Lazio 1-4 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017
Result
Lazio 1-4 Napoli
Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lazio 1-4 Napoli: match report
Lazio lost to Napoli 1-4 in Serie A on Wednesday 20 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Stefan de Vrij opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Lazio's goal came from Stefan de Vrij (29'). Napoli scored through Kalidou Koulibaly (54'), José Callejón (56'), Dries Mertens (59') and Jorginho (90+2', penalty).
Discipline: Lazio received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lazio were 4th on 10 points from 4 and Napoli 2nd on 12 points from 4. Lazio went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.
Lazio lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (8.5), ahead of Kalidou Koulibaly (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lazio wins, 3 draws and 7 for Napoli.
Going into the match Lazio's last five read W-W-W-D and Napoli's W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Hui Xie
- 25'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 29'Goal · Stefan de Vrij
- 34'Yellow card · Pepe Reina
- 54'Goal · Kalidou Koulibaly
- 56'Goal · José Callejón
- 59'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 70'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 79'Yellow card · Lucas Leiva
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Jorginho
Head-to-head
Team news
Lazio line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thomas Strakosha, Stefan de Vrij, Bastos, Ştefan Radu, Lucas Leiva, Dušan Basta, Marco Parolo, Senad Lulić, Ciro Immobile, Luis Alberto, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne