Previous encounters
There have been 81 competitive matches between the two teams in Naples: the record currently stands at 39 wins for Napoli (the latest 4-0 in the 2021/22 Serie A season), 23 draws (most recently 1-1 in the 2016/17 Serie A season) and 19 wins for Lazio (the most recent being a 1-0 win in the 2024/25 Serie A season).
The past three home games against Lazio have ended in defeat for the Azzurri, with their latest win (4-0) dating back to the 2021/22 Serie A season. Napoli have never lost four consecutive matches against Lazio at home.
The Azzurri have won one out of their last seven competitive matches against Lazio (both at the Stadio Maradona and at the Olimpico): it was Napoli’s Serie A away match in the first half of this season, which ended 2-0 for the Azzurri with one goal by Amir Rrahmani and one by Leonardo Spinazzola. The rest of the record includes four wins for Lazio and two draws.
Napoli won their second league title by beating Lazio at the Maradona: the match was held on 29 April 1990 and ended 1-0 (final matchday of the season) with Marco Baroni scoring the decisive goal.
Match analysis
Napoli are the only 2025/26 Serie A team with no home losses. Their latest home defeat in Serie A came against Lazio on 8 December 2024, final score 1-0. Since then, they have played 26 matches, totalling 19 wins and seven draws.
Napoli are also the 2025/26 Serie A team with the most penalties awarded against them (eight alongside Milan).
Only Inter (23) have scored more goals than Napoli (18) from set-pieces in the 2025/26 Serie A season.
Only Roma (52.9) have a higher average of recovered balls than Napoli (51.6) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.
Only Milan and Como (11 each) have conceded fewer goals than Lazio (12) in away matches this season.
Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A team with the fewest goals scored in away games (10 alongside Lecce). They are also the 2025/26 Serie A team with the most red cards (seven).
Over the past 17 seasons, Lazio picked up fewer points than in this season (44) after 32 matchdays only in the 2009/10 season (34).
This will be the fourth competitive encounter between Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri: the record currently stands at one win for the Napoli coach and two for the Lazio coach.
Maurizio Sarri has a history with both clubs: he was the Napoli coach from the 2015/16 to the 2017/18 season, with 148 competitive matches and 98 wins, 25 draws and 25 losses.
Only Johan Vasquez (1,372) and Marin Pongracic (1,362) have completed more passes in their own half than Mario Gila (1,344) and Alessio Romagnoli (1,340) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.
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