th official was Daniele Orsato. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli had a strong ball possession 65% while Lazio was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Lazio was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Napoli shot 14 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lazio shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Victor Osimhen and Eljif Elmas). Talking about the opposition, Lazio received 2 yellow cards (Patric and Adam Marusic).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Napoli will stay with 65 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Lazio will have 48 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Torino on the 19th of March with a 15-4 head to head record in favor of Napoli (6 draws).

Lazio will host Roma on the 19th of March with a 18-13 head to head record in favor of Roma (8 draws).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret (6.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.9), Amir Rrahmani (6.8), Min-jae Kim (7.3), Mathías Olivera (6.2), Frank Anguissa (6.8), Stanislav Lobotka (6.9), Piotr Zieliński (7.2), Hirving Lozano (6.7), Victor Osimhen (7.1) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Diego Demme, Tanguy Ndombélé, Juan Jesus, Davide Marfella, Leo Østigård, Pierluigi Gollini, Matteo Politano (6.7), Alessio Zerbin, Eljif Elmas (6.4), Karim Zedadka, Giovanni Simeone, Bartosz Bereszyński and Gianluca Gaetano.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Hirving Lozano for Matteo Politano (71′), Frank Anguissa for Eljif Elmas (71′), Stanislav Lobotka for Tanguy Ndombélé (82′), Piotr Zielinski for Giovanni Simeone (84′) and Mathías Olivera for Karim Zedadka (90′).

Best player: Min-jae Kim​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Min-jae Kim.

His rating is (7.3) with 152 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

Lazio – Formation

Also Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel (6.9), Adam Marušić (6.7), Patric (6.4), Alessio Romagnoli (6.8), Elseid Hysaj (6.9), Sergej Milinković-Savić (6.7), Matías Vecino (7.6), Luis Alberto (6.9), Felipe Anderson (6.7), Ciro Immobile (6.8) and Mattia Zaccagni (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Pedro (6.5), Mario Gila Fuentes, Luís Maximiano, Toma Bašić, Ştefan Radu, Luka Romero, Mohamed Fares, Luca Pellegrini, Danilo Cataldi, Matteo Cancellieri, Marius Adamonis, Marcos Antônio and Manuel Lazzari.

Substitutions

Lazio made 3 changes: Felipe Anderson for Pedro (59′), Mattia Zaccagni for Matteo Cancellieri (82′) and Luis Alberto for Danilo Cataldi (88′).

Best player: Matías Vecino​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lazio was Matías Vecino.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Napoli – Lazio – 0-1