Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
22/04/2021
20:45
Prediction: 1-1
Lazio
There will be fireworks when Napoli and Lazio square off against each other at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in a highly-anticipated Serie A game. The Neapolitans head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Inter, with the team eyeing return to the Champions League berth. Considering that Genaro Gattuso’s men will stick to their attacking style of play, we are positive that they will find the net in the midweek showdown.
Hirving Lozano is back from suspension, while Ospina and Ghoulam remain in the recovery room. Demme is banned for the match. As for the visiting team, Lazio aim to build on a 5-3 win over Benevento, and given their attacking potential, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. Luis Felipe is sidelined with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Dries Mertens):
Dries Mertens is a Belgian football player born on the 6th of May 1987 in Leuven. Mertens started his football career in the youth of RSC Anderlecht and AA Gent. In season 2005/2006 he made his debut for the first team of AA Gent.
After playing for AGOVV, FC Utrecht and PSV Mertens got transferred to Napoli for approximately 9.5 million euro. Mertens made his debut for the Belgian national team in October 2010 and played over 40 games for the national team already. Mertens played during World Cup 2014 and EURO 2016 for Belgium.
Mertens is a right attacking midfielder, which can play as a forward as well. Mertens is known for being a very small fast player, which has the ability to get past several defenders and deliver a cross to his team mates. In his career Mertens didn’t win any big prizes yet. The biggest achievements of Mertens are winning the Dutch national cup with PSV in 2011/2012, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa in 2014 with Napoli.
Highlighted Team (Lazio):
Lazio Roma are an Italian football club based in Rome. Lazio were founded in 1900 and they compete in the Serie A. The Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) have won two Serie A trophies (1973/1974, 1999/2000), while lifting six Coppa Italia titles.
The capital club play their home games at Stadio Olimpico and Roma are regarded as Lazio’s main rivals.
The two teams face each other in the Derby della Capitale and it is considered the fiercest inter-city derby in Italy. Lazio won UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999, with the team beating Mallorca in the title game. The same year they managed to clinch the UEFA Super Cup trophy as they outplayed English giants Manchester United at Stade Louis II, Monaco.
The likes of Pavel Nedved, Giuseppe Favalli, Juan Sebastian Veron, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Roberto Mancini, Giuseppe Signori, Miroslav Klose and Simone Inzaghi are notable footballers who played for Lazio in the past.
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