Napoli vs Lazio Prediction: Who will be stronger in this interesting battle?

The first match of the 25th round of the championship of Italy will please you with a loud sign - the leader of the championship Napoli will host the fourth-ranked Lazio. Who will be stronger in this interesting battle?

The team is moving toward the long-awaited Scudetto. On Matchday 24, the gap between the Neapolitans and their nearest pursuer has grown to 18 points. Napoli took advantage of a defeat at the hands of Inter Bologna and confidently took on a strong Empoli side on the road. Napoli scored two unanswered goals (an own goal from Ismaily and a goal from Victor Osimen) in the 28th minute and confidently, even despite Mario Rui being sent off in the middle of the second half, bringing the game to a win. With such a solid handicap in Serie A, the Neapolitans, by and large, can save energy in the championship games to perform better in the Champions League.

The team also plays in European competitions, but not in the UEFA Champions League, as Napoli did (it should be recalled that the first away meeting of the round of 16 with German Eintracht ended in a 2:0 win for the Neapolitans), but only in the Conference League. And there, the team had already achieved a certain success, having made it to the round of 16. Lazio thrashed Romanian CFR Cluj (1:0 at home, 0:0 away).

In the championship of Italy in the match of the previous round, just after the return match with CFR, Lazio hosted Sampdoria and won 1:0 - Luis Alberto scored the only goal of the match in the 80th minute. A vital win that allowed Lazio to pass Roma and move up to fourth place in the Serie A standings.

Napoli does not care who they play this season. The team lost only one match in the Champions League - in the last round of the group to Liverpool when nothing was decided. Also, only once in the championship - in the first round after the restart, failing to cope on the road with Inter. There was also a departure from the Italian Cup from Cremonese, but there was a draw in regulation time. Only two defeats in over 30 games are more than a top result. And when you consider that out of 24 league games, Napoli won 21, it looks even more solid. All this to say that Lazio shouldn't count on at least one point in Naples. Moreover, the Biancocelesti themselves this season are very unstable, even teams of the level of CFR Cluj and Sampdoria, and sometimes they even lose points against the average and outsiders. How could they possibly be as bad as Napoli? We're betting on Napoli's fifth straight win over Lazio.

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